PhoneBot gives old smartphones a new job on two legs
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PhoneBot gives old smartphones a new job on two legs
Smartphones combine cameras, motion sensors and powerful processors in devices that fit inside a pocket. These features could also make them useful components for robots, reducing the need to buy and connect separate sensors, processors or other electronics.
UCLA researchers have developed a humanoid robot called PhoneBot that uses old Android phones for sensing and motion control. The robot, whose hardware (excluding the phone) is estimated to cost around $400, can walk on two legs, follow people, and get back up after falling on its stomach.
A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed 'PhoneBot,' a bipedal humanoid robot that uses a used Android smartphone as its brain. The hardware manufacturing cost is estimated at approximately $400 (about 570,000 won), excluding the smartphone. PhoneBot, developed by the UCLA team, is a small humanoid robot that uses an Android smartphone to sense its surroundings and control its movements. It stands about …
Researchers have developed an inexpensive humanoid robot based on an Android smartphone. Control and sensor usage are carried out via a smartphone.
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