Laser Guided Robot Arm
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 13 of March , 2008 at 3:52 am
Even with object recognition, gesture recognition, and voice recognition, getting a robot (or a human, for that matter) to pick out a specific object and perform an action with that object is sometimes tricky. For example, how do you tell a human to bring you a specific apple from a bowl of apples? There’s a lot of, “no, not that one, THAT one” that takes place. Very inefficient. The “clickable world interface” solves this problem for robots (and humans, incidentally) with a laser pointer. Just point the laser at what you want, and a robot (this robot) will go and fetch it for you, like a humane and useful sort of of GBU-24. After the robot has picked up the object, use the laser a second time to tell the robot where to put it, or point the laser at your feet and the robot will hand you the object. The system is powered by a Mac Mini, and will be tested this summer assisting patients with ALS.
[ Clickable World Interface ] VIA [ Physorg ]
Category: Medical
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