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Robot With Rat-Like Whiskers Feels Its Way Through Rubble

(6)Jul-07-09

A new robot with artificial whiskers could one day be used to locate survivors of natural disasters, or people trapped in burning buildings.

A team from the University of Sheffield and University of Bristolhave created SCRATCHbot, a robot which mimics the way a rat senses its environment.

Long plastic whiskers at the side of the robot's head move back and forth up to 5 times per second to detect nearby objects. If a whisker touches something, control software determines the location of the obstacle and orients the robot's head and body so that shorter bristles on its nose can make contact with it.

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on Robot With Rat-Like Whiskers Feels Its Way Through Rubble

really it is many more capable than the previously used robot
Posted by mrutyunjaya panda on July 10, 2009

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