Wednesday, April 30, 2008
posted by Andrew at 1:59 AM
You need some irony and the anxiety - battered the diet, this morning? » Expansion to try some of this. Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animation heavy bomb, wall-E, this summer. Under the premise, the film finds that the wall-E (waste load allocation of take-off and landing - the earth level) clean the earth's trash, rampant, without the consumer to check the planet uninhabitable. Therefore, how to promote their film? » Do you understand it, they launched a new line, the plastic wall of the E-type robot development partnerships, and wowwee and thinkway toys, which no child may Huobuxiaqu. The final wall to the list of 190 U.S. dollars, launched this summer and 10 motor function, remote control, and a large number of sensors to avoid obstacles and respond to touch, feel the ironic mockery of its own existence. BOT basis, will be joined by 25 yuan idance wall - e (I think on the species) and 40 yuan flytech Tingkebeier when they make their first time on May 29 in San Mateo in the manufacturers faire.

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posted by Andrew at 1:52 AM
We have seen a couple of armed defense roaming, so that the scene now - the U.S. military or even a couple deployed in Iraq - but the promotional video for the 600,000 U.S. dollars gu ardium robots has recently commissioned by Israel is not entirely A terrible demonstration of the strength of roots. Not only to do so, so that the old school, CRT display offers a warning intruders, noncompliant, all of the BOT, it seems that we can do is sneeze out white smoke cloud. Awesome. Perhaps these things to play better defense contractor in the Convention, but some tell us that a real angry dog may be a little more effective. Check the video below.

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posted by Andrew at 1:49 AM
We have seen a number of modular, has been re-robot, but it does not 'in any less disturbing, especially when we see them do their thing on video. You can see for themselves after the break, this latest batch of robots from the University of Pennsylvania seems to be sufficient capacity, and in addition they can be kicked out of the way and find their own re-assembled, although a bit slow. That's done with the assistance of the cameras, aimed at a unique Blinkin 'lights another robot, it can dock with the use of some magnets, and then started to search for other BOT are again, finally forming a little unstable walking machine (Please be sure to adhere to and video 'to the end of the year).

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
posted by Andrew at 6:31 AM
We have to explain this matter, but we really have problems to consider our immediate take-off, it long enough to string together a number of fully serve their sentences. Festo illustrates the AirJelly by some magical properties of the jelly fish, a lithium-ion batteries, an electric motor and a helium. If this is not floaty enough, you also have water version, aquajelly. Videos are, for a rest.


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Monday, April 28, 2008
posted by Andrew at 1:35 AM
Just do not know how, we are only prepared to ordinary people, or even to give the robot wise enough to completely beyond our society? » Strange, some of the brain power may come from learning approach, the fruit fly, ah, to fly. A completely strange flight simulator in the Caltech, in fact, play "the scene:" Fly the reaction, and taking into account the fruit fly is held constant, researchers can work closely together to study how insects to stay away from trying to line out The bubble and all manner of incoming obstacles. These work and the installation shows that these studies may one day help the robot function more independently, may take some load off of our human labor. We know that you have three bold letters and a question mark, running through your noggin right now - as long as the press read link to see what it's all about.

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posted by Andrew at 1:28 AM
Oh bum bot. We remember that when you hand in the fresh creators rufus terrill. Now look at you - Featured on c olbert report. You may have seen the photo, this Rangers - to deter robot before, but you did not live to see you play hard, in-depth reports that Stephen colbert provide it. Take a look at the video after the break to see a defender of America (and bot) on the front lines of battle.

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Friday, April 25, 2008
posted by Andrew at 3:05 AM
Japan's oldest "modern" robot with 10 feet, 6 inches g akutensoku-have been awakened in Japan. Gone are the inflatable rubber of the original 1928 Android company established by biologists-Nishimura. Use of BOT, now tilted, its head, moves his eyes and a smile, and puffs his cheeks thank the 1.2 million U.S. dollars, computer-controlled, pneumatic servo outlook. But not compared to his modern descendants, gakutensoku we can still creep the hell. Renovation of Osaka on display at the Science Museum, July 18. After the video, rest a while.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008
posted by Andrew at 6:55 AM
NASA engineers are testing a giant, six foot robot may rebound, and made the future moon base thousands of kilometres entire surface of the moon, the astronauts to explore the area around far more than just landing site.

In 2005 the report on its exploration plan, NASA said that they hope to set up a base in fixed locations on the Moon, human beings are the first elections in 2020.

However, the huge robot vehicle called the athletes (all-terrain hex legs in extra-curricular ground Explorer) will probably change. Measuring about 7.5 metres wide, with more than 600 meters long legs, the robot can take action, basically like a turtle, carrying astronauts around the living quarters on its back.

This is the design engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, United States, are also testing two small-scale prototype robot.

15 tons of astronauts living quarters, or habitat, can be installed in the athletes before, sent to the moon, the moon landing. This will solve a major problem for NASA - how to enhance the Habitat well-off landing, the cargo area, can sit down to six meters above the ground, and set it in an ideal position.

Athletes of the wheels of a nuclear warhead so long legs, "This is just the right measures to take off, and payload anywhere you want, said:" Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Brian Wilcox of the persons in charge of athletes项

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posted by Andrew at 2:40 AM
One of our favorite robot, Honda's versatile ASIMO, will be the final spread its wings and embrace the art of the future, it's always hope. May 13, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be conducted automatically - and Yo-Yo Ma - in a performance impossible dream. The digital oscilloscope and Honda have been the joint forces so that the music education of children in Detroit, ASIMO, the concert will be launching a number of projects, Japan Monolith company will co-sponsor, in the industrial city. Of course, this is not the first time, we see a robot orchestra, but we are confident that this will be the best ... provided by little, did not take any bad steps.

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posted by Andrew at 2:32 AM
We know that at Japan all people loves robots, but it really carefully so that they have their frigging laser beam » Why not just on the one hand, they mapped to our vital organs and special hose, fruit juice, our baby? » You see an actual photo from the Blazer game held this week in Fukuoka City, Japan. Kondo competition with the khr - 1hv with lasers and sensors, and then let the team out of the fighting, in a simulated city. We are the real decision-makers of our own doom.

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posted by Andrew at 2:28 AM
As for the people on earth if we do not have enough worries, with more than robots from every corner of the globe, may install a silent offensive, beyond our community and ownership of our land, and now we are faced with a startling realization, even if Our sporting events are not safe from subterfuge. In the seventh annual RoboCup in the German Open, groups of teams to decline after the soccer field, in order to compete in robot soccer only, uh, football. Frankly, everything seems fine and Dundee, until we reached a quote from the one Stefan kohlbrecher, Darmstadt Technical University of Darmstadt dribblers team: "Our goal is a robot competition in the human world Champion and robots, to 2050. " Interestingly, we should be fornicating with the androids from the same year. Michael Stipe clues, please.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
posted by Andrew at 4:05 AM
Following the introduction of the world to beat, i-MEMBER prostheses from last year, Touch Bionics takes things in a different direction with a sense of competition "Fluid hand." The new miniature hydraulic hand used to bend the fingers, and can better interact with objects - such as grasping things with irregular surfaces - that the five motor-i-Limb. Fludihand is also a natural that the current prostheses, to comment and stem the user can sense the power of hand. Fluid hand is currently only at the stage of the prototype, with a patient that day to test the two prostheses, one against the other in a battle in the death.

Updated: Sorry for the confusion, fluid hand by a certain researchers in Karlsruhe, Germany, not by touching bionics.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
posted by Andrew at 8:32 AM
When you think of robots, you think generally male wood metal. Not these guys. These funky little 'bots are made from clay instead of steel.

Pixel Pancho ceramic robots

Created by Italian artist Enrico Street Bertorelli - better known as Pancho Pixel - to boot I series is a limited edition ceramic art is a piece largest robot junkie's collection. Only 29 each of yellow and green robots have been made, so they become a real collector's item if you manage to get their hands on one.

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posted by Andrew at 7:25 AM
Hah!!! Best hidden nuts and urinal cake, 'cause baby blue elephant herd with small yellow hats on the loose in Japan. Meet urinal elephants, otherwise known as the toilet cleaning robot dasubee. Back to 'uh to a new outflow of ceramic throne Now Big Blue and the eradication of your artificial hodgepodge robot with the grace of an elephant logging. Video? You betcha, right after the short break.

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Monday, April 21, 2008
posted by Andrew at 9:11 AM
We saw this a few days ago, but passed on it because we were confident that we had seen before - here. But despite the similarities in appearance, there is a big difference: "Aeryon Scout" is an aircraft, not just a remote-controlled toy.

A Scout is made of four foam rings connected by a rotor in the center, according Inventor Spot. The camera is attached to the bottom so you can take aerial satellite as a miniature - or at least with a greater range and control as a rocket or mini-chopper cams.

But for an estimated $ 30000 $ 50000 price range, it is probably a bit higher than the average of your harasser can afford. Unless, of course, the paparazzi and celebrity babies are involved.

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Friday, April 18, 2008
posted by Andrew at 7:23 AM
It could insist uBOT-5 of the ability to detect when a person has not been, check their vital signs, and 911 - but, seriously, is there anything that we can possibly add to this photo?

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posted by Andrew at 7:13 AM
Normally, when we talk about the power of the robot gripper, it is associated with the slowly crushed to death when a violent uprising of the robots, but it now seems that we are afraid our bodies away, Flown, so cell by cell. This is the terrible reality of his life, at the University of Toronto, where the researchers by Sun Yu and his team have in the semi-autonomous robot-tweezers, can affect microscopic sense and the power grip strength enough sharpness to take and move Cells in the heart of the various trials, without the taint. The tiny construction is just .1 inch in length, and the pincers at the ends so small that collect cell only 10 microns wide. So far, they organize the cells were during the tests, but finally Yu said that they can be used to secure the assembly of parts of silicon on maps of circuits, or even tissue engineering. Not a word about the time when this for the production to beat, but if they do Yu said that he hoped that this will cost only $ 10 each. At least the Revolution will be cheap, we appreciate.

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posted by Andrew at 6:55 AM
Apparently Mexico is the place to be if you are using a laser-robot with 3D Digitizing on the brain. Only 11 months after the underwater robotics DepthX assigned to El Zacatón cénote, 3D-R1 was able to collect more than 5 GB card data to 3.5 days, which was then for the creation of a "complete 3D - The mining underground mining." The mine is in the issue of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico, and in the allocation of robots scooted over approximately 2.2 km subway readers and ramps to carry out scans over 240th There is no word if the mechanical creature is on the map for all the other corners of the world, but in view of the accuracy, in this through the design, we do not expect all such holidays.

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posted by Andrew at 6:52 AM
Heads-up Pittsburgh residents and robot enthusiasts about the universe: a new exhibition is for the next Steel City next year, and it has high, high hopes. The $ 3.4 million display, it is envisaged that as a "permanent", is located in the Carnegie Science Center, and go through the not-at-all-enigmatic title "roboworld." The installation is expected to house a variety of mechanical devices, and given the fact that it is billed as the "largest and most comprehensive nationwide on robotics," we would say that there is still a lot to live up to. Naturally, we are quite shocked when they are compared to the now closed Robot Museum in Nagoya, Japan, but we assume that we have for ourselves to see if the doors open affair in the spring of 2009.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008
posted by Andrew at 7:23 AM
ZMP examination miuro may have done the overall music player, and rolling robot thing, even before Sony's rolly stole the spotlight, but it has minor shortcomings, costing nearly 1,000 yuan. The company now looks to change this situation, however, and its joining hands with the release of Sega Toys slightly scaled-down back, but a cheaper version of the iPod dock, now known as Music robot Fukuoka hotel. Among other things, this decline in the built-in WiFi and camera miuro, although it does pit, said that liquid crystal displays in Fukuoka hotel "feeling" because of its dance, and you do a remote control, in order to maintain straying too far from. No word on the release of 'round these parts, of course, but these can be stopped in Japan, one, it is not unreasonable costs 15,540 yen, or about 150 yuan.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
posted by Andrew at 1:32 AM
How do you do with the legacy of styrofoam, from your parents? We usually keep it until the office was filled with about injury and / or start screaming. Artist Michael Salter is undoubtedly find a better use.

Automatic machine as a theme for the exhibition in San Jose Museum of Art, Salter has built a 22-foot-high robot made of the annoying packaging materials. Video Professor above Difangzhi Salter and his team for the assembly behemoth on display.

Salter described his work "in an attempt to slow down tropical circulation informationi infinite reflections and significance of narrative, cognition and thinking."

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posted by Andrew at 1:27 AM
As has been the case before, it seems that reports of armed robots gone mad have been slightly exaggerated. This latest instance concerns the SWORDS robots made by Foster-Miller and currently deployed in Iraq, which were reportedly pulled from duty after some "control issues "that supposedly involved the bot's gun swinging around when it wasn't supposed to. Now according to Danger Room, however, that is apparently not the case after all, with the very same Army manager quoted in the original Popular Mechanics article telling the site that, "SWORD is still deployed," and that "we continue to learn from it and will continue to expand the use of armed robots." A Foster-Miller spokesperson further adds that, "the whole thing is an urban legend," and that the only instances of uncommanded movements happened prior to the robot's safety certification of 2006, each of which prompted further safety measures that are now in place on the robot.


Updated: Popular Mechanics has posted a further explanation and clarification of this whole situation, including word that while the robots haven't officially been pulled from Iraq, they apparently aren't exactly seeing any action either.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
posted by Andrew at 1:42 AM
What did the big robot to say, the little robot? "Take Me belly!" At least, that is how this amazing robot works. Larger-than-life wood and metal robot has a tiny robot inside her intestine, and it looks like he is the real brains of the operation.

Little Big Man robot by 2008 Nemo Gould

Little Big Man 2008 is the offspring of mechanical sculptor Nemo Gould was known for his incredible kinetic creations constructed from post-consumer junk.

The eponymous "Big Man" is a height of 8 feet robots made from found objects including a vintage radio cabinet, street lamp poles, vacuum cleaner parts, industrial food processing, wood, the chair legs, dining-room table, floor polisher, and a variety of scrap metal, engines and other parts.



The "Little Man" is in the belly of the beast, working at the controls of his unwitting host. As it takes its levers, giant mouth opens and closes with a huge bite. Discover the video clip below to see the robot sculpture in motion.

Nemo has compiled a brief video showing some of the backstage action as it built its amazing mechanical creations.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008
posted by Andrew at 4:21 AM
We sold (slightly terrified) sarcos also XO exoskeletons, from the time we first saw it flaunt their superhuman ability to film in the end of last year, but if you can not get enough of it, you sure will be properly would play an increasingly reliable scientific popularization, it is now completely blown out things and integrity of the story behind the suit and completion of a number of significant new photos. If this were not enough, it also includes some sidelights repertoire some sarcos' future plans, including word that the Army plans have begun field tests on the XO, in 2009, and that the company intends to launch new research projects this summer The task is the development of a new generator, the lawsuit will be able to drive ", in a time." Of course, there are many more in the six characteristics, we are unable to conclude that here, so we hit the link below full story.

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posted by Andrew at 4:14 AM
Released last week, we now have the first pictures of HPI's G-Dog courtesy of the G-7 impressed. Heifer will certainly not be the incarnation is lovely, and here, all the cyberdog bite surprisingly quick and agile on the table trying to be slick. In this way, our plans to slather Earth linoleum seen enough after the suppression of the intifada. Mum, you iiiiiiii pages per hour! By clicking on the action, at the same time, you can.

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Friday, April 11, 2008
posted by Andrew at 5:12 AM
Although other countries have deployed gun start, the robot, there is no shortage of companies trying to develop weapons robot, for Uncle Sam, it looks like the first test the actual killer robot fighting has ended in a whimper: military hawk Claw sword gunbots, head of the household returned home, as envisaged that the incidence of control issues. Is ah, ah - control issues. It is obviously too difficult, in order to prevent the army guns equipped robot from moving their guns "when it does not intend to move." Reassuring, is it? The armed forces do not sound too full of enthusiasm to another, he said: "Once you have done something truly bad, it can take 10 or 20 years to try to again." Ukraine. On the plus side, at least in the past 20 years or so ago, we have to work in factories and mines, is not it?

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Thursday, April 10, 2008
posted by Andrew at 9:44 AM
We have in the think tanks to formulate some provisions quite unbelievable, but the machine industry Memorial Foundation is not too far removed from his last evaluation. This is an indication that the jobs for 3.5 million people in Japan are not closed with the young people, but with the mechanical creatures in the year 2025. Currently, the population in Japan is falling, and the proportion of people over 65 years of age and not more permanent dent; analysts reiterated that the nation savings of about 2.1 trillion yen ($ 21 billion) in contributions to the security of people until 2025, when they embarked on a robot (instead of Man) for monitoring the health of all in geriatrics. Of course, Japan has been the creation of robots around our dirty work for years, so it is not as if the idea to be guided by the men robotics is a perfect stranger, there, or what Whether it.

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posted by Andrew at 9:41 AM
There is already a star in Japan, and now it seems that the therapeutic Paro robot is to do its beginnings in the US finally. That officially to the Robo Business Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh this week, after which the bots are "shortly" of $ 5000 per directly from a new joint venture, in Japan Intelligent System Co. and Walter Weisel, a former head The Robotic Industries Association of the USA. What happened in Japan, it seems, especially for companies with health care, but we can feel that at least some of them find the way into the hands of a few individuals, more so playful.

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posted by Andrew at 9:35 AM

Elvinator - the project is only one of many attempts by the king as a robot, but is based on the screen, after the jump, we are really the question of whether it is not Elvis reincarnated. What can we pick up, the idea was to create a masterly sculptural rendition of Big El sung and spoken with simple mortals, but there is something absurd creepy see it implemented without a face. Oh, and Mr. Presley - your lip syncing could use some serious work.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
posted by Andrew at 8:08 AM
Do you have the pace of Cornell's Ranger robot? The last week, the robot walkers an unofficial record trotting race in the world without a stop for 45 laps (5.6 miles, for the census) to the university Barton Hall racetrack. After reaching that mark, the creature probably declined during the exhaustion of the battery, but the creative team in order to know exactly the reason, it is finally collapsed. Although Guinness officials were not involved, as too rigmarole, the team has not proud of bad - finally, by an earlier version of the creature unaware 0.62 miles off the Tell a day. In addition to collecting law, to boast, the team hopes to use rangers to better understand the mechanics of walking ", which could be used to the procedures for the rehabilitation or the sporting performance.

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Monday, April 7, 2008
posted by Andrew at 1:23 AM
The organizer of an upcoming "Robotic Grand Prix in Long Beach, California, withdrew its title event after representatives of Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University robotics teams have challenged the way the event has been brought to market. Monday, the Toyota Grand Prix issued a press release that says autonomous cars Stanford, CMU, and Lehigh University - finishers of last year's DARPA Grand Challenge Urban - would race against each other once more later this month.

Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, said in an interview Tuesday that the group will now probably call this event a "robot challenge" to reflect the fact that all three race cars will not . On the contrary, they will demonstrate their technology through a turn on the runway of Long Beach on April 20. The tower will not be judged, "he says.

"We are the guys racing here. But "race" was an exaggeration. It really is a 'challenge' - and an opportunity to showcase this technology to a broad audience of 170000 people, "said Michaelian.

Yet the misrepresentation highlights the possibility of a future race robotics among them. When asked whether the group would host a Grand Prix of robotics (a race), Michaelian, said: "This is the first step and we will see where it goes from here."

A rematch would probably be a great event, considering the rivalry between the two main contenders - CMU and Stanford - and the stakes of the latest robotics competitions. Last year, the CMU "Boss", an autonomous body Chevy Tahoe, won $ 2 million Urban Grand Challenge, the excess of 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge winner, Stanford. Stanford's "Junior", a robot Volkswagen Passat, took $ 1 million in the second place in the contest of last year, which tested how autonomous vehicles could lead among other cars while obeying traffic laws.

During the City Challenge, the cars maintained a controlled speed, but they were judged by the speed with which they finished the course and stuck to the rules of the road. The involvement of a race at the Grand Prix of Toyota is that the robotic vehicles will be measured by the speed at which they could complete a tour of the runway.

Sebastian Thrun, leader of the race team at Stanford, said that any race would be premature because the technology is simply not there yet. "We did not intend to turn this into a race. The goal is not to go faster than 30 mph and the race cars go faster than 150 mph. Technology is clearly not ready for those speeds. "

During the demonstration, on April 20, the robot cars - Boss, Junior, and "Ben" - maintain a speed of about 30 mph. Ben is a self-drive Toyota Prius at the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University.

Chris Urmson, director of technology for CMU's Tartan Racing, said his understanding of the event was that it would be a parade around to show technology. And even if this is not a race, he said he hoped that there will be more opportunities for competition in the future.

"A race has many implications of someone winning and losing," Urmson said. "We want to show the technology, but we are not trying to compete with these people at this point."

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posted by Andrew at 1:17 AM
Robot Soccer is a demanding high-tech competition for the universities, research institutes and industry. Several major tournaments are scheduled for 2008, of which the most important is the "RoboCup German Open." April 21-25, over 80 research teams from more than 15 countries are expected to sign up for the Hanover Fair. In a series of football games in several leagues, set them on the latest technologies.For a machine, a football game is a very complex undertaking. The robot must be able to recognize the ball reliably, the scenes and the goal posts continue to make a distinction between their teammates and opponents. To that end, they are equipped with all kinds of high-tech equipment: cameras and sensors scan robots' environment, the processors of the conversion of data to the tactics of the game and the defence of strategies, and innovative engines enable the automation of players for the sprint and in the field unexpectedly fake their opponents.

There are now nine leagues, each with its own technology. The League of medium-sized robots move on the wheels. Four players and one goalkeeper per team competition on a 20 x 14 meter height with the objectives of football. They must be able to work in complete independence, and are equipped with TCS internal process the information in real time. In addition, the robot up to two metres per second.

Other automated football player, as Sony's Aibo robot dog, walk on four paws engineering. And on two legs were robots compete against each other with the RoboCup since 2005. "Humanoid Robot They have come a long way in recent years," says Dr. Ansgar Bredenfeld, dealing with the RoboCup in the IAIS. "Just like the real players, they fall and get up again to go after the ball as independent and gates."

The RoboCup is more than just a soccer tournament. Since 2006, there has been a "RoboCup (at) Home 'category, a competition for service robots. In a room to reproduce, the robots have access to refrigerators, to collect the waste and to recognize the people. And in the" RoboCup Rescue 'class, the robots must rescue the obstacle course.

"RoboCup promotes technological development in a manner that is not otherwise possible," said Professor Stefan Wrobel, director of the AICA. "Many elements, which were originally designed for robot soccer have since found their way into other applications, for example in the localization technology for the control of robots." Robots, the turf on his own initiative or for the collection of samples from the depths of the ocean for the seamen are also researchers at the RoboCup technology.

Participants under the age of 20 have their own competition "RoboCup Junior," which at the same time that the "RoboCup Senior 'tournament. Addition to the struggle in a robot-soccer tournament, the future generation of scientists, will compete in the Robo Dance ( robot dance) and RoboRescue (obstacle course) in the competitions. These events are very popular, almost 300 teams in this year for the competition. for participation in Hanover, the teams have a permissible The three tournaments. "Germany has a big problem: It lacks the tens of thousands of engineers, "Wrobel." RoboCup Junior is a very important event, because it is the interest of young people for technical course. "

The tournament is organized and conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Analysis and Intelligent Information Systems IAIS in St. Augustine.

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Friday, April 4, 2008
posted by Andrew at 9:28 AM
Article about MIT robots
MIT is really taking robotics program on an entirely different level with the "MDS" platform, which means Mobile, Dexterous and Social Committee. The lighthouse has been Nexi Bot, on the bill, but with an extra dab of creepy. The Bot is on a Segway-esque wheelbase, articulated arms and hands, and a wide spectrum of feelings with white doughy face. Nexi has an onboard computer to manage the sensors and instinctive reactions, as he discharge heavy work of Amnesty International is one of a stationary computer on the network. MIT's goal is to Nexi and others participate in socially is Robot Learning - observation and interaction with the people, to determine how best with them. Nexi Do not worry, we love you, around you. The video is named after the break.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
posted by Andrew at 5:27 AM
Article about new Japan Robot G-Dog ( robots news)
HPI Japan just conjured up GR-001's new best friend: the G-Dog. DIY This is a four-legged robot jugulars and a taste of what appears to be a sword, 5.3 inches tall tail and stand alone features the same two-legged His buddy sensor and the control unit. Perhaps the only dog to respond to the advanced Street - wize Greetings "Wow whut up?" And " 'National Assembly Speaker dawg?" He was in all respects one's territory to lubricate (aka, Your carpet). Dogs are expected to be developed, sometime around July terrorize Japan thousand dollars. Behind the front, after the break.

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posted by Andrew at 5:20 AM
Article about new Robot Pleo with OS 1.1 ( robot news )
Although Pleo just upgrade to v1.0.2 beginning of this month, taking the UGOBE Life on OS 1.1, and a laundry list of features to boot. Originally developed for the installation of only through an SD card (download via USB hit it within a few weeks), the update allows your favorite dino five to sit, sing a variety of melodies, calling attention, sick (cough / sneezing), and change settings on the basis of how much attention it gets. As these things always go, there is also the promise of a few unannounced inclusions ( "strange habits", as it were), and it should be noted that the previous downloads - Holidays, Love impressed MySkit, Yapt, etc . - Should finally back in the new versions can be downloaded with the life OS 1.1 update. Give the link to read some attention to the changes and start the download, while over there.

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