Researchers in the European project XPERO have developed a machine learning method that enables a robot in a position to learn fundamental mathematical concepts such as location and orientation in a coordinate system. The robot initially moves aimlessly through the neighborhood and is characterized, through its sensor data, without being aware of the information contained [...]

In California, the biggest competition for robotic cars has come to an end. Without the driver had ten trolleybuses six hours worth in city traffic. The exercise was primarily the U.S. military – it is looking for new techniques for urban warfare. This is the Darpa Urban Challenge in California, the world’s largest competition for [...]

After sleepless nights, days when all they do is change diapers and bottles to fill women tend to lose the trial. It was justifiable , I do not want to imagine the madness of a newborn little boy , with his Berreo , weeping, their dolorcillos in the belly that wreak havoc in the heart [...]

Accidents are bound to happen, but can become suddenly more damaging if one of the person’s involved does not carry insurance. Facing a car accident with no insurance can be a c ostly mistake, and one should be free from doing this mistake. But, understanding car accident insurance plans can be confusing to most consumers. [...]

Decades, people tried to copy the human mind, using increasingly clever software, creating an ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence system. But, despite all attempts, even the best artificial intelligence system slightly exceeds the average intelligence cockroach.

Five teams of two robots attempted to smack a softball from one side of the court to another at the British Association’s Festival of Science in Sheffield, UK. Unlike the usual game, the ball rolls across the floor and if it is not returned within 60 seconds the point is lost.

Mutant Machines is a Television series shown on the Granada Men and Motors satellite channel. It is Scrapheap Challenge meets Combat Cars. Two teams of three people were given the task of creating a powerful, useful, motoring related machine from two or more donor machines. One challenge was to make a four wheel drive, four [...]

News Pre-Registration is now being available. Schedule Theme: New Perspectives in digital human technology -human, information, and robotics- Date: March 4, 2009 (Wednesday) Place: Symposium: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation(7th floor MIRAI CAN Hall) 2-41, Aomi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064 Open house: AIST Waterfront (Access Map) 2-41-6 Aomi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064

The so-called DustCart is the first robot sweeper in Italy, measuring one meter and a half in height and 77 centimeters wide. It was directed by the ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International), Research Institute of Japan, and the Scuola Superiore of Pisa San’Anna.

A proprietary multifunctional flying robot, developed by CAS Shenyang Institute of Automation, was tested for its performance at an earthquake exercise held on May 12, 2009 in Beijing, and approved for a limited production. The flying robot, in large and small specifications, looks like a helicopter in shape, having a camera installed at the lower [...]

According to the magazine Rue89, the U.S. military in Afghanistan currently testing a robot called BigDog. This machine imposing physical and noise disturbing, is composed of several sensors that allow it to move anywhere, anytime, without fear of tripping over bumps or dips. Created by the company Boston Dynamics, the robot was initially designed to [...]

Designed to assist humans in their daily ungrateful, Japanese robots will not wait so ordered them aloud to rid the table to get to work: suffice it to think and to act. Researchers from the Japanese car manufacturer Honda, designer of humanoid robot Asimo, developed a technology that allows a human to partially control the [...]