ZEE Business
ZEE BUSINESS
हिंदी में पढ़ें  हिंदी में पढ़ें
Live TV
Live TV
  • Home
  • Personal Finance
    • PPF
    • Mutual Funds
    • Income tax
    • EPFO
    • Income Tax Calculator
    • Personal Loan Calculator
    • Car Loan Calculator
    • Home Loan Calculator
    • SIP calculator
    • SWP Calculator
    • MF Returns Calculator
    • Lumpsum Calculator
  • India
    • Companies
    • Property
    • Startups
    • Uidai
  • Economy
    • Aviation
  • Tech
    • Mobiles
    • Apps
  • Auto
    • Cars
    • Bikes
  • Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currency
  • Railways
  • World
    • Economy
    • Politics
    • Markets
  • Survey
  • videos
  • photos
  • More ...
    • VIDEOS
    • PHOTOS
BREAKING NEWS
  • Stock Market Outlook: Our dependence on US market limited now, next 10-15 years belong to India, says Anil Singhvi | Here's why
  • Toyota Hyryder Unveiled: Toyota India unveils new self-charging hybrid electric SUV in India; check details
  • Virtual Digital Assets: VDAs to attract 1% TDS from today; know what CBDT says about new norms
  • Gold Price Today: Yellow metal surges by over Rs 1000 as excise duty hiked to 12.5% - check gold rate in your city
  • Monsoon session of Parliament to begin on July 18; to end on August 12
Read in App
Business News » Leadership News

Wow! This app turns your phone into robot - Here is how

Researchers have developed a smartphone application that allows a user to easily programme any robot to perform a task, dramatically bringing down the costs of building and programming mobile robots.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • whatapp
  • View in App
Wow! This app turns your phone into robot - Here is how
The researchers demonstrated this app with robots watering a plant, vacuuming and transporting objects. Image source: Pixabay

Researchers have developed a smartphone application that allows a user to easily programme any robot to perform a task, dramatically bringing down the costs of building and programming mobile robots. The researchers demonstrated this app with robots watering a plant, vacuuming and transporting objects. A study on the embedded app, called VRa, was presented at DIS 2019 in San Diego. "Smaller companies can`t afford software programmers or expensive mobile robots, we`ve made it to where they can do the programming themselves, dramatically bringing down the costs of building and programming mobile robots," said the study`s lead author Karthik Ramani, a researcher of Indian origin from the Purdue University in the US.

Using Augmented Reality (AR), the app allows the user to either walk out where the robot should go to perform its tasks or draw out a workflow directly into real space. The app offers options for how those tasks can be performed, such as under a certain time limit, on repeat or after a machine has done its job. After programming, the user drops the phone into a dock attached to the robot. While the phone needs to be familiar with the type of robot it`s `becoming` to perform tasks, the dock can be wirelessly connected to the robot`s basic controls and motor, said the researchers.

The phone is both the eyes and brain for the robot, controlling its navigation and tasks. "As long as the phone is in the docking station, it is the robot, whatever you move about and do is what the robot will do," he added. To get the robot to execute a task that involves wirelessly interacting with another object or machine, the user simply scans the QR code of that object or machine while programming, effectively creating a network of so-called Internet of Things. Once docked, the phone (as the robot) uses information from the QR code to work with the objects.

The app provides an option to automatically record video when the phone is docked, so that the user can play it back and evaluate a workflow.

 

Get Latest Business News, Stock Market Updates and Videos; Check your tax outgo through Income Tax Calculator and save money through our Personal Finance coverage. Check Business Breaking News Live on Zee Business Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe on YouTube.

TAGS:
robotAR technology
Written By: IANS
Updated: Wed, Jun 19, 2019
01:28 pm
New York, IANS
RELATED NEWS
Baidu's Jidu Auto to mass produce 'robot' electric vehicles in 2023 Baidu's Jidu Auto to mass produce 'robot' electric vehicles in 2023
Supply chain tech company Unbox Robotics raises USD 7 million in Series-A round Supply chain tech company Unbox Robotics raises USD 7 million in Series-A round
This pocket-sized robot cleans walls in a jiffy This pocket-sized robot cleans walls in a jiffy
Robots to clean sewers, septic tanks in Delhi! Will this fully eradicate manual scavenging?   Robots to clean sewers, septic tanks in Delhi! Will this fully eradicate manual scavenging?
IIT Bombay grads launch India's first companion robot Miko 2 at Rs 24,999 IIT Bombay grads launch India's first companion robot Miko 2 at Rs 24,999

LATEST NEWS

OnePlus Nord 2T 5G price in India starts at Rs 28,999 - Check offers, availability and specifications

Audi logs 49 per cent sales growth at 1,765 units in Jan-Jun

Stocks to Buy: Sanjiv Bhasin recommends Aarti Industries, Bank of Baroda, Tata Steel; Know the details

GST Council Meeting: Full details of goods and services, where rates hiked or slashed

Opening Bell: Nifty slips below 15,700, Sensex sheds over 350 points; Auto, Consumer Durables worst hit

Gold Price Today: Yellow metal surges by over Rs 1000 as excise duty hiked to 12.5% - check gold rate in your city

PACL case: Deadline for investors to submit original investment documents extended till Aug 31

Dalal Street Corner: Market ends with marginal cuts this week; FMCG gains, Consumer Durables decline—What should investors do on Monday?

WhatsApp: Here is why over 19 lakh Indian accounts banned in May

Excise duty on petrol, diesel, ATF hiked up to Rs 12; details

  • India News
  • World News
  • Companies News
  • Market News
  • Personal Finance News
  • Technology News
  • Automobile News
  • Small Business News
  • Income Tax Calculator
  • Live TV
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Author
  • Rss Feed
  • Advertise with us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal Disclaimer

Latest Trending Updates

  • EPFO
  • Budget 2020
  • Income Tax Return
  • Auto Expo 2020
  • Home Loan
  • Business News

Trending Topics

  • Income Tax
  • income Tax Calculator
  • 7th Pay Commission
  • Reserve Bank of India
  • GST
  • Latest Business News

Follow us on

zeebiz
zeebiz

Partner Sites

  • Zee News
  • Hindi News
  • Marathi News
  • Bengali News
  • Tamil News
  • Malayalam News
  • Gujarati News
  • Telugu News
  • Kannada News
  • DNA
  • WION
© 2022. India Dot Com Private Limited. All Rights Reserved.
LIVE TV