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The article claims this is "the first iRobot to finally use SLAM". See Gerkey's Create+Hokuyo SLAM HOWTO from March 2006, predating this "first" by 4.5 years.
by robotresearcher 16y ago
The article claims this is "the first iRobot to finally use SLAM".
See Gerkey's Create+Hokuyo SLAM HOWTO from March 2006, predating this "first" by 4.5 years.
http://www.ai.sri.com/~gerkey/roomba/index.html http://www.ai.sri.com/~gerkey/roomba/index.html
Also, since the Create was designed and sold for exactly this kind of thing (it is a Roomba without the cleaning guts and with a published external control protocol), how is this a hack? Sigh.
- robotresearcher 16y agoTo be clear, I'm pointing out only the sloppy "journalism". The Kinect was slapped on there as a cheap new sensor for already existing SLAM* software. I'm sure the student would not claim novelty for that, and will be facepalming if he reads the linked article. This may be the first working Kinect-based SLAM system (outside Microsoft), a few hours before the next fifty instances. The gesture interpretation shown in the last few seconds is the novel contribution here. iRobot Creates are used for SLAM every day in tens, maybe hundreds of labs around the world. It's a shame that this AI-themed blog couldn't be a bit more careful about simple facts. [*Simultaneous Localization and Mapping]
- noonespecial 16y agoAs a hack, it might not be as impressive as something Woz might have done "in the day". But something very important is happening. A pre-made vision system was bodged onto a pre-built robot chassis and used with already existing software. It was fast, cheap, and relatively easy. The robot Altair is nearly upon us. The robot PC-XT is likely not far behind. The mother of all tech-bubbles will be right behind that.