This app turns smartphone into robot to perform boring jobs

WASHINGTON: A smartphone app that allows a user to easily programme any robot to perform a mundane activity, such as picking up parts from one area and delivering them to another, has been developed by scientists, including one of Indian origin.

The app developed by researchers at Purdue University in the US could dramatically bring down the costs of building and programming mobile robots.

The setup could also take care of household chores, they said.