Reproducible and widely known challenges can help evolving fields by providing reference problems with measures of performance which allow researchers to compare implementations, communicate results, and leverage each other’s work. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the Reference Test Arenas for Autonomous Mobile Robots to focus research efforts, provide direction, and accelerate [...]

Statistics, according to Ilf and Petrov, knows everything. And if all the statistical data to load into memory robots, then all will know and the robot. Especially when it comes to such a serious institution as a bank. In Madrid the banking center of Santander’s Group City (Spain) robots serve both statisticians and guides.

Archimedes asked fulcrum to move the earth. Cook robot, which designed a Utah Segiura (Yuta Sugiura), graduate student University of Keio, for the preparation of traditional Japanese miso soup needs only products.

Trilobot mobile robot platform is used by educators and industry for a variety of tasks including research in artificial intelligence, navigation and security. Sensors include compass, tilt, light, temperature, ultrasonic ranging and bumpers. Programmed by the user’s laptop computer which communicates through the serial port using common programming languages such as C, Visual-Basic, Pascal and [...]

Motivation Mobile robots are of highest interest for unmanned planetary exploration The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking for innovative micro-rovers for future missions to mars, moon and other planets Human guided mobile robots have a high potential also for various applications on earth

Japanese researchers have developed a software platform open source to break the humanoid and simulation of all mechanical devices. Accelerate research and development in robotics and allow the sharing of best ideas. It is the objective of OpenHRP3 (Open Architecture Human-Centered Robotics Platform 3), a new software package for the simulation of the various robots. [...]