Video of the Day: basketball player robot easily scored a three-pointer

Robotics division Toyota showed its new Cue 3 robot who is trained to perform a three-pointer basketball shots. At a recent public demonstration in Tokyo gymnasium he implemented five out of eight attempts.

According to engineers, usually Cue 3 more accurately, but during the show, probably, "excited."

Before throwing the robot is exploring three-dimensional image and looks for the basket. Then, using special sensors and rope system, it configures the drives mechanical hands and knees to set the correct angle and force of the throw.

Move the ball around and demonstrate the wonders of Cue 3 dribbling until, of course, can not. Now all the efforts of developers focused on honing throwing techniques from different positions.

At the height of the robot is about 207 cm. Externally it is covered with an unusual black "armor", which, as noted by Toyota engineers simply allows Cue 3 to be different from other robots.

According to Stanford University professor Oussama Khatib, managing robotics laboratory, Cue 3 demonstrates the successful implementation of quite complex operations. After all, for the calculation of the throw direction in real time requires a very good system view.