Autonomous robots, shaped like robotic dogs, may soon be roaming among the next generation of leaders and academics at the University of Texas at Austin, the University reported recently.
Unlike commercial delivery services that most robots perform, UT researchers are hoping to better understand how the machines navigate with the everyday humans who walk among them.
A new grant provided to a team of researchers at the university will support the project. A five-year study will focus on how what it takes to create, safely operate and maintain this kind of robot that also adapt to the humans that live and work around it. The team hopes that over time, they will learn how top-of-the-line robotic autonomy can exist in a real-life community.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth