The latest high-tech military robots are being controlled by something lots of you might find in your living rooms - the controller from a Nintendo Wii.
Because the Wii-mote is easy to get to grips with, it's now being looked at as away of directing robots that are used to clear dangerous mine-fields.
The controllers that were first checked out needed lots of concentration.
But because the Wii-mote is so simple, it allows the users to concentrate more on what's around the robot.Link"http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7310000/newsid_7315400/7315455.stm"
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Hi Dillon. Were did you hear about this? Could you post a link? I'd really like to read more about this... I know that the wii remote control contains a lot of hi quality equipment for a pretty cheap price... If you're interested, watch this talk about three hacks that someone made using the wii remote control. They're pretty cool!
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245
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