New 3D Vision System Lets Humanoid Robots Navigate Without Human Help

A vision company is proving that robots can finally see well enough to be trusted around people.A humanoid robot moved around a space, mapping it, avoiding obstacles, and climbing surfaces without anyone holding its hand. No remote control. No tightly scripted environment. Just a machine seeing the world and moving through it on its own terms.Behind that moment was RealSense, a Cupertino-based computer vision company that spun out of Intel last year. Partnering with Shenzhen-based robotics firm