Shrewbot Uses Whiskers to Map Its Environment

Posted by admin on May 16, 2013 at 10:17 am America/Chicago

A new robot was shown off at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) called the Shrewbot, which is modeled after the Etruscan pygmy shrew. This robot uses its whiskers to map the objects in an area, and does not use any other senors. This research could have robot that go into area with low viability and still be able to map and understand the environment it is working in. Here is the full aritcle at IEEE Spectrum.