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Jun 23 2008

Robot Plays Air Hockey

Posted by scooter in Robot Technology

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen some robot technology catch my eye. The NuVation Robot (aka “Flexis AC Face-off”) got my attention today while skimming around on youtube. Nuvation won the People’s Choice Award for its Flexis AC Face-Off demonstration, which incorporated a robot using Freescale’s 32-bit ColdFire processor and Flexis AC microcontrollers. The robot played air hockey against human opponents using machine vision assistance from overhead cameras. I have to say, this robot works as advertised and is very impressive. Check out the video…

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This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm and is filed under Robot Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Robot Plays Air Hockey”

Gadgets says:

June 24, 2008 at 10:50 am

That’s fantastic! The response time on anticipation of angles is very impressive (even if it’s not very good at return shots).

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