Rosphere spherical robot could be rolling up for work to monitor and tend crops

If you see what looks like a hamster ball rolling around a cornfield, it doesn’t mean that someone’s pet is incredibly lost. It may be an experimental robot developed by the Robotics and Cybernetics Research Group at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) called Rosphere. The spherical robot can propel itself over uneven ground and may one day be rolling up for work in fields to monitor and tend crops. .. Continue Reading Rosphere spherical robot could be rolling up for work to monitor and tend crops

Section: Robotics

Tags: Agriculture, Prototype, Robots, Sphere, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

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