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MIT's Gleanmer chip enables low-power 3D mapping for tiny autonomous robots

Adam Zewe | MIT News

2h ago· 6 min readenNews

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MIT researchers have developed a new chip called Gleanmer that enables tiny, low-power autonomous robots to construct detailed 3D maps of their environments in real-time using only about as much power as a single LED. This advancement allows small UAVs and battery-limited devices to navigate complex environments, avoid obstacles, and perform tasks like checking for gas leaks in industrial HVAC systems, all without the power-hungry systems typically required for such mapping capabilities.

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The chip allows small autonomous robots and other battery-limited devices to construct detailed 3D maps of their environments in real-time using only about as much power as a single LED.

A robot could use such a map to plan a collision-free path to reach its goal.

Typically, generating such thorough maps requires power-hungry systems and a great deal of memory to build and store 3D representation

The advance could enable tiny devices to avoid obstacles and safely navigate in the real world.

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Gleanmer is a new system that can construct detailed 3D maps of a robot’s environment at high speed while operating at extremely low power. The advance could enable tiny devices to avoid obstacles and safely navigate in the real world.

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