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coverage range of the original sensors).
CBS dubbed the system “Eye Vision 360,”
a reference to both its vision capabilities and
the iconic CBS “eye” logo. The broadcast team
used the system for multiple replays throughout the game, including the breaking of an
imaginary “goal plane” to confirm one of the
Denver Broncos’ touchdowns. This ability to
view the scene from different angles, according to JAI, gave TV audiences an experience
that have previously only seen in motion picture special effects, such as those pioneered in
the motion picture “The Matrix.”
Boston Dynamics introduces next generation humanoid robot
Originally introduced in 2013, the Atlas hu-
manoid robot from Google-owned Boston Dy-
namics (Waltham, MA, USA; www.bostondy-
namics.com) has been given an upgrade. A
demonstration of the robot in operation can
be found at www.bit.ly/1XLsk5S. In the video,
Boston Dynamics demonstrates the robot op-
erating both outdoors and inside buildings,
Atlas can be seen walking outdoors in the
snow, picking up 10lb. boxes in a warehouse,
adjusting itself after slipping or being pushed,
and even picking itself backup after an em-
ployee knocked it down to the ground.
The original version of the vision-guided
Atlas robot stands approximately 6ft tall and
weighs 330lbs. It has four hydraulically-ac-
tuated limbs, blue LED illumination, and
is made of aluminum and titanium. This
system had a head-mounted MultiSense-SL
3D data sensor package, which is comprised
of a Hokuyo (Osaka, Japan; www.hokuyo-aut.
jp) UTM-30LX-EW laser and a Carnegie Ro-
botics (Pittsburgh, PA, USA; www.carnegi-
erobotics.com) MultiSense S7 stereo camera.
The camera is fitted with either a 2MPixel
CMV2000 or 4 MPixel CMV4000 CMOS
image sensor from CMOSIS (Antwerp, Belgium; www.cmosis.com).
While little information on the new version of Atlas has been disseminated, Boston
Dynamics does note that the next generation
Atlas also features sensors to balance its body
and legs and LIDAR and stereo sensors to
avoid obstacles.
