First mOway Tutorial

The first tutorial of mOway! Discover the first exercise resolved step by step with the new Mowayworld software.

Robots Look Themselves in the Mirror

Nowadays robots look more and more like human beings. This is shown by Qbo robot, which is able to recognize its own image reflected in a mirror.

Qbo robot has a computer vision system that makes possible for Qbo to recognize either another robot or its own reflected image. In order to distinguish between both cases, the robot emits a blinking sequence with a light placed over its “nose”: if the robot identifies its own sequence, this means that it is in front of a mirror.



Otherwise, it is in front of another Qbo robot and then they start a conversation through synthesized voice, microphone and speakers.

Source: Thecorpora

Flying Robots Will Construct Buildings

Dr. Raffaello D’Andrea from ETH Zurich has developed a flying robot for constructing buildings. This robot is able to locate, carry and drop the blocks that forms the structure to be built.

The robot is a quadricopter, which means that it has four propellers to travel. The position control of the robot is achieved through a motion capture system with a group of cameras. This system checks the position of the robot, modifies its trajectory and indicates the robot where to drop the block that is carrying.

A demonstration was made with four of these robots, which built a 1:100 scale model of a building with polystyrene bricks.

Source: LaFlecha