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(1) they use external cameras that have the whole room in their field of view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Sta
by moe 12y ago
(1) they use external cameras that have the whole room in their field of view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare
(2) the room is totally white
http://www.irisa.fr/lagadic/pdf/2011_iros_teuliere.pdf http://www.irisa.fr/lagadic/pdf/2011_iros_teuliere.pdf
They could not do the same out in a park.
They (not ETH Zurich) can autonomously identify, track and chase targets in urban areas, without GPS. I'm almost sure juggling a ping-pong ball in a park would not be entirely out of the question.
- ppod 12y agoI'm well aware of the robotic research and I chose my example carefully. The extra weight of a baseball, the grasping motion necessary, and issues of bounce and spin on an uneven surface makes it a more difficult problem than the pole balancing or the ping ping quadrocoptors.