Tech Daily Dose: Internet-Controlled Robots With Off-The-Shelf Parts http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/04/internetcontrolled-robots-with.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:19:21 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Internet-Controlled Robots With Off-The-Shelf Parts Carnegie Mellon University researchers announced this week that thanks to Internet technology they have developed robots they consider simple enough for almost anyone to build. With a wireless link to the Internet, users can control and monitor a robot's action from any Internet-connected computer in the world.

Carnegie Mellon associate professor of robotics Illah Nourbakhsh and members of his Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment Lab developed the machines with the goal of making robots accessible and affordable to college and pre-college students. The robots use off-the-shelf parts and “the Internet to provide telepresence on a routine basis.”

"The Internet connection means the robots are much more global," Nourbakhsh said. -- Winter Casey

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