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The always crowded ROBO-ONE competition in Japan has been hotter than ever this year with bi-ped robots attack and the other branch tearing branch. Okay, it may be somewhat of a stretch, but you can be assured of serious throw downs, um, has decreased. Interestingly, we heard that the i-SOBOT competition was also included (quarrels, anyone?), And that the family's King Maru Kizer won gold. It's all good, fine and good, but we know what you look - take a (long) look at the hundreds of photos waiting in the reading link below.Labels: robot news, robots
We have not even afraid when we heard that floating drones Big Brother was on the way to work in Britain, but somehow the guys have managed to migrate to America's east coast. Admittedly, the pilotless drones - hand work with good intentions of Honeywell - are scheduled to report in the Miami-Dade police are not exactly the same, but they are to be expected for similar tasks. More specifically, they resolved to monitor "urban areas with an eye towards full employment and the fight against crime." According to a spokesman for the department, the only fuzz look out in the "tactical situations as an extra set of eyes," but do not be shocked to see flashing lights from a vehicle without wheels next time you are rolling (a To little) fast to South Beach.Labels: robot news, robots
Finally, a robot that "receives". Researchers at Toshiba in Japan have created a talking bot that can be used as a voice-activated universal remote control in addition to the formulation of pitches closes on human beings. The 5-pound, 11-inch-tall android is called ApriPoko, and the ability to learn to watch electronic control her and ask questions about his behavior. When you use an infrared device, the robot senses signal and ask the user "What did you just do?" If you say something like "I turned on the TV", undertake the command to the memory, and you can carry out these functions by voice. Apparently, the little boy is still in R & D, but there are plans to turn this technology into a consumer device - one which the company swears not to kill in your sleep.Labels: robot news, robots
Unmenschliche babysitters are not all that uncommon in the whole world, but a new creature, recently in a Japanese department store is a stroke of luck for shopaholics with rugrats in tow. Developed by Tmsuk, 1.4 metres tall bot is employed by a dealer in Fukuoka to discuss wild youths, the revised deducted from their parents. Reportedly said critter has an integrated camera and projector, a colorful yellow and white outfit, and the ability to identify by name children based on a particular day, that every kiddo carries while playing. Obviously, the manufacturer is not only looking for one or two slide them into each business in Japan - oh no, it is hoping to create similar robots that might one day "-customers through the course of a business," fill their carts whisper or the joke of the day in a French accent in their ears.Labels: robot news, robots
Back in November, we knew it was not looking at the two Mars rovers, but it seems that both Spirit and capabilities will continue to make them thangs after letter foreshadowing their doom was lifted. It is reported that education was mandated slash 4 million U.S. USA, from the draft budget only yesterday, which would have forced the Spirit of sleep, and limited opportunities for possible mandates that teams will be sent every day (compared with a daily now). As it stands, NASA released confirmation that neither the substance will be affected, but given the apparent belt-tightening we, as a curious whether the Scarecrow would still see the liftoff next year.Labels: robot news, robots, space
Granted, Macro Swiss' 4RM Spybot is capable of managing the most war can toss, but because these things together, big is never good enough. Reportedly, says cladding is currently working with the US Army quickly equipping of the armed forces, a 6x6 SpyRobot with the ability to carry four times its own weight and fit in a backpack. This critter is "a new tool for the detection, recognition and identification of targets at a distance", and, of course, it will be packed to bursting with sensors for all varieties. As a rule, no word on the date on which the final version is ready to beat the sand in motion, word, but on the street, it was only in a number of versions are currently being stroked.Labels: robot news, robots
Eye-driven interfaces are far from revolutionary, but with one of the world's most famous robotic surgeon's ability to interpret eye movements is very probably a giant leap forward in the pursuit of less invasive surgery. According to reports, British researchers have the new software in the Da Vinci robosurgeon to human surgeons to sit at a console viewing direction of the movement of the robot mechanical arms into the body of the patient. " In addition, the program tracks eye movements and "build a 3D map of the area of tissue the surgeon is looking," and it seems as if the developments could be used on a variety of other ER-robots. Just make sure that your doctor chugs a couple of Red Bulls before you - do not want their eyes wander aimlessly, would we now?Labels: robots
Finally you can give your drummer his walking papers. Let us be honest, he was the weak link of the band, right? From now on, all your percussion duties can be carried out by this ingenious bot, whose sole task and artificial-life is approximately roll, to find objects bang, and create some funky 'loop. Fundamentally, the Yellow Drum Machine uses two microphones / sound sensors on its "head" to search for areas suitable for rocking, then uses two sticks to play a beat, records, and accompany playback. The end result is a surprisingly human - and wiggle-inducing - pace. Check the video after the break to see how this robot gets nasty.Labels: music robot, robot news, robots
Well, after watching this thing bust a movement of the video, we really are not as puzzled by what we have already done, but there was no denying that Sony Rolly is rather curious character. Nevertheless, the SEP-30BT (Japan opposes the SEP-10BT) has hurtled itself in the open arms of the FCC, Americans by ensuring that the time has almost arrived. There's nothing too shocking in the 70 (!) Manual, but if you can not wait for the critter to land in your area, click on the link below and read eat your heart.Labels: robots
What's supposedly the largest deep-sea remote robot ever built roll-out this week: The Ultra SMD Trencher 1 (UT1), a 50 ton, 10 million pounds ($ 19.8m) ROV on the size of a small residence (25 , 5 x 25.5 x 18.3 foot). Capable sucking two megawatt power with the use of the "jet-Swords" digging deep sea pipelines up to a meter wide and 2.5 meters deep in the seabed (while operating at a depth of up to 1500m), which is UT1 clearly just in time. We hear the CIA are due anchored errant snip another three or four deep-Internet backbone cable, so that the UT1 has his work cut out for him.Labels: robots
The robot uprising, it inches ever closer - researchers working on the EU-funded project COSPAL have developed a new robot they say AI is the most advanced of its kind ever created. Using both learning neural AI techniques and traditional rules-based Amnesty International as a control mechanism, the robot can be trained "as a child or a puppy," and has managed to figure out simple sorting on its own tasks. The next step is to try to integrate the system in a car that can adapt to unexpected driving conditions, but researchers in charge are not concerned by the creation of an army of KARRs set to mow us all down - according to the researcher Michael Felsberg, adult level AI based on it will probably not happen in our life. On the other hand, we heard machine we match by 2029 - there will be a debate to have fun when we are all hard in the robo-mines.Labels: robots
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Even if it's not exactly as much of a surprise, a team of researchers from ATR Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan have found that more people are robots to accept if they are a little small talk during the talks, as opposed to leaving disturbing silence that the people of their intentions unclear. The researchers have also found that the 38 respondents, the majority were willing to accept delays in the response of one or two seconds, but that they much prefer if the robot threw in a "good" or "he" to bridge the gap too close when he, not for them to answer. Of course, as we all know, just because a robot shoots the breeze with you does not mean it is your friend, you should be careful what you wish for.Labels: robot news, robots
Look at these cyborg insect and remember, that seemed a bit like a dream just two short years? Yeah, those frackin "things have somewhat survived to adulthood, and on the closure, and is ready to infiltrate the camps of the enemy and to extract vital information. According to a recent update on the project DARPA, insects - which have "changed the structure of the body and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) embedded within - lasted until adulthood, and now those who are behind the effort to enable the remote hope of Bugs via mechano-sensor activation "or something similar. In addition, scientists hope to harness the energy emitted at the locomotion Within really power MEMS. Of course, as long as these can be swatted with a newspaper, we are strong, but we are not too sure we dig into this could be headed.Labels: robot news, robots
The University of Michigan COM-BAT is certainly not the first animal mechanics to get its inspiration from the bat, but it is probably best equipped to play a vital role in modern warfare. A select group of Wolverines lucky enough to have $ 10 million grant from the American army, in order to concoct a "six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would collect data from of sights, sounds and smells in urban areas and combat zones Transmitting information to a soldier in real time. "Présumément, the critter will eventually boast a bevy of sensors, microphones and sensors to collect nuclear radiation and toxic gases. Even more interesting, the creators are hoping to implement" Energy trapping, "which would allow the bat to stay levied on wind and solar energy as well as vibration and" other sources ". That is to be nocturnal, huh?Labels: robot news, robots
It may look like something that from a basement hobby, but a post-graduate student at the University of Bath, says the robot crab in the picture above may one day change the way underwater exploration carried out. As with so many other robots, the performance is in no small part by imitating the behavior of an animal, in this case a crab, of course, is particularly well suited to travel both on land and under water. Of course it is only a Lego Technic prototype built in time so that the latter something lacking is a little bit, but the man behind the Bot said that a future model characterized by fully amphibious capabilities, along with a better stability under a variety of different conditions.Labels: robot news, robots
It seems that the people on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour is not wasting any time Dextre Piecing together (or jamming on their iPods), as only a few days after we for the first time on this creature, the future in space, now we can hear, that he fully assembled and ready And rock music. The bot, which is formally known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, with various tools, and all the cameras and is set to undergo a series of trials and tests before being asked to do key tasks. " Godspeed, young Dextre - hopefully have more success than Ted and gadget.Labels: robot news, robots
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Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute believe they have a fairly intelligent AI, a successful avatar of the version of "Turing Test" - convince a man that he is the man when entertaining in a virtual environment such as Second Life. The bot is called "Rascals", which means, Advanced Synthetic Rensselaer Architecture for Living Systems. Of course, this first implementation requires a certain world-class juice, and the team with the IBM Blue Gene, the fastest supercomputer in the world, for the administration of KI in real time. The idea of Amnesty International about themselves and the other is to a degree of student guinea pigs, and they can even formulate thoughts on the faith of others and of their faith in the faith of others. Trippy, no? Rascals are in the pilot phase in October 2008.Labels: robot news, robots
We may not ever know how Comedy Central could run like a game show "Battle Bots" and not that it was the greatest thing ever. Fortunately for us, the concept for a new movie to life with the fine people During ESPN 2 and ESPNU. The new piece is a greater emphasis on the nerdmergencies scenes in the "pits" as the need for the development of robots or fully on the repairs. They will also disappear, Wedge bots boring (similar to those usually in the Microsoft offered up, a little boring), the meat to hazards and the arena to a new class for expirimental with other types of competitors offered what one Hopes also destructive forms. The show will begin in June, but is slowed a little, while the 150 participants in the preparation of the collegiate teams entries, and the chaos is now planned to start in November.Labels: robots
We have already seen, strikes caused on the introduction of a relatively low technology in taxis, but that is nothing compared to the brouhaha could be in store one day in the future, at least when things like robuCAB are no indication. The seemingly innocuous vehicle above (together with an approximation of a future model), by France's Robosoft, and apparently has been successful in the limited uses, it was so far, dealing with it a series of cameras, the persecution of the curb and some sensors, which under the ground. Needless to say, these requirements to be taxi drivers rest easy, but now, because other recent developments, it seems quite likely that the taxi Great Strike of 2025, more and more inevitable.Labels: robots
An MIT researcher has developed a tool for the students learn to play the drums, speeding up the time it takes for the newcomers to get the instrument. The device, a robot arm Grindlay designer Graham calls the "Haptic Guidance System" (or HAGUS), uses a drum stick attached to a series of engines that a user holds while the leadership to beat. A clip holds the arm in the machine to play back pre-recorded pattern - in studies, Grindlay found that the students do not experience with drums, the drum to make 18 percent more effective if the HAGUS. A spokesman from the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford says that the work has a "wonderful job" demonstrates the ability of haptic devices to train beginning musicians. So ... Can a rock band implement this far behind?Labels: robots
Finally, after a scourge Sissy, beer meets robot we meet our maker. Vstone's Black Ox amounts to more than 7000 feet high and has a size of sacks Tokyo thirst consumption of meat. Gigantor, you have never had the opportunity. Ok, it's only half a foot and the word, but these 20 points in the wave of violent mobile fighting skills should provide hours Qualcomm entertaining for your pet, the children or five children. Turn on the video after the break, while we wait for an official price and date of discharge.
Robots that help people in their desired level of intoxication are far from new, but chassis is just too darn likable to ignore. The beer pours creature has actually sparing a few pints in his life, but apparently, the latest Spotting showed a snazzy new paint job and a few additional lighting. Heck, there's even a built-in microphone and speaker for the "audience interaction." Best of all, however, is that the owner of this guy can talk to visitors party nearby, and while we are not of his marital status, we all have ideas that there is a real hit with the ladies. Look at a few snapshots see the link below.Labels: robots
We have already seen, the cities are turning to the technology for the fight against graffiti, but it seems that the tables a day, at least when designer Stefan Rechsteiner has its way. As you can see above, the so-called "color on the" concept robot would be able to climb walls (on the basis of desire, it seems), and there remains a trace behind him graffiti. This seems, with the help of a software for drawing his course in advance, but we are sure that he is with a remote control, so a little freestyle syringe. Of course, the chances for exemption of any person making such a bot actually quite thin (at least for the graffiti of the goals), but there is nothing that you take a certain DIY-friendly solution and trying to build your.Labels: robots
It is perhaps not the only Bot on the block long, but for the moment at least, the construction Canadian robot Dextre is for the honour, with this value to blast off Tuesday aboard the space shuttle Endeavour for the delivery of his new house on the international ISS. As USA Today reports, the robot was ten years of work (at a price of 210 million US dollars), and is responsible for managing the tasks that most, if not, would the astronauts on Extra. The astronauts always have a job for some time with one of the most important tasks during the Endeavour mission, of course, the assembly of Dextre, which is currently divided into nine parts. Even after this step, but Dextre is apparently not with the work until somewhere in the year 2009, at which time he will be able to replace about 140 pieces of the ISS and will be either by the mission control or the team on the Space Station.Labels: robots
Apparently, the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University was quite late in the process, as the ... Building an army of robot snakes. Although we have seen, droid snakes, provided decision-makers in the school were examined countless possibilities of the single-task queues, resulting from the configurations for swimming, crawling, climbing, among others. The program deals with the bots to allow for a variety of tasks and terrain, facilitated by the fact that young boys are not limited to wheel movement. To really have a vision of the possibilities (and extreme creepiness), enable the video after the break. We hope you enjoy the techno version of Crazy Train as much as we do.Labels: robots
Move over Rolly, it is a cheaper, craplasticer was ready to Stomp out your game. Sega Toys has just announced its ¥ 5250 ($ 51), I-spin dancing robot. Obviously it is responding to ambient temperature of soft sounds and flipping around their ears in time with the beat. After this novelty bears thin, you can directly specify the creature at any audio source, where they live their remaining years as external speakers.
We saw arms for paintball robot assembly, but have more darkback2 it was quite nasty build its own master paintball from scratch. Apparently, Gepetto was not born to be a killer (or a lover, for that matter), but the idea of remotely control a security guard outside your home is really turning our equipment. Head past on the failure to catch some videos of this creature in action - oh, and Gepetto, we hear that there is a street in Atlanta down that could use someone like you.Labels: robot news, robots
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Believe it or not, this is not the first time that we have seen robotic falcons used for hunting birds off the reality, but rather than keep pigeons distance, Falco Robot GBRS would be able to clearly keep harassing the birds from airports and others. Comedy hailed as a "gregarious Bird Removal System, the creature is reported as a result of ten years of experimentation, and the word on the street proclaims that the remote-controlled device was able to frighten a thousand seagulls to 'Genoa airport. Mama and Papa would be so ashamed.Labels: robots
The rabbit Nabaztag WiFi learned a new trick at CeBIT: RFID-tagged reading books for children. Purple and already a book in France on the occasion of Christmas and now intends his first book in English in the United Kingdom during the month. A right under the responsibility of parents for you. This is also the cook until "ztamps", the RFID label only that you, what you want. If each vignette is unique in its kind held Nabaztag the nose, she responds to a predefined action, such as listening to music, sending e-mail, playing for the latest reduction,… Really, it is not as crazy as it sounds. Turn on the video after the break - they have now, which last year caused the service issues at the request is approved, parents can hope that this critter a second glance.Labels: CeBIT, cebit 2008, Cebit2008, robots
If Pleo vacation mode of behaviour left you thirsting for more, the chances are good faith of the first update to its OS Life will not disappoint us. Version 1.0.2 allows your dino to explore their environment more, engaging in adjustments when groups of chanting, and hear the sounds irregular sleeping softly. Of note, updating UGOBE promises not change existing Pleo your personality, so apparently, there's nothing more to lose (but more free time). Come on, hit the link and start reading this download - just after you say Pleo to expect a salary, of course.Labels: robots
The folks at iRobot updated Verro pool-cleaning robots much to the chagrin of our pool boys, Philip, which is his foot papers next week. The new models 100 and 500 at the current 300 and 600, to cover a wide range of price ranges, and probably at most - if not all - the demanding standards of the Clean Water body. The 100 comes to the low-end of the spectrum at $ 399, when they can go and clean flat-bottomed pool you throw their way, the Rolls-Royce of poolbots, 500, it gets floors and walls equally to 999 dollars. Of course, you will not know that something - you'll be busy lounging, working on your tan, and attempts to find out whether you want the Bentley Brooklands or Azure (hint: the Azure).
Get ready, battlefields, yet another iRobot is gearing up to you all in the storm. Did today announced the above outfit received an award under the DARPA LANdroids program, allowing them to "develop a new communications relay portable robot, which is small, inexpensive, robust and intelligent." The resulting creature is reported to be in "dense urban environments to quickly implement and maintain a vital communications infrastructure, and better still, they are hard enough for the position and intelligent enough to" self-identify obstacles and to avoid during navigation. "Unfortunately, it appears that the conclusion of the project is said that a few more years, but we can always antsy soldiers saw that they never be forced to say "can you hear me now ?" again.
Not because we are experts in the field or something, but if the lawyer and engineer Chris Elliot knows a thing or two about legal issues, a kind of "military Turing test" could be the key to the deployment of autonomous systems in the legal battle. As it stands, "weapons intrinsically incapable of distinguishing between civilian and military targets are illegal" - at least according to Mr. Elliot - but by testing an intelligent war machine capacity to refine about legitimate targets and sweep a friendly, all this could change. Of course, in fact, the administration of the test remains a mystery, but given the fact that the remote control of armed robots are being used in Iraq, we believe someone is already working to try to find a solution to this dilemma.Labels: military robots
Indeed, MIT Media Lab RoboScooter prototype would be much more intriguing if it had a kind of autopilot button, and although this may well emerge in the future, it seems that the first models will still require human intervention . Nevertheless, the ultra-compact vehicle is fully electric, and apart from the exchangeable batteries in support, it can also be folded for easy transport. In addition, its creators boast that the whole rig is built from only 150 pieces, which makes life on the assembly line that much easier. Granted, even the engineers are realizing that scooters do not stand much chance in America, but if all goes well, this could start bugger Asian conqueror streets next year.Labels: robots
France Cadet artist has created what was clearly intended to be a treaty giving to think about animal rights, the evolving relationship of man and animal, our ethical concerns about hunting, and ever-morphing perception of what it means to be human ... But it comes as broad as looking really, really cool. Using the best half of the Aibo wannabe-I-Cybie robot dog, Cadet reprograms the half-bots - called "hunting trophies" - to detect movements and react with anger when a viewer approaches. There are 11 different species in the collection, including a robot impala, lion, zebra, warthogs. Guess what? Despite these noble objectives philosophical, everyone is more lovely than the last. Want.Labels: robots
