Disarming a (Fake) Bomb Using Mirror Training's Software and a Leap Motion Controller

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Channel: IEEE Spectrum · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Mirror Training's slogan is "wear your robot." The company introduced a gesture recognition system for no-button remote control of military robots at Leap Axlr8r's May startup launch event. Spectrum Senior Editor Tekla Perry tries the system for the first time.

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