interaction, so caregiving robots in hospitals, and care homes, so maybe for patients who are lonely and don t have anybody to come and visit them. some of the money for the team comes from a big company whose future will rely on this kind of technology. certainly with the high level skills, we find difficult in recruiting. there s a shortage, there is high demand because lots of industries are now going for this level of robotics. so being engaged in these competitions allows us to keep in touch with the recruitment pipeline and some of the excellent research that is going on. a bit of talent spotting? definitely. robots are the future, but programming them to be as good as humans at some tasks is still many years away. richard westcott, bbc news, cranfield in bedfordshire. one of the most important areas for wildlife in britain could soon be under threat, according to some conservationists in kent.
into the container. 13 international teams are competing in this competition. six of them remotely, including cranfield. gilbert, that was very expertly done, but the reality is a child could do that. why is it so hard for a robot to do it? something that seems so easy for us humans to do is actually extremely complicated for robots because firstly the robot will have to be able to see the item through its camera. secondly, it will have to process the image using some really clever algorithm to identify what type of object it is, what orientation the object has been placed in, and then secondly, doing some calculation in orderfor the robot arm to be able to identify the correct position to then grab onto it using its fingers. has it been good fun? yeah, i would say it was great fun and challenging in the meantime, and we learned a lot during this process, and yeah, i think everybody is quite happy to get involved with this. so there s quite a big push at the moment for human robot
and we have the overview here, where we have already the robot standing and looking into the container. 13 international teams are competing in this competition. six of them remotely, including cranfield. gilbert, that was very expertly done, but the reality is a child could do that. why is it so hard for a robot to do it? something that seems so easy for us humans to do is actually extremely complicated for robots because firstly the robot will have to be able to see the item through its camera. secondly, it will have to process the image using some really clever algorithm to identify what type of object it is, what orientation the object has been placed in, and then secondly, doing some calculation in orderfor the robot arm to be able to identify the correct position to then grab onto it using its fingers. has it been good fun? yeah, i would say it was great fun and challenging in the meantime, and we learned a lot during this process, and yeah, i think
everybody is quite happy to get involved with this. so there s quite a big push at the moment for human robot interaction, so caregiving robots in hospitals, and care homes, so maybe for patients who are lonely and don t have anybody to come and visit them. some of the money for the team comes from a big company whose future will rely on this kind of technology. certainly with the high level skills, we find difficult in recruiting. there s a shortage, there is high demand because lots of industries are now going for this level of robotics. so being engaged in these competitions allows us to keep in touch with the recruitment pipeline and some of the excellent research that is going on. a bit of talent spotting? definitely. robots are the future, but programming them to be as good as humans at some tasks is still many years away. richard westcott, bbc news, cranfield in bedfordshire.
you to find then pick up a bottle of oil? a team at cranfield university is competing in an international competition to develop a robot that picks up shopping. it might sound easy, but in fact identifying different objects by sight, and picking them up neatly is one of the great challenges in building the next generation of robots. here s our science correspondent richard westcott, in a nervous corner of an aircraft hangar in bedfordshire, a team is competing in a three day global competition, to programme a robot to identify and then move some shopping. not as easy as you might think. it is all a bit tense because they are actually doing the competition run now. it is being watched in italy. keeping an eye on us via live video link are judges and other competing teams at the main event in bologna. and we have the overview here, but we have already the robot standing and looking into the container. 13 international teams are competing in this competition. six of them remotely, includi