One method is designed to plan missions in which a robot inspects an environment.
The user can also highlight specific areas where it wants a robot to collect images or data.
More peaceful use of the technology is a current project underway with robots in hospitals.
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Thomas and his team used a robot at a Kansas hospital to become “friends” with pediatric patients.
Mixed reality could one day even allow humans to embody a physical avatar in the form of a robot.
“The lines will continue to blur between analog and digital, human and machine.”
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