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Skiing Robot

By John Farrier in Science & Tech, Video Clips on Oct 20, 2009 at 12:25 pm



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Bojan Nemec of the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia developed an AI-enabled robot that can maneuver on skis without falling over:

The laptop control center plans the robot’s trajectory, using a camera to measure its distance from the race gates. Gyros and force sensors help the bot stay stabilized on the slopes.

The robot carries a GPS unit, but it’s used to help measure speed, not for trajectory planning. That makes sense, if you’re trying to build a robot that works more like a human, relying on vision.

At the link, you can find the blooper reel from the video shoot.

Link via Popular Science


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  1. Kalel
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    I can just see a squad of these chasing James Bond.

  2. starla
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    And I can just see that skiing TV from the Wallace and Gromit short where they went to the moon for cheese. :3

  3. starla
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Sorry, vending machine, whatever it .=]

  4. Kelly
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    haha that's exactly what I thought of when I saw this - the skiing robot from wallace and gromit. At about 1:10 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EqPwGkE8rY

  5. Skipweasel
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Gas oven, Shirley? But yes, that's exactly what I thought, too.

  6. KenMurph
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Finally, mankind will be relieved from the tedious chore of downhill skiing.

  7. lansing wedding photographer
    Oct 20th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    they never showed it stopping though

  8. Gorf
    Oct 21st, 2009 at 12:01 am

    @starla
    That's exactly what I first thought on seein the picture! :D

  9. Foreigner1
    Oct 21st, 2009 at 7:02 am

    I see a future in this robot for automated rescue-rides when some victim is loaded by rescueworkers on a stretcher with ski's on it and a small unit. And then they say to the unit "go home" and off it goes without any further need to be supervised till it has kome down the mountain.

  10. BamaChris
    Oct 21st, 2009 at 10:36 am

    It's about time they invented this. We've been needing it for years.

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