Brown University researchers have developed a system that lets robots follow you better than some dogs follow their masters.

A group led by Chad Jenkins, an assistant professor of computer science, came up with a way for robots to respond to hand signals and travel three feet behind a particular person, without being confused by other people walking. It essentially sees a person’s silhouette.

Full Story: New robot at Brown heeds hand signals Source: Providence Journal, March 28th, 2009 Author: C. Eugene Emery Added on March 30th, 2009 at 9:12 am, by Matt Mikula