Taiwan University Students Build Tour-Guide Robot 35
BobB-nw writes "A group of engineering students and their professor at National Taiwan University have built a robot that can map out the area it's operating in and offer guided tours. The robot, named 'Hsiao Mei,' uses laser mapping and GPS technology to navigate on its own, including around corners and obstacles such as tables and chairs. In the first public demonstration on Thursday, an engineering student with a wireless remote control first took the robot through the floor of a small museum on the university's campus so it could create a map for itself. After the initial run-through, the robot was able to make an unaided journey around the floor."
What is this? News for robots! (Score:4, Insightful)
Or is it just robot season? We've had throwable robots, fleash-eating robots, evil robots, deceptive robots...
Don't get me wrong, I love robots, it's just I've never seen so much robot related news in a week before.
Bite my shiny metal ass.
Re:That's pretty cool. Roomba could use it! (Score:3, Insightful)