Ken Goldberg UC Berkeley The Robot Next Door
Previous Predictions “Household robots will do all chores.” (1930) “Atomic Batteries will be commonplace.” (1955) “2% of population will manufacture all goods.” (1963)
Networked Robots
RoboMotes: Gaurav S. Sukhatme, USC
Scouts: Nikos Papanikolopoulos, U. Minn
Smart Dust: Kris Pister, UCB (Image: Kenn Brown)
networked robot:
Survival Research
Canny and Paulos, UCB
Dalsa 6M18 Ultra High Resolution Video Camera 6 Mpixels (at 18 fps) 1 Mpixel/Steradian
Panasonic WV-CW864A Robotic PTZ Video Camera.3 Mpixels (at 30 fps) 500 Mpixel/Steradian
“tele-actor”
Networked Robots