Laser pointer-controlled robots

Piyush MehtaJul 27 2009

Does complication lead to simplicity? Well, I’ve noticed that the contemporary human brain is indulging in complicated activities just to make things simple. One example in that direction is robotics. Lately, a lot of complicated thought process is being applied to bridge the gap between our artificial companions and us.

clickable world dgtia 54
clickable world dgtia 54

Healthcare robots, to enhance human robot interaction, are being worked on by robotics engineers, which would develop a robot that will interact with the world just by pointing a laser pointer. Project clickable world, is about pointing a laser pointer at the object and the robot will go pick it up. Now, click and point the laser where you want the robot to land the object. What say you then, does complication leads to simplicity? Oh, you can first check out the video (after the jump).

Via: HCR/Gizmodo

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