The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and vegetables. Mit roboticists developed a way to cut through data noise and help robots focus on the features in a scene that are most relevant for assisting humans The system could be used in smart manufacturing and warehouse settings where robots would work alongside and assist humans. Sprout is a flexible robot built by mit lincoln laboratory and notre dame researchers to assist in disaster response Emergency responders can use the robot to navigate and map areas under rubble to plan rescue operations. Underneath the base is a set of omnidirectional wheels that allows the robot to move in any direction without pivoting, if needed.
A new system enables a robot to “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, allowing the robot to solve a multistep problem in a few seconds.
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