Gracie Robot

GRACE (Graduate Robot Attending a ConferencE) was built by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, the Naval Research Laboratory and TRACLabs. Her panning platform has a screen showing an emotionally expressive face and her sensors (including touch sensors and a scanning laser rangefinder) help her move through crowded environments. She speaks through high-quality synthesized speech and can understand others using speech recognition software. During a 2002 conference, GRACE started at the front door of the venue, found the elevator (by asking other participants) and made her way to the registration area. GRACE then tried to find the end of the line, finally elbowing the last person out of the way (we're not sure if it was because she was unable to tell if the person was in fact in line, or if she was just impatient!). GRACE then waited patiently and registered successfully. TRACLabs Inc. supplied the pan-tilt head for GRACE so that she could see with her vision system. This pan-tilt head is available for purchase from TRACLabs Inc. visit www.TRACLabs.com for more.

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Science & Technology

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• robot
• robotics
• robot automation
• pan-tilt
• nasa