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NCTU Vision One' Robot Understands Hand Signals
on 18-01-2007 19:19
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Researchers from the Computer Vision Research Center at the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan have developed an experimental home robot called 'NCTU Vision One' that is capable of identifying people and interpreting hand gestures.
 

The robot is primarily designed to act as an aid to the elderly and is capable of identifying its master. It can reportedly judge the persons health condition by analyzing facial expressions, then perform tasks such as fetch medicine, a phone, or another person in the home to provide aid if necessary. Along with that the NCTU Vision One can distinguish between intruders and family members, and it can be set to chase away intruders while taking pictures of them and alerting the authorities.

This robot is still a prototype and it is unknown whether it will ever be commercially available.

Last update: 18-01-2007 20:16

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