New RFID Tech Helps Robots Find Household Objects
From: Product Design & Development - 09/22/2014

A Georgia Tech research team has developed a new search algorithm that
improves a robot's ability to find and navigate to tagged objects.

The team has implemented their system on a PR2 robot, allowing it to travel
through a home and correctly locate different types of tagged household
objects, including a medication bottle, TV remote, phone, and hair brush.

The research has implications for future home robots and is particularly
compelling for applications such as helping people with medicine, as RFID is
able to provide precise identification information about an object or a
person.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:02) at:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/09/new-rfid-tech-helps-robots-find-household-objects
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2014/09/new-rfid-technology-helps-robots-find-household-objects

Links:
Charlie Kemp
http://charliekemp.com/

Finding and Navigating to Household Objects with UHF RFID Tags by Optimizing RF Signal Strength
http://www.hsi.gatech.edu/hrl/pdf/iros2014_in_home_rfid_deyle_reynolds_kemp.pdf

Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.hsi.gatech.edu/hrl/