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Robot’s In-Hand Eye Maps Surroundings, Determines Hand’s Location
Before a robot arm can reach into a tight space or pick up a delicate object, the robot needs to know precisely where its hand is. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have shown that a camera attached to the robot’s hand can rapidly create a 3-D model of its environment and also locate the hand within that 3-D world.
Navy tests sub-hunting drone ship
Navy tests sub-hunting drone ship.The U.S. Navy is developing an unmanned drone ship to track enemy submarines. The vessel is scheduled to be christened in April 2016. Source: CNN
“Moon Shot” Web Series Profiles GLXP Teams
The Robotics Institute’s Red Whittaker and the Andy lunar rover were on hand when Google, in partnership with Bad Robot and Epic Digital, premiered the new documentary series, Moon Shot at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, March 14. The series, including episode one featuring[...]
NREC Highlights How It Applies Cutting-Edge Tech to Companies’ Needs
Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center is inviting industry engineering, operations and research leaders to tour its Lawrenceville facility and learn more about how its cutting-edge technology can address their companies' needs. NREC Industry Day will be from 1 to 5 p.m. April 9.[...]
NREC’s CHIMP Robot Will Be Featured In Thursday’s Olympus Show & Tell
The CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform, better known as CHIMP, will make a rare appearance outside of the National Robotics Engineering Center at Thursday's Project Olympus Show & Tell.The event will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday in McConomy Auditorium and is supported by[...]
NREC’s CHIMP Robot Will Be Featured In Thursday’s Olympus Show & Tell
The CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform, better known as CHIMP, will make a rare appearance outside of the National Robotics Engineering Center at Thursday’s Project Olympus Show & Tell.