New robot receives commands with sound !!

U.S. Navy robot invented "Octavia", which can walk amid the fire and take instructions by certain human signals by hand or written, and may extinguish the fire through the air or pressurized water.

Has unveiled a robot "Octavia" by the research arm of the U.S. Navy, where he was working on it side by side with the firefighters, using infrared cameras can interpret what he sees, and can also receive and implement the voice commands, according to the newspaper "Daily Mail "British Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

The Laboratory of the U.S. Naval Research that even in times of peace and the absence of wars, the fires represent one of the biggest risks to the United States Navy.

Octavia has been designed to work with the human team-mate, and builds on the work of individuals trusted and take work orders from them.

In an experiment of the robot recognizes and takes orders from his teammate, and respond to each of the gestures and voice commands.

The military said it was building the robot Octavia to limit the damage "shoulder to shoulder with man."

He explained that the human is able to provide information on the current situation of the robot by voice commands or mime or physical.

By using two infrared cameras, the Octavia is able to locate the fire, and its targeting with a backpack with compressed air or water.