The brain trust at DARPA has gone well beyond mere telepresence. The agency has a new research effort underway aimed at creating actual avatars, which would allow soldiers to control a robotic surrogate half a world away, much like in the popular film by the same name.
Robots based on a humanoid form factor will eventually join us at home, in the workplace and in public places. Here’s what’s news in humanoid robotics.
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