IGOR robotic platform uses GPS and camera to get around

ComCam and Ologic have teamed up to create the Indoor GPS Ologic Robot -- or IGOR (pronounced "eye-gore" we imagine) -- a robotics platform by that uses GPS and a video camera to get around. The 'bot can autonomously navigate between indoor waypoints, thanks to an ultrasonic indoor GPS system, and be controlled over the internet and via cell phone, thanks to a low latency live video feed. We imagine, with a matronly makeover, this thing would be a great babysitter for people of the future.

Actual product shot of the decidedly non-matronly IGOR after the break.

[ShaolinDolemite Posted Jan 8th 2007 10:41PM]

"Damn your eyes."

"Too late."

[Callanish Posted Jan 8th 2007 9:22PM]

Nice Young Frankenstein reference or is that Frankensteen!! :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 9th 2007 6:07PM]

Sigh...brings back bad memories from primary school. It's pronounced E-gor.

:-P

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2007 10:31PM]

Frodrick!

[robomaniac Posted Jan 8th 2007 10:13PM]

>>ultrasonic indoor GPS system

How the hell that works? Do you think the robot calculate the distance from the wall and then add this to the outside GPS coordonnate to know were he is?? LOLL

(coordonate of wall) + (distance from wall) = position

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2007 11:30PM]

Johnny five is alive!!