Iowa State University uses a robot rover for Enviratron, a research concept in which the growth of plants under varying environmental conditions is monitored by a robot.
Developmental Robotics Lab of Iowa State University developed an unnamed humanoid which can identify objects by analyzing the sounds they make when they are pushed, touched and shaken.
ISU is the birthplace of the first electronic digital computer, the ABC. Since then, the university has created the Developmental Robotics Laboratory to create robots that are fully autonomous. ISU’s objective is to develop a truly intelligent humanoid.…