Amazing Humanoid that can Catch Two Balls at once – Rollin’ Justin
With nearly 80% accuracy, DLR’s (German Aerospace Agency) flagship robot, Rollin’ Justin, can now catch balls thrown in its direction.
New controllers equip the 45kg robot with a 3D camera system, 43 joints (5 in his torso, 7 in each arm plus 12 in each hand), and a total of 84 sensors.
This task is so intense that Justin must make use of external computers to handle some of the processing, but it’s only a matter of time before robots will have on board computers that can do this kind of job with no strings attached. It seems the idea of a household robot that can play catch with the kids or dog isn’t so farfetched after all.
Resistance is futile.
[Cheers www.crunchgear.com]
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