ABB's largest robot gets a gigantic googly eye

And it can sense humans.
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Dr. Madeline Gannon placing her hand on the googly eye equipped on the giant ABB robot
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Multidisciplinary designer Dr. Madeline Gannon of ATONATON has collaborated on a project dubbed Two Circles in which ABB’s largest robot, the ABB IRB 8700 is fitted with a massive googly eye that can essentially see you. Using NVIDIA’s Isaac Sim along with ABB’s RobotStudio and depth-sensing cameras, the robot can track and react to human movement.

Topics Robotics


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