The new Georgia Tech algorithm that fuels this system demonstrates the potential of easily controlling
large teams of robots, which is relevant in manufacturing, agriculture and disaster areas.
Not exact matches
Jacques Penders, from Sheffield Hallam University, explained that the four - year project has seen the
team using the tactile
robot, as well as a
larger Impedance Filter, in a number
of scenarios from a university gym to a smoke - filled cave in Germany.
The application domains are quite varied and include, for example, playing soccer with a small
team of robots, supporting companies that are distributed over the globe, or responding to a disaster with a
large ad - hoc organization consisting
of different emergency services.
A bucket
of linking
robots could be programmed to stitch themselves together into
larger Transformers - like tools as well as to roam about in massive
teams, he says.
With a lot
of polish still being added, nothing is final, but Peter does get a chance to find out how controlling a
large robot will work on a touch screen, and how the
team hopes to implement its free - to - play mod...
Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Architecture
of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona have solved that issue by creating a
team of 3D printer
robots that can print
large structures on - site, free from the confines
of a machine.
A Russian
team of inventors and
robot fanatics called Konstantin Ivanov have built a
large, walking, robotic ostrich mostly out
of wood and at a cost
of only $ 1,500.