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I'm not sure what the contribution is since it seems like just engineering, but pretty cool low-tech control system engineering. They made a thing that can auto
by EnigmaFlare 2y ago
I'm not sure what the contribution is since it seems like just engineering, but pretty cool low-tech control system engineering. They made a thing that can automatically push an object along an arbitrary path on the ground by pointing (in 2 axes) a jet of air at the ground behind it, controlled by feedback of the object's position. It doesn't seem to say anything about how the feedback was done so I guess machine vision which is its whole own problem.
- altairprime 2y agoIf I read this right - They can also change to pulling objects towards the leafblower by varying its orientation without its position.
- EnigmaFlare 2y agoYes, but you can do that with a leaf blower too. Maybe their jet is a little special to extend the range of "tractor beaming" but the don't say much about that either.