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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Admin on June 03, 2010, 03:21:53 AM

Title: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: Admin on June 03, 2010, 03:21:53 AM
. . . and this is the boring 'nice' way . . .

Robot navigation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysueHeSvg1Q#)
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: Hawaii00000 on June 03, 2010, 04:21:58 PM
Now show us the impolite, crush-everyone-in-its-way navigation.
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: TK on June 03, 2010, 09:15:13 PM
So would the robot itself detect the people or would it need an external device like a camera???
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: Admin on June 04, 2010, 08:48:56 AM
So would the robot itself detect the people or would it need an external device like a camera???
Thats a good point . . . judging only by the video, it looks as if the robot already knows exactly where everyone in the entire crowd is located . . .
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: TK on June 08, 2010, 07:49:16 PM
Yes the only way I could see this working is if they had the entire area mapped out in a 3d grid and multiple cameras at different angles feeding the bot data on the location of the people inside the grid.  The robot would then use the info from the grid to plan a path that would constantly change. Though i cant see that being very practical.
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: ddemarco5 on June 25, 2010, 01:41:26 PM
I would just use a steamroller.
Title: Re: there are two ways for a robot to navigate in a large crowd of people
Post by: dellagd on June 27, 2010, 03:05:59 PM
Yeah, I see the problem with that. I guess it would use multiple cameras on it to create a knowledge of everyone within, lets say, 15 feet. Then it would just navigate through that and do the 'constantly change route' thing.