Japan’s autonomous snowplow robot, has GPS and two cameras
by DJ Neawedde | 8th February 2007
Live from Niigata, Japan (well, not really live, but…), we bring you Yuki-taro - an autonomous snowplow robot created by a team of researchers from five Niigata-area organizations.
This 880 lb snow plowin’ bot features GPS and a pair of video cameras in its eyes. Pink Tentacle says the robot has “a system that compresses the snow into hard blocks measuring 60 x 30 x 15 cm (24 x 12 x 6 in.), which Yuki-taro expels from its rear end.”
Researchers are working to reduce it’s size and weight, to make the robot commercially available within 5 years at a price of $8,300 USD.
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February 8th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Robot quitanieves con GPS y dos camaras…
Este bicho se come la nieve de las calles, la compacta y forma cubos de 60 x 30 x 15 cm que expulsa por una abertura trasera. Por ahora es un prototipo pero se espera que sea una realidad comercial en cinco años, a un precio de unos 6.300 euros. No me…
February 9th, 2007 at 8:32 am
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February 13th, 2007 at 10:48 am
[…] Aunque la máquina es 100% funcional, parece ser que sus desarrolladores están buscando optimizarla, reduciendo su peso (actualmente es de 400 kilogramos) y su tamaño. Estiman tenerla preparada para su venta en el año 2012 por unos 8.300 dólares. —– Fuente | Menéame. Más información | Ministry of Tech. […]
February 13th, 2007 at 5:51 pm