Insider Blog Robot Recipe
Posted April 30th, 2007 by adminNASA Tech Briefs INSIDER 04/30/2007
“The Internet connection means the robots are much more global,” said CMU associate professor of robotics Illah Nourbakhsh, who explained that the robot can be operated remotely from any location, send photos or video, respond to RSS feeds, or access the Internet to find information.
Users can even design new robot types using what’s called a Qwerk controller. Developed by CMU’s Community Robotics, Education, and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) Lab and Charmed Labs of Austin, TX, Qwerk is a full-fledged computer with a Linux operating system that can use any computer language.
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