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Laser guided robot powered by Mac Mini |
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 Scientist from Georgia Tech & Emory University have designed and developed a five and a half foot tall robot that will play fetch with you. It's a little more complicated, but that is the basic idea. Best part is they designed their robot around a Mac.
The robot, named EL-E is programmed to follow a laser. When the laser points at a the same object for a few seconds, EL-E will beep to confirm it has the target "locked". It will then scoot over and pick up the object, then come back and find a person's face before giving it to them.
EL-E uses mulitple sensors, cameras and lasers, and a single Mac Mini. Some people complained about the fact that they used a Mac Mini, but a) these people probably never coded on a Mac and b) the didn't build the robot. Look for something like this in the future to appear in hospitals to help move patients around the hospital, and help patients throughout the day that would have a hard time retrieving objects.
I just want one for when i lose the remote.
-from Daily Tech-
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