NASA uses PlayStation VR glasses to train space robots

NASA is working with Sony to research using virtual reality glasses to train space robots.

Virtual Reality (Virtual Reality) helps the human brain realize the images in the application, the game is on a living level almost like the real world outside. With a face-mounted VR glasses, you can experience the feeling of raising dinosaurs or experiment with a feeling of being swallowed by a shark.

In addition to the entertainment and news aspects, this visual role-playing tool (virtual reality glasses) is also a powerful support device for scientific research and learning. A report from Virtual Reality said NASA (US aerospace agency) and Sony are working together on a device called Mighty Morphenaut (a PlayStation VR demo) that allows operators to control one humanoid robot in space . The space on the shuttle will be recreated so that users can learn how a robot can complete a task or move around obstacles at a safe distance.

NASA and Sony are working together, creating the Mighty Morphenaut device (a PlayStation VR demo).

NASA has been working hard for years to build a robot (humanoid) that is clever enough to support even replacing people in space exploration missions. According to NASA's website, a human-style robot design can accomplish simple, repetitive tasks or particularly dangerous tasks in places like the International Space Station. The agency has made great strides in designing and bringing robots to work at the space station (Robotnaut 2 has been launched since 2011 and is still in good working order).

The Mighty Morphenaut demo works based on the PS4 , allowing operators to use the PlayStation VR headset to look around and make quick decisions based on the robot's environment in real time. The robot then receives signals from the Move controller to mimic the movement of the operator. However, with the distance between the remote controller and the space robot, the latency in robot manipulation is inevitable. This disadvantage is being studied by scientists to overcome in the future.

The features of virtual reality glasses can help astronauts easily identify errors while controlling, but in reality, interacting with objects flying in the shuttle is a challenge. not small. There was still a long time before NASA could control the robots on space ships with high accuracy, but in the short term they could use VR glasses to train them with some basic operations.