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coolest-gadgets.com - 5/15/2009
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Since I am male, I have this thing about not wanting to ask for directions. It would appear that a German research group known as the Institute of Automatic Control Engineering has created a robot that asks directions for them.
In fact, the Autonomous City Explorer, or ACE, is completely ...
newscientist.com - 5/15/2009
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Robots are getting better at finding their way
around unknown areas, and making their own maps as
they explore . But robots lost in urban areas don't need to rely on their own faculties to get from place to place, German roboticists have shown. Their ...
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Lost robot crosses city by asking directions - tech - 13 ...
botjunkie.com - 5/15/2009
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Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 14 of
May , 2009 at 4:41 am The Technical University
of Munich dropped off their ACE (Autonomous City Explorer) robot somewhere in Munich with no maps and instructions to make its way to the city center, 1.5 ...
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Lost Robot Asks For Directions
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ACE robot asks for directions, purpose in life
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... the destination indicated on its screen, which it is able to recognize, although it does also asks them to confirm the direction on the screen just to be safe. In initial tests, that appears to have been relatively successful, with ACE (or Autonomous City Explorer) able to reach its destination 1.5 kilometers away in five hours after relying on directions from 38 people. But don't take our word for it. Head on past the break to check out its people skills for yourself. [Via Coolest Gadgets] ...
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