The team at TUM’s (Technical University of Munich) Learning Systems and Robotics Lab has developed a humble-looking robot that resembles a stick on wheels with a camera on top. However, don’t let the looks fool you. It might be one of the most useful robots designed for everyday people.
Led by Prof. Angela Schoellig, the team has built a robot that can find lost items by creating and analyzing a spatial map of its surroundings. Next time you can’t find your keys or glasses, you won’t lose your sanity, as this robot will find them for you.
How does the robot find things?
The camera provides two-dimensional images, but those pixels also contain depth information. The robot uses this to build a 3D map of its surroundings, accurate to the centimeter, and constantly updates it as things change.
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