I cam across a very interesting article from Cisco Blog. The article is very interesting in prospect of the research I am working on right now. In my previous papers published in SPIE conference and ION conference, I proposed something which is very useful for Health care monitoring which also uses your indoor location in-case of emergency with your health information. These information with location imposed can benefit the Internet of Things (IoT) in terrific way as patients can be monitored live on the map.
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A research group at Harvard University is working on Kilobot project which consist low-cost and scalable micro robots. The robots are capable of moving on their own with their tiny legs. The assembly of the robot consist two vibration motors, three small legs, lithium-ion battery, micro-controller and a infrared transceiver. One individual robot may seems useless based on their individual functionality but collectively these robot are capable of creating large swarm of robot which can demonstrate self organizing systems.
The major hurdle in the research is, as usual, charging of the robots and also individually programming each of them.
below are some interesting videos of the robots and some of their demonstrations.
These types of Robots are being researched at “Ishikawa Oku Laboratory”. The sensor fusion is used to achieve more reliable and multilateral recognition.
More information here. [ Ishikawa Oku Lab ]
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A robust, programmable Robot platform that invites you to stretch your imagination
by Tom Atwood
iRobot, a pioneering robot company that has sold millions of iRobot Roomba vacuuming robots, has introduced a remarkable robot platform that fills a major gap.
Top view without the optional Command Module installed. Note the mounting points along the rims of the payload bay.
An optional 4th wheel can be mounted to the lower white panel.
The iRobot Create is a dependable, rugged and versatile robot base that can be used for uncounted robotics hobby and research applications. It includes a selection of software routines developed for iRobot’s commercial appliance bots and a well-engineered, robust chassis designed for longevity. Many will consider this to be a DIY-roboticist’s dream come true.
