Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Meet the Robot Ball Catcher of Tomorrow



This robot is made for catching can nab up anything thrown from 5 meters away with 80% accuracy. It even has the pizazz to grab a ball in each of its 4-fingered hands at the same time. To achieve these feats in retrieving, Rollin’ Justin is equipped with a fast image-recognition, and control software that's linked to off-board computers which predict the balls trajectory every 20 milliseconds.

Be sure to check out New Scientist to see a video of Rollin’ Justin in action.
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16 comments:

  1. SeanMay 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    I had a toy robot as a kid. They are so interesting!

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  2. Bottoms UpMay 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Just imagine a giant one of these that could fly, and have the ability to catch a rocket mid-air and defuse it before it blows up. That would be incredible, and probably well into the future

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  3. brnMay 4, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    this is impressive! :O

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  4. Cheap StudentMay 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    off board computers? won't be impressed till it's all onboard.

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  5. KamatacciMay 4, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    It looks like a Mega Man X robot. Awesome.

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  6. DaveMay 4, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    really incredible

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  7. choikestaMay 4, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Wow, I want one

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  8. DubbaDeeDooMay 4, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    I'm tellin' ya, robots are gonna take over sports. ><

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  9. IntramanMay 5, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    ahah pretty impressive

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  10. GhekoMay 5, 2011 at 3:11 AM

    And so the age of the robot begins..

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  11. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    That is one strange-looking robot. The colour is nice tho.

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  12. mindphMay 5, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    Wow cool. Too pitty however that all these robots are specialized still, everyone doing one special thing really well but can't probably find home alone

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  13. MikeMay 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I love robots, and this one is no exception.

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  14. RumikoMay 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Huge step for robotics. Just imagine what they'll be able to do in a few years if all goes well.

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  15. SeanMay 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    Does this really work?

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  16. audio oceanMay 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    That's ridiculously cool. Glad to see such improvements are being made in the technological world.

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