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Robotic Wheelchair Uses Lasers to Dock Like a Spaceship

A robotic wheelchair that loads itself into its owner's car using the same principles as a spaceship does when docking, has been developed by a team from Pennsylvania. An on-board computer uses LIDAR, or light detecting and ranging, to position the chair when it is loaded into a vehicle—exactly the same technique used by the space truck Jules Verne when it dropped in on the ISS last month. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By AddyDugdale
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