Ken GoldbergUC Berkeley

The Robot Next Door

Previous Predictions

• “Household robots will do all chores.” (1930)

• “Atomic Batteries will be commonplace.” (1955)

• “2% of population will manufacture all goods.” (1963)

NetworkedRobots

RoboMotes: Gaurav S. Sukhatme, USC

Scouts: Nikos Papanikolopoulos, U. Minn

Smart Dust: Kris Pister, UCB (Image: Kenn Brown)

networkedrobot:

Survival Research

Canny and Paulos, UCB

Dalsa 6M18 Ultra High Resolution Video Camera

6 Mpixels (at 18 fps)1 Mpixel/Steradian

Panasonic WV-CW864A Robotic PTZ Video Camera

.3 Mpixels (at 30 fps)500 Mpixel/Steradian

“tele-actor”

http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/ken-photos/bart-nagel/Ken-Goldberg-AH-fixing-back-6x9-300dpi.jpg

NetworkedRobots

www.ken.goldberg.net/NR