Robots and Robotic Arm Catoms

The IDF – Intel Developer Forum – allows the company Intel to discover its future processors, but is also a huge showcase to display its research projects the craziest.
Intel Bras Robotics # 1Cette years, among the research carried out in laboratories, there was a topic on robotics. Justin Rattner, CTO or current Chief Technology Officer of Intel Corporation, has introduced a robotic arm equipped with sensors and following the slightest movement of the hand through a new recognition technology based on electric fields. This new “sense” has been dubbed “Electric Field Pre-Touch.” It is present in some fish, and allows them to feel the contour of the surrounding objects through their effect on the electric field. This technique allowed the robot to track the movement of an object placed in front of him. Making matters programmable: Catoms
Intel Robots Catoms # 1Et Rattner to present some research done in laboratories Intel, particularly in terms of structures to change shape. The group of researchers trying indeed to see how catoms, millions of small robots can work together to create materials that change their shape, forming a new breed of materials. Just like the Swarm Robots.
Imagine for example an LCD screen that once used turns into shows that one door on itself permanently. It’s strange, it reminds me a little of the principle of the film “Transformers”… Technically, catoms built by Intel are still far from having the proper scale puisqu’aujourd’hui they are the size of a pack of cigarettes, approximately.
However, Intel introduced a prototype chip with hemispheres, a fundamental characteristic to achieve the miniaturization of so-called catoms.