ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- A robot helping in the household no longer is a dream of the future. ARMAR, the humanoid robot, can understand commands and execute them independently. For instance, it gets the milk out of the fridge.
Thanks to cameras and sensors, it orients itself in the room, recognizes objects, and grasps them with the necessary sensitivity.
Additionally, it reacts to gestures and learns by watching a human colleague how to empty a dishwasher or clean the counter. Thus, it adapts naturally to man’s environment.
The robot is a development of FIT, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Watch the video (in German).
(picture: FIT)
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