Robots have been developed in varying shapes, sizes, abilities and characters and each such robot has mesmerized the tech fraternity and the common user alike. Now, from the Robotics lab of Ashutosh Saxena at Cornell University comes a robot that has been trained to hallucinate the movement and behavior of us human beings. While how we are going to use such a robot remains a question, the hallucinating robot is busy assembling imaginary human stick figures in a room just to understand where a particular object should be placed to match the human’s need.
The robot is being thought to hallucinate (a more human element) to make it imagine where a human would stand, sit or move in the room and then place the objects in such a manner that they don’t hinder the human, and are thus in relation to the imaginary humans, the robot drafts for its understanding.
This for the robot is made possible with 3D images of the room with objects in it, wherein the robot imagines human figures and then understanding the practical relationship between the objects, space and the human figures, it places the relevant objects for human’s convenience and ignores the others.
The researchers have tested the hallucinating robot with images of living rooms, kitchens, office etc. and have found the robot to be correct in its objective once every five attempts. The fascinating robotic research will be presented at the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Quebec and the International Conference of Machine Learning, Edinburgh, on 21 and 29 June respectively.
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