Video Tuesday: Captain Nexi To The Rescue

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 9 of June , 2009 at 3:50 am

MIT’s Nexi, who we first met over a year ago, is now apparently qualified to captain US Navy warships, and not only that, but come to the rescue of crew members in peril. This video is meant to illustrate how different robots can work together to complete an objective with minimal human oversight, and even take a little bit of initiative on their own, like saving that extra human. Lucky us. The quadrotor pulled a pretty impressive trick, navigating in such a small area… Although I’m not sure something with four spinning blades would be the best thing to lead people down a low, narrow passage that’s also on fire.

[ Nexi ]
[ MIT LabCast ]

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Category: Medical, Security, Uncanny Valley

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