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BY TRACY PFEIFFER

ANCHOR JENNIFER MECKLES

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His name is Justin.

He can catch and he can make coffee.

Sounds simple enough, except he’s also -- a robot.

REPORTER, VOICE OVER: “Justin’s arms are lightweight and move via ball joints at the shoulders, elbows, and wrists. He is being developed by a group of researchers at the German Aerospace Center.” (CBS)

Rollin’ Justin uses sensors and cameras to assess his world in 3D -- including the ability to catch one or two balls in his robotic hands with a success rate higher than 80 percent. (Hizook)

And as Plastic Pals reports -- Justin’s catching style is even more impressive than meets the eye.

“...the robot is able to track and calculate the flight path of two balls thrown towards it simultaneously.  It can reliably position its hands to within 2cm of the ball’s estimated catch point in space in just 5 milliseconds.”

A writer for Singularity Hub is definitely impressed -- but notes one caveat for the achievement: Justin’s brainpower comes from a computer outside his robotic form.

“In order to calculate trajectories and make necessary minuscule adjustments, an external processing server had to be used that communicated with Justin at high speed. Given another few rounds of Moore’s law, we’ll probably be able to put these systems directly in the robot itself, but for now, Rollin’ Justin’s success has a small asterix next to it.”

NDTV reports -- similar technology is currently used in the International Space Station.

But Justin’s creators have much closer-to-home aspirations.

BERTOLD BAEUMI, Justin Project Scientist: "So what the Rolling Justin is especially suited for its service robotics so in the future we think that everyone will have a robot at home. Especially elderly people can be assisted like this - for example - to reach cups on a higher cupboard for example so there the robot has to be quite autonomous and behave in a sensible way."   

And finally -- The Huffington Post aims to clear up any fears you might have about Justin’s powers.

“For anyone concerned about a Rollin' Justin world takeover, humans are still able to control the agile bot via an iPad.”

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