lundi 16 mai 2011

"iRobot" U.S. launches robot technology, telepresence

A company "iRobot" America and specialized in the field of robotics used in all areas of life unveiled a prototype of the robot "Ava".

This robot consists of three sections, head and leg and wheeled base, and the head of the robot is a Tablet PC from Motorola "Xoom-Tablet" depends on the operating system "Android 3.0" from Google.

It contains the head on the camera and screen, a microphone and speaker, so as to continue from where the robot interacts with people, The Structure Fmthbt by the sensors to identify the barriers and obstacles that appear in front of him to avoid robot collision, the base is equipped with three wheels from the bottom to be able to move in a circular motion and fast for a distance of up to two meters per second.

And is characterized by the robot that is designed on the basis of telepresence technology, known as "Telepresence, such as those used at conferences across the high-resolution screens, either in video or audio.

The chief executive of the company: "This prototype aimed at a large segment of sectors that can manage conferences and interactive activities based on this technology, in addition to lose the remote sites."

The company plans to start selling their product, "Eva" for the developers end of the year, to be available to companies within the next year.

On the other hand, the company continues its efforts to produce innovative technologies and advanced cope with the challenges of the future, for example, provided the company's robots especially for the U.S. Army in the form of machines of war, would detect mines and defuse the bombs in the killing fields, and the other for debris removal and monitoring the radiation level as in nuclear power plants nuclear complex Fukushima, Japan, in addition to household robots such as robotic "Rumba" and "scuba" which were designed in the form of a vacuum cleaner to do household chores such as removing self-dirt and clean the floors and washed.

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