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Briefing
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- Controlling Robots in Virtual Reality – Brown University researchers created software that links robot arms, grippers, sensors, and cameras to commercial virtual reality hardware through Internet, enabling remote robot control
- Conducting Remote or High-Risk Physical Tasks – Can be used in completing dangerous and high-risk physical tasks, such as bomb diffusion and visiting contaminated facilities, as well as operating equipment from remote location
- Initial Experimentation – Used software to connect Baxter robot to HTC vive, where users saw robot’s environment and manipulated its movements to accomplish simple tasks
- Continuous Prototyping and Development – Plans to continue developing software, shifting focus to more complex tasks and incorporating navigation in system, as well as exploring possibility of mixed autonomy where robot can do task independently, while human work on other things in background
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