Robot Interface Responds To Your Tongue
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 25 of September , 2007 at 1:46 am
This new robot control interface may not be quite as exciting as the title makes it sound, but it’s certainly not a joke. Developed by Think-A-Move, the technology uses a earpiece to pick up on soundwaves generated by speech or tongue movements directly through the ear canal (as opposed to through the mouth). Then, you can control robots (like the PackBot) with voice commands. You might be wondering how exactly this is any better than traditional voice control, and it’s a straightforward answer: the robot can be controlled regardless of ambient noise (like, during active combat), and other people can’t steal your robot by yelling really loud. The movie below illustrates the concept:
When it comes to tongue, the interface is just as functional. Moving and clicking your tongue in different patterns creates patterns of sound waves which the earpiece and software can translate directly into commands, no speaking necessary… Good idea for combat situations where verbal commands could potentially get confusing.
[ Think-A-Move ] VIA [ Danger Room ]
Category: Military
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Comment by reid
Made Wednesday, 26 of September , 2007 at 9:04 am
think-a-move released 2 videos on their tongue movement a few days ago, just fyi
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Wednesday, 26 of September , 2007 at 9:50 pm
Yeah, I took a look at those, but if we’re talking about the same ones, they didn’t actually show the robot responding to any tongue commands that showed up on video. I guess maybe they wouldn’t show up on video, but I thought that this vid was more interesting anyway.