Spotted this follow-up article on the Scratchbot covered here several months ago. In this update, the robot is showing off its abilities to search-out objects by touch. No vision system is used. This is a very novel approach and could have many search and rescue applications where the lack of light is an issue. Check out the link below and also look at the video at the Electronics Weekly website.
Credit: Bristol Robotics Laboratory and University of Sheffield via ElectronicsWeekly.com
… to damage and injury than whiskers. Rats have the ability to operate with damaged whiskers, and broken whiskers on robots could be easily replaced, without affecting the whole robot and its expensive engineering. This award is a welcome recognition …
Robotic 'rat' could become a lifesaver
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:40:44 GMT
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