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Robots have been developed with various senses, often depending on their intended application - from vision, touch, and even smell and taste. Now, a team led by MIT is trying "to give robots superhuman perception" with a new design.
Presenting their study at the upcoming IEEE International Conference on Robotics this May, the team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed a robot that uses radio frequency waves that penetrate obstacles such as walls to "sense" what lies behind them. Called the "RF-Grasp," the new robot combines the radio frequency sensing capabilities with the traditional machine vision to locate, identify, and grasp items that might even be hidden from view.