The robot exhibition held from October 21 to 23, 2004 in Santa Clara, the heart of Silicon Valley is always a good opportunity to take stock of a rapidly evolving sector. This exhibition, the largest of its kind, brings together the Convention Center of town all that is best in robots. Thousands of professionals and [...]
This robot is built using a 6-wheel motorized toy called the BOSS (Battery Operated Spin System) which was available at toy stores a few years ago for about $120. The unit included wheels, gear motors, batteries and charger. The plastic stuff was tossed and a wooden base was attached and multiple decks made from sheets [...]
Robot name: ROBBIE (Robot Obeying Bit by Bit Information in interactive Environment) Size : 4.4 feet weight : 40 pounds Power : 12 volts, 6 volts and 4.8 volts. Time to build : one year and continuing Cost : aprox. $1,000 GENERAL: -This robot is controlled by a PC through a remote control connected to [...]
The Japanese carmaker Honda has unveiled the latest version of the biped robot, Asimo. This has improved its performance movement: it runs faster, and he knows now serving coffee to visitors! From spring 2006, Honda is using Asimo as assistant reception or transmission properties at the headquarters of Honda and CEO, Mr Takeo Fukui dream [...]
Isaac Asimov has a strong scientific spirit and part of that generation novelist standing at the forefront of technology and its times. The content of these novels is affected: the magnificent stories in which reflections on humanity and artificial intelligence, detailed descriptions and imagination structured, complex puzzles that we tape up the end of each [...]
To advance artificial intelligence, robots are simply asking for help to humans. That is the idea advanced by Willow Garage, a company specializing in robotics based in Palo Alto, California. According to the company, asking for help is the second nature of human beings and this behavior could help solve one of the thorniest problems [...]
SAO PAULO (Brazil) (AFP) – Seven students fanatical Brazilian electronics work on the ground to improve the offensive and defensive strategies of their robots compete in the “Robocup 2009″ which begins Monday in Austria. They run, dribble and mark: these robots play soccer through the development of artificial intelligence is not only used in major [...]
If robots have largely proven their ability to replace humans in the industrial field, where they perform tasks without flinching the most menial or repetitive more rigorously, we reserve the robotics still nice surprises in the field of business. Around the globe, teams of researchers working to demonstrate that both a priori overcome, the machine [...]
The SmartROB is used by Prof. Siegwart and Dr. Buhler at the ETH Zurich for the course “Smart Mechatronic Product Design”. It gives the users a versatile, high-level mobile robot kit suitable for a wide variety of tasks. The SmartROB-2 contains all features necessary to drive several DC servo- or stepper motors up to 100 [...]
The University of Washington working on a system that allows military robots to be more efficient while remaining under the leadership of men: they will be tested on the battlefield by a Wiimote In 2020, nearly 30% of the armed forces will be consist of robots. The prediction was made by Washington University in St. [...]
For the Companion project, only a robot that can grasp and adapt to its environment can truly look after an elderly person. The prototype will include the emotional state and the habits of the user. To give more independence to the elderly while providing follow-up home care, robotics is a solution. But it implies the [...]
The man-machine interface may be hampered by clichés that convey particular films. Engineers study the perception of robots to optimize the creation of future humanoid. Help engineers to design robots that correspond to the end user. It is the goal pursued by the robotics Bill Smart and literature researcher Lara Bovilsky, both teachers at Washington [...]