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NASA asks people to help its humanoid robot see better
In its bid to help astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) focus on key space research, NASA is asking coders to create algorithms for Robonaut 2 or R2 that will improve its 3D vision to maintain the orbiting laboratory.
Washington: In its bid to help astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) focus on key space research, NASA is asking coders to create algorithms for Robonaut 2 or R2 that will improve its 3D vision to maintain the orbiting laboratory.
The "Robonaut Vision Tool Manipulation" contest offers a total of $10,000 in prizes for the best algorithms to help the first humanoid robot on the ISS see better. Serving as an extra set of hands for ISS crew members, R2 is looking to help with the more mundane or repetitive tasks that are required for maintaining the million-pound laboratory -- freeing up its human colleagues for critical science and repair work.
While astronauts can control R2 directly, making the robot more autonomous will make work on the station and on future deep space exploration missions more efficient. One goal is to help R2 "see" better. In order to use a tool, R2 relies on an algorithm to determine a 3D representation of the tool.
