The same MIT researchers who are helping the US military create robots that can autonomously generate 3D maps of their immediate location have developed similar technology humans can wear to navigate new and potentially dangerous environments.
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a wearable system that senses the environment of its wearer and builds a digital map of the area as the person moves through it. The ultimate goal for the technology's development -- funded by the Air Force and the Office of Naval Research -- is to help emergency responders find their way through an unfamiliar area after a disaster safely, and possibly locate survivors, according to MIT.
MIT researchers have created a prototype of a wearable sensor that can create maps of a person’s environment on the fly as they move through it. Researchers from the university’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which based the technology on a previously designed robotic platform, envision emergency responders using the device to navigate disaster sites.
(Source: MIT)
(Source: MIT)
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