Think-A-Move, Ltd.

In this video, Sid, our resident "engin-actor", demonstrates hands-free and heads-up navigation of an iRobot PackBot using speech commands. Sid guides the PackBot forward through an obstacle course with ease and has little trouble controlling it back through the course in reverse.

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SPEAR Demonstrations:
SPEAR PackBot Demonstration October 2008
Speech Control of an iRobot PackBot in Noise January 2009
SPEAR Speech Command Confirmation January 2009
SPEAR Speaker Profile Training March 2009
Integration of SPEAR with iRobot PackBot Aware 2.0 - AMREL Rocky OCU June 2009
Speech Control of a QinetiQ North America MAARS Platform July 2009

Earlier Work:
Speech Control of an iRobot PackBot July 2007
Speech Control Under Noisy Conditions July 2007

Research & Development Work:
Speech Control of a Power Wheelchair November 2007
Using Tongue Movements to Control iRobot PackBot Part I September 2007
Using Tongue Movements to Control iRobot PackBot Part II September 2007