Are You Aware of Your Car Accident Insurance?

Poste in News on May 23rd, 2010 by admin

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.

Many don’t know where to look or whom to contact for information on the coverage of car insurance services. These days insurance companies have developed website to help you, as a consumer, understand your coverage plan as well as provide further contacts to assist you in understanding and obtaining the coverage you need to receive car accident insurance services.

If you are validly insured then it is the responsibility of the insurer to cover those costs which are covered under the existing policy. That is why you pay insurance premiums in the first place.

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 costly mistake, and one should be free from doing this mistake. But, understanding car accident insurance plans can be confusing to most consumers. Many don’t know where to look or whom to contact for information on the coverage of car insurance services. These days insurance companies have developed website to help you, as a consumer, understand your coverage plan as well as provide further contacts to assist you in understanding and obtaining the coverage you need to receive car accident insurance services.

If you are validly insured then it is the responsibility of the insurer to cover those costs which are covered under the existing policy. That is why you pay insurance premiums in the first place. Depending on the circumstances the insurer may try to recover monies paid for medical expenses from the person or the person’s insurer who was at fault in the accident. And for this waiting period without mutual ( mutuelle sans delai attente )  is  very short.

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The evolving “Brain” for robots

Poste in News on May 6th, 2010 by admin

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. Read more »

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Robot Volleyball Competition

Poste in News on February 21st, 2010 by admin

robosapien_programmable_robotFive 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. Read more »

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Robot: Mutant Machines

Poste in News on November 25th, 2009 by admin

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 wheel steering car from two front wheel drive cars. The teams then had to run a race and a manoevreability contest. Another contest was to use a car to make a fast beer can crusher. Read more »

Digital Human Symposium 2009

Poste in Events, News on September 6th, 2009 by admin

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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 Read more »
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In Italy, the first robot sweeper

Poste in News on June 15th, 2009 by admin

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. Read more »

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Flying Robot for Disaster Relief

Poste in News on June 12th, 2009 by admin

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 part of the front. With a rotating wing of 3m, and a body length of 3m, the large model is of a 120-kg lifting capacity for 40 kg of payloads, working at 100-kilometer maximum cruising speed an hour with a maximum endurance for 4 hours. Read more »

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Resulted in a robot to replace U.S. troops

Poste in News on April 6th, 2009 by admin

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 prevent a soldier from falling into an ambush. It can be manipulated to 500 meters away, walking at 6 km / h, reaches climb slopes at 35 degrees and can carry up to 140 kilos of equipment. Read more »

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Tomorrow, the robots will include your thoughts

Poste in News, Uncategorized on April 6th, 2009 by admin

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 biped, or on other machines, simply by pensée.Leur device “commands brain” is based on a new method for analyzing the brain activity, carried out through a big computer with a headset wrapped with various sensors. Read more »

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A “two-legged robot” to rake the moon in 2020

Poste in News on April 3rd, 2009 by admin

The Japanese government plans to send to the moon by 2020 robot “two legs” to explore the field in order to later install a Japanese home.

“We want to send on moon astre biped robot to carry out extensive observations of the soil and the environment in order to put in place then a human science,” said a document in a group governmental work. “Subsequently, we want them to work jointly for men and robots,” says the report. Read more »

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