The Swinging Blind Juggler achieves stable juggling without any sensors to detect the ball. The same paddle shape and motion that stabilize the ball on the Blind Juggler also keep the ball from falling off the Swinging Blind Juggler. While the ball motion is stable without sensing, we need feedback to control the pendulum motion. [...]

Robot cleaner tidies up office buildings ROOMBAS were just the start. An office cleaning robot is being put through its paces by Dussmann, one of Germany’s largest cleaning companies, at its Berlin HQ. The goal is getting it to work alongside human cleaners in large offices, emptying bins and vacuuming floors. It is designed to [...]

麻省理工學院的研究人員是誰建一個機器人獵豹現在已經訓練有素它看到和跳過去的障礙，因為它運行 – 這使得前四條腿的機器人運行，越過障礙跳躍自主。 運用雷射感測器作為檢測到接近障礙物並估計該對象的高度和距離。該機器人計從中跳躍的最佳位置，並調整其步伐，並運用快速的演算法算出足夠的力量來跳躍障礙物。 在跑步機上和室內軌道實驗，獵豹機器人成功跨越障礙高達18英寸高 – 超過機器人自身的高度 – 在保持5英里每小時的平均行駛速度。 資料來源: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/cheetah-robot-lands-running-jump-0529