AP Television
Maryland, US - September 9, 2011
1. Mid of flying robot
2. Close of flying robot
3. Close of student controlling robot with brainwaves
4. Close of student holding headset used to control robot
UPSOUND (English) Greg Gremillion, Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland:
"It''s the Neuro Sky Mindset. It has four electrodes, three on your ear and one on your forehead and you just wear it like this."
5. Close of computer monitors showing brainwaves
6. Close of robot held in hand of student
7. Mid of robot flying over the floor
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Gremillion, Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland:
"We''re using electrical signals from the brain to determine a person''s level of attention. And then using that to then control the height of a micro quad rotor vehicle off of the ground."
9. Close of robot flying
10. Wide of robot flying, students in background controlling robot
11. Close of robot flying
12. Mid low shot of robot flying
13. Close of robot on ground, motors starting to rotate
14. Close of robot flapping its wings
15. Various of snake robot moving
16. SOUNDBITE (English) James Hopkins, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland:
"Well because it''s a snake-inspired design we expect it to go through rubble into small spaces looking for possible victims of any kind of natural disaster."
17. Close of snake robot
18. Mid of student lifting robot
19. Various of "Follow the Leader" robots on grid surface
20. Mid top shot of robot walking along floor
21. Mid of girls watching robot move towards them
22. Mid over the shoulder of student with laptop controls for robot
23. Tracking shot of robot moving along floor
24. Mid of robot walking towards boy
25. Various of large wheeled robot moving
26. Mid of divers in water with robot
27. Close of monitor showing divers underwater
28. Close over the shoulder of boy looking through porthole at robot
29. Mid underwater shot of divers
30. Close of robotic arm moving underwater
LEAD IN:
A flying robot piloted by brainwaves is just one of the smart new devices coming out of a top US university.
Students show off their latest creations at the Maryland''s Robotics Day including the Neuro Sky Mindset and a snake-inspired search-and-rescue robot.
This flying robot might look like the best Christmas present ever but this is no toy.
It is remotely piloted by brain power.
This mind-bending device is taken through a test flight by robotics research students at the University of Maryland in the United States.
It is Maryland''s Robotics Day, a chance for the students and researchers to show off their latest creations to the press and public.
Student Greg Gremillion, Ph.D, explains how his flying robot can be piloted:
"It''s the Neuro Sky Mindset. It has four electrodes, three on your ear and one on your forehead and you just wear it like this."
The height of the helicopter can be controlled with the power of the mind, says Gremillion:
"We''re using electrical signals from the brain to determine a person''s level of attention. And then using that to then control the height of a micro quad rotor vehicle off of the ground."
This slithering robot is inspired by the movement of a snake.
Interlocking sections unclip and reattach, propelling the snake bot along the ground slowly, but surely.
But there''s a serious application for this clunky snake, as designer James Hopkins explains:
"Well because it''s a snake-inspired design we expect it to go through rubble into small spaces looking for possible victims of any kind of natural disaster."
After an earthquake, or other disruptive disaster, the snake bot could reach into places a human rescuer could never squeeze.
Robotics open day attracts lots of young children, all fascinated by the robots. They may be inspired to be the robotic engineers of tomorrow,
The University has a range of facilities for students to test their designs to the limits, like its 367,000 gallon neutral buoyancy research tank.
This team of student divers can work on their underwater robotic arm in a safe environment.
Eventually the team hopes the robotic arm will be used for underwater exploration.
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