Design: Groundbot Spherical Surveillance Robot Delivers 3D Video
By Rob Scott
October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011
- The Groundbot spherical surveillance robot from Sweden “can roll through mud, sand, snow, or heck, float on water if it need be — while using its pair of cameras to deliver its remote operator with a live live video feed — in stereoscopic 3D, no less,” reports Ubergizmo.
- This is a great simple design for a device that could be used in many hazardous situations such as combating crime and detecting potential terrorism.
- The Groundbot can travel up to 6 mph and features knobby tire treads for all-terrain operation. The robot includes sensors for “radioactivity, gas, humidity, fire, heat, smoke, biological material, explosives, or narcotics.”
- “One controls the Groundbot remotely or through a programmed autonomous GPS-based system, where the Groundbot works like your regular DSLR — you can opt to include a wide-angled camera (for 360-degree vision), or if the situation arises, use a night vision (IR) camera instead.”
4 Comments
this is soooo cool. Lots of great video of it in action, water, snow…
Doesn’t sound all that different from the technology NASA has been using for its rovers, but interesting that it is being commercially productized (I’m guessing is the gist of this).
this is soooo cool. Lots of great video of it in action, water, snow…
Doesn’t sound all that different from the technology NASA has been using for its rovers, but interesting that it is being commercially productized (I’m guessing is the gist of this).
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