Smartphones are turning impossible things for robotics possible with the advancement of camera and sensor technology and soon robots will evolve to see and understand the world according to a "Battlebots" champion.

Two-time "Battlebots" super heavyweight champion Donald Hutson said in his interview with CNET that as more people are using smartphones daily, then these are becoming the "right platform to use" in developing robots. The advancement of handsets is equivalent to revolutionizing the software being used to create the camera and sensor technology of these phones. In the end, robots may also take this opportunity to level up and become more advanced.

According to Hutson, the ultimate goal is for the robots to see and understand the world and to reach that aim, they need better sensors. The "Battlebots" champion already created a robot called Snapdragon Rover, which has the same size as the human torso. Its head looks like a dragon connected to a base with three wheels. Along the neck of the robot, there were many slots to support smartphones that can provide power resources to the different parts of the machine.

Inside the robot's head is a sensor having a special prototype that can help in mapping the environment. This will allow the machine to remember faces and track its movement.

Another robot that Hutson showed was called the Snapdragon Cargo. The machine has the ability to "maneuver a floor space behind layers of black safety netting," which is why it can climb a ramp, pick up an object and even take off and hover while in midair. The sensors that are helping the Cargo, can project what the machine is seeing onto a computer monitor and, just like the Rover, it can also map the environment.

All these advancements are credited to smartphone technology, according to the "Battlebots" champion. One of the companies who are supporting this type of advancements in robotics is Qualcomm.

According to Qualcomm's press release last June, the objective of the company is to invent robotic companions and gadgets that can help people in the future to ease their daily activities. Currently, the company is "applying [Qualcomm] Zeroth to robotics." This technological advancement will allow the machine to "learn and personalize itself, or adjust itself to the environment."

Although, the smartphones available in the market cannot 3D-map the environment yet, it is the goal of technology companies like Intel, Qualcomm and Google to integrate this capability to tablets and handsets in the future.