| Cardea is a next-generation robot currently at the early design stage. It is a robot designed primarily to get through doors by opening the handles and pushing, just like a person would. The long-term plan is to make a mobile robot with access to both the social and physical world. |
Current design
(drafted by Jeff Weber)
Current implementation
(by many many people, pretty much everybody in the group)
| Currently there is just one arm, and a single camera as a head -- but the segway base is in place, and the robot can already push doors open (see video). You can read more about Cardea at the robot's new official site. |
| Video: Opening a door |
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In this video, Cardea (with a single arm at this point)
locates a door, pushes it open, and goes through -- all autonomously.
AVI -- (29 MB) Length: 1.5 minutes |
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Older bits and pieces
(original three-armed design by Paul Fitzpatrick)
