tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169129435873650792024-03-13T17:46:50.447+01:00ROBOTS in our LIFEfuture is digital...INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-16679626113533406922023-07-04T10:09:00.001+02:002023-07-04T10:09:32.771+02:00HOTTEST ROBOT EVER CREATED<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/S9dDwAsNFeI/AAAAAAAAAO4/PF_GsMYpbNE/s1600/hot_robot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="231" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464911164935575010" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/S9dDwAsNFeI/AAAAAAAAAO4/PF_GsMYpbNE/w398-h231/hot_robot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 192px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 331px;" width="398" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">A hot robot of my life! </span><span style="color: #999999;">AND you’ll get some killer tech, awesome mechanical beasts fighting for survival, AND it explains all the mysteries of the universe</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana;">this video is for you</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/hottest-robot-ever-created/301794" style="color: white;">http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/hottest-robot-ever-created/301794</a></div>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-74681267338282628852010-04-27T21:57:00.001+02:002010-10-05T22:26:48.236+02:00These lights are killing my eyes<p><img style="width: 333px; height: 223px;" src="http://www.spokesmanreview.com/media/photos/20071130_robot.jpg" align="center" border="1" /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>A humanoid robot, without its facial skin, is displayed at Japan's largest robot convention in Tokyo. The life-size dental training robot, dubbed Simroid for "simulator humanoid," has realistic skin, eyes, and a mouth that can be fitted with replica teeth that trainees practice drilling on and cries in pain when the drilling goes wrong. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)</strong></span></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-16623495597780891312010-04-27T21:48:00.005+02:002010-04-27T21:52:36.743+02:00Top 5 Favorite Pixar Films<p face="arial" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: arial;">Yesterday, we asked commenters to give us your <a href="http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/06/03/open-thread-rank-your-top-5-pixar-films/" target="_blank">Top 5 Favorite Pixar Films</a> in order, which we have now compiled into one comprehensive aggregate list to determine once and for all the greatest Pixar movie ever made (or, more accurately, to just create a fun meaningless list with a bunch of numbers.)</p> <p face="arial" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><img id="image38098" src="http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/06/Nemo%20n%20Dad.jpg" alt="Nemo and Dad" style="padding: 5px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" /><span style="font-family: arial;">Counting #1 selections as 5 points, #2 selections as 4 points, and so on, yesterday’s comment thread yielded these results:</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>10. A Bug’s Life (7 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>9. Cars (8 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>8. Up (64 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>7. Ratatouille (65 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>6. Toy Story (78 points)</strong></p> <p face="arial" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><em>A Bug’s Life</em> actually ends up with the booby prize, though it’s still hardly a bad movie (and features a villain named <strong>Hopper</strong>, which is awesome), with <em>Cars</em> avoiding the distinction by a mere one vote. I imagine <em>Up</em> will climb the list before next year, as many commenters admitting they either haven’t seen it yet or wish to see it again before it cracks their beloved Top 5 (I had no such reservations, I thought it was an instant classic).</p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">After the jump, your Top 5 Pixar movies:</p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span id="more-36527"></span><img id="image38097" src="http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2009/06/WallE.jpg" alt="WALL-E" style="padding: 5px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" /><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">5. Toy Story 2 (97 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>4. The Incredibles (100 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>3. Monsters, Inc. (101 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>2. Finding Nemo (139 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>1. WALL-E (145 points)</strong></p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><em>WALL-E</em>, the dystopian future robot love story, takes the crown (but couldn’t even take a Best Picture nomination, despite being prrrrobably the best movie of 2009). I’m surprised at <em>Finding Nemo</em> second; it’s a really fun movie with a lot of awesome scenes, great action, and more jokes than most of the other Pixars, and it may be the most watchable Pixar film of all-time (which is saying something) but to me, it didn’t quite punch me in the gut with lifeitude the way <em>WALL-E</em>, <em>Up</em>, and <em>Ratatouille</em> did (I realize this is splitting hairs, but the whole list is, any of these movies would be a worthy #1, except, well, you know who.)</p> <p style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><em>Toy Story 3</em> next summer — looking forward to an updated list for 2010. Provided, of course, that the internet hasn’t imploded on itself by then.</p> <div class="linkwithin_text" id="linkwithin_text_0" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 20px 0pt 5px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </div>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-64065248125316096742009-05-29T13:19:00.002+02:002009-05-29T13:22:01.807+02:00The Most Advanced Robots Today<table style="width: 49px; height: 26px;" class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading" width="100%"><br /></td> <td class="buttonheading" width="100%" align="right"> <a href="http://funniez.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=30&itemid=79" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('http://funniez.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=30&itemid=79','win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=400,height=250,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" title="E-mail"> </a><a href="http://funniez.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=30&itemid=79" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('http://funniez.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=30&itemid=79','win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=400,height=250,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" title="E-mail"> </a> <br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" class="createdate" valign="top"> January 2008 </td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: arial;"> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <img src="http://funniez.net/images/robots/ASIMO.jpg" alt="ASIMO" title="ASIMO" vspace="2" width="250" align="left" height="333" hspace="8" /> Aristotle was the first one who wrote something that nowdays can be understood as the idea of robotics. Aristotle wrote in "The Politics" nearly two dozen centuries ago - "This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work, at the word of command or by intelligent anticipation, like the statues of Daedalus or the tripods made by Hephaestus, of which Homer relates that "Of their own motion they entered the conclave of Gods on Olympus" as if a shuttle should weave of itself, and a plectrum should do its own harp playing."<br /><div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"> Czech author and playwright Karel Capek popularized the term robot in his 1920 play, RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots. "Robot" comes from the word "robota" meaning "labor".<br />Soon after W. Grey Walter 1948 built Elmer and Elsie, two autonomous robots that looked like turtles, Isaac Asimov wrote the Three Laws of Robotics which state: </p> <p align="justify"> 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.<br />2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.<br />3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. </p> <div align="justify">In the 1961 the first industrial robot, Unimate, was online at a General Motors automobile factory to work with heated machines. It's motorized arm weighs 4,000 pounds and has up to six fully programmable axes of motion. 1963, the Rancho Arm was the first computer controlled artificial robotic arm designed as a tool for the handicapped.<br />The first anthropomorphic robot built in the world (1973) was WABOT-1, made in Waseda University, Japan. It was able to communicate with a person in Japanese and to measure distances and directions to the objects using external receptors. It has artificial ears, eyes and an artificial mouth.<br /><br />The Honda Motor Company developed ASIMO, the most advanced humanoid robot in the world.<br />ASIMO is the first humanoid robot in the world that can walk independently and climb stairs.<br />Honda wanted to create a robot that would be a helper for people so it can also understand spoken commands, recognize voices and faces and with its arms and hands it can turn on light switches, open doors, carry objects...<br /></div> <div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.honda-robots.com/index_ori.html" target="_blank" title="ASIMO">ASIMO </a> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="left"> <script src="http://funniez.net/mambots/content/plugin_jw_allvideos/gz_eolas_fix.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var jsval = '<object classid="\" codebase="\" version="6,0,40,0\" align="\" height="\" width="\"> <param name="\" value="\"> </param> <param name="\" value="\"> </param> <param name="\" value="\"> </param> <param name="\" value="\"> </param> <param name="\" value="\" rel="1\"> </param> <param name="\" value="\"> </param> <embed src="\" rel="1\" type="\" salign="\" align="\" height="\" hspace="\" width="\"></embed></object>'; writethis(jsval);//--> </script><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="323" align="left" height="271"> <param name="width" value="323"> <param name="height" value="271"> <param name="align" value="left"> <param name="salign" value="l"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZHcAVH9YSM&rel=1"> <param name="hspace" value="1"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZHcAVH9YSM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" salign="l" width="323" align="left" height="271" hspace="1"></embed></object> <noscript><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" align="left" height="271" width="323"> <param name="width" value="323"> </param> <param name="height" value="271"> </param> <param name="align" value="left"> </param> <param name="salign" value="l"> </param> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZHcAVH9YSM&rel=1"> </param> <param name="hspace" value="1"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZHcAVH9YSM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" salign="l" align="left" height="271" hspace="1" width="323"></embed> </object></noscript><br /></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="right"> <table width="215" border="0" height="82"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"> 4 ft 3in (130 cm) high<br /> 119 pounds (54 kg) weight<br /> walking speed 1.7 mph (2.7 km/hour)<br /> running speed 3.7 mph (6 km/hour)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div align="right"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> World's first running humanoid robot was SONY's QRIO (2003). QRIO can run at 23 cm/s, and is capable of voice and face recognition. It remembers people as well as their likes and dislikes. QRIO's internal battery lasts about 1 hour. </p></td></tr></tbody></table>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-84811018699362715112009-05-29T13:12:00.002+02:002009-05-29T13:13:58.746+02:00The Pololu 3pi robot<table width="410" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr></tr><tr> </tr> <tr style="font-family: arial;"> <td><a href="javascript:showimage('3pi1.jpg')"> <img src="https://www.zagrosrobotics.com/images/3pi1.jpg" alt="Pololu 3pi Robot " vspace="8" width="150" align="right" border="0" hspace="8" /></a> <span class="messages">Name:<br /> </span><span class="itemname">Pololu 3pi Robot<br /> </span><span class="messages">Item#:<br /> </span><span class="itemname">P-975<br /> </span><br /> <p>The Pololu 3pi robot is a complete, high-performance mobile platform featuring two micro metal gearmotors, five reflectance sensors, an 8×2 character <span class="caps">LCD</span>, a buzzer, and three user pushbuttons, all connected to a C-programmable ATmega168 microcontroller. Capable of speeds exceeding 3 feet per second, 3pi is a great first robot for ambitious beginners and a perfect second robot for those looking to move up from non-programmable or slower beginner robots.</p> <p>The Pololu 3pi robot is a small (9.5 cm/3.7" diameter, 83 g/2.9 oz without batteries), high-performance, autonomous robot, designed to excel in line following and maze-solving competitions. Powered by four <span class="caps">AAA</span> batteries (not included) and a unique power system that runs the motors at a constant 9.25 V, 3pi is capable of speeds up to 100 cm/second while making precise turns and spins that don’t vary with the battery voltage.</p> <p>The 3pi is based on an Atmel ATmega168 microcontroller running at 20 MHz with 16KB of flash program memory and 1KB data memory. The use of the ATmega168 microcontroller makes the 3pi compatible with the popular Arduino development platform. Free C and C++ development tools are also available, and an extensive set of libraries make it a breeze to interface with all of the integrated hardware. Sample programs will be available to show how to use the various 3pi components, as well as how to perform more complex behaviors such as line following and maze solving. All this makes the 3pi a great platform for learning robotics!</p> <p>Note that an external <span class="caps">AVR ISP</span> programmer such as the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Orangutan <span class="caps">USB</span> programmer</span> is required to program the 3pi.<br /></p> <p> <table class="picture_with_caption center" style="width: 600px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img style="width: 503px; height: 435px;" alt="" src="http://www.pololu.com/picture/thumbnail/0J843.jpg?size=600" /></td></tr> <tr> <th>General features of the Pololu 3pi robot, top view.</th></tr></tbody></table><br /><table class="picture_with_caption center" style="width: 600px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img style="width: 483px; height: 408px;" alt="" src="http://www.pololu.com/picture/thumbnail/0J845.jpg?size=600" /></td></tr> <tr> <th>Labeled bottom view of the Pololu 3pi robot.</th></tr></tbody></table><br /><table class="picture_with_caption center" style="width: 600px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img style="width: 503px; height: 413px;" alt="" src="http://www.pololu.com/picture/thumbnail/0J844.jpg?size=600" /></td></tr> <tr> <th>Specific features of the Pololu 3pi robot, top view.</th></tr></tbody></table><br /></p> <p>The following video shows a 3pi prototype autonomously solving a line maze. It first runs through the maze executing a search algorithm, keeping track of which way it is turning at intersections and discarding paths that lead to dead ends. Once it finds the end, which is marked by a solid black circle, it determines from memory the best path from start to finish and on subsequent runs aggressively drives that shortest path. This is just one example of what the 3pi is capable of.</p> <p> <object codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000" width="480" height="360"><param name="_cx" value="12700"><param name="_cy" value="9525"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mJV-KDqHgDQ&hl=en&rel=0"><param name="Src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mJV-KDqHgDQ&hl=en&rel=0"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="0"><param name="Loop" value="0"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value="LT"><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="Scale" value="NoScale"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="internal"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mJV-KDqHgDQ&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" play="false" loop="false" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" width="480" height="360"></embed></object></p></td></tr></tbody></table>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-34742964467264028932009-05-19T15:23:00.003+02:002009-05-19T15:29:54.135+02:00Make your own solar powered robot<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >The fallowing robots are powered only by light, which means no batteries are required. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Make your own solar powered robot at home using things you probably already have. Transistors, resistor, capacitor, solar battery and flashing LED are available at any electronic store, if you don't already have them.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Solar cells out of calculators work as well, you might want to use more than one since they are really small. If you do, connect the positive wire from each solar battery together.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">A small motor should be used like the ones in walkmans. Solder everything together and watch it come alive.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Put it under a light and let it charge, it should take couple seconds for each burst of energy. Works best in sunlight.</span><br /></span><br /><b>Things you will need:</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/ShK0Cv3S-kI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8fdrRbcRozU/s1600-h/sol_robot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 165px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/ShK0Cv3S-kI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8fdrRbcRozU/s200/sol_robot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337526467688593986" border="0" /></a> <table width="270" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <!-- Row 1 Column 1 --> <td>2N3904 Transistor </td> <!-- Row 1 Column 2 --> <td>Motor </td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Row 2 Column 1 --> <td>2N3906 Transistor </td> <!-- Row 2 Column 2 --> <td>2.2V Flashing Green LED </td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Row 3 Column 1 --> <td>4700 uF Capacitor </td> <!-- Row 3 Column 2 --> <td>Solar Cell </td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Row 4 Column 1 --> <td>2.2 kilo-ohm resistor </td> <!-- Row 4 Column 2 --> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <strong>How to make it:</strong><br /><br />... <i>a schematic diagram for a simple solar powered robot at.</i><br />http://members.tripod.com/~TrEbOr69/solar/schema.JPGINFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-90055828919087672652009-05-19T15:01:00.000+02:002009-05-19T15:02:11.588+02:00Japanese Celebrity Robot Gets A Real Job<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="BHL"><br /></span></span> <table style="font-family: arial;" width="160" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.spacedaily.com/images/robot-asimo-honda-afp-bg.jpg" vspace="2" width="160" align="left" height="240" hspace="0" /><br /><span class="BL"><span style="font-size:85%;">Honda Motor's new humanoid robot Asimo, which can run at a speed of 6kph and also in a circular pattern, walks with a Honda employee at the company's headquarters in Tokyo 13 December 2005. The 1.3m tall, 54kg ASIMO achieves the ability to act in sync with people and will debut as an office aid to carry drink service for guests. AFP photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno</span>.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="BDL"><span style="font-size:78%;">by Shingo Ito<br />Tokyo (AFP) Dec 13, 2005</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="BTX">Japan's celebrity robot, ASIMO, shifted from curiosity value to practical use on Tuesday with the world's first walking humanoid set to make its office debut next year as a receptionist.<p> The latest ASIMO prototype unveiled in Tokyo can guide guests to a meeting room, serve coffee on a tray and push a cart with a load of up to 10 kilograms (22 pounds), its creator Honda Motor said.</p><p> The cutting-edge robot, which resembles a child in a white astronaut suit, has doubled its running speed to six kilometers (3.7 miles) per hour and can now run in a circle and zigzag.</p><p> "The level of ASIMO's capability was just good enough to entertain people on the stage in the past, but the new ASIMO can work at places closer to us," said Satoshi Shigemi, a Honda official in charge of the robot's development.</p><p> "The new ASIMO can perform the task of a receptionist or information guide automatically," Shigemi told a news conference. "Honda is aiming to create a humanoid robot that can help people and live together with people."</p></span></span>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-5622439291190724172009-05-11T15:18:00.000+02:002009-05-11T15:19:12.735+02:00Star Wars robot R2-D2?<p> <span style="font-family:arial;">In less than a year, Salinas says, he has helped solve two of the highest profile criminal cases in this South American country. And now that university lab tests seem to confirm that his robot works, mining and oil corporations are flooding him with business plans, Salinas says. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;">How this machine functions is still an "industrial secret," Salinas said. But ask him for proof that it works and he'll hand you a pile of press clippings on the device, called Geo-Radar or Arturito (a play on the name of <i>Star Wars</i> robot R2-D2).<br /></p><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/060522-robots_big.jpg" /><p style="font-family: arial;"> The first public use of the Geo-Radar technology was in the case of Luis Francisco Yuraszeck, a Chilean businessman who had been missing since March 2004. </p><p style="font-family: arial;"> In July 2005 Policía Investigaciones de Chile, the local equivalent of Scotland Yard, asked Salinas to help on the case. </p><p style="font-family: arial;"> Salinas took his robot to a rural farmhouse selected by the police. With reporters watching, the robot scanned the landscape. Within two hours, Geo-Radar provided an exact location of Yuraszeck's body, buried under 12 feet (4 meters) of cement. </p><p style="font-family: arial;"> Arturo Herrera, general director of Investigaciones de Chile, publicly acknowledged the effectiveness of the Geo-Radar technology in locating the body. </p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-32897972849127160692009-05-11T15:01:00.000+02:002009-05-11T15:05:37.824+02:00Kondo kit robots fight to the death!<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">Take heed puny humans, </span><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">our robot overlords are practicing and things don't look good for us.<br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">Videos of "Kondo Battle" show how <a href="http://www.audiocubes.com/product/KONDO_KHR-2HV_Humanoid_Robot_Kit.html">Kondo kit robots</a> fight to the death.<br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">video link:</span></span><br /></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"> <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1243511167" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=22449871001&playerId=1243511167&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="486" height="412"></embed> </p> <!--pagebreak--> <p style="font-family: arial;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WqEDMiAHpdA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WqEDMiAHpdA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://engadget.com/"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1243511167?bctid=22449871001</span><br /></a> </p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-90913463377713944472009-05-11T14:58:00.001+02:002009-05-11T15:08:03.188+02:00Antarctica<p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Antarctica is one of the harshest places on Earth to work. But it's also an important site for <a title="Scientists seek cold, hard facts on polar changes -- Friday, Mar 2, 2007" context="com.caucho.jsp.PageContextImpl@6036486f" href="http://news.cnet.com/Scientists-seek-cold%2C-hard-facts-on-polar-changes/2100-11395_3-6163659.html">scientific study</a>, especially given rising worries about global warming. So any tool that helps keep the frostbite away from flesh-and-blood researchers is bound to be a good thing.<br /></span></p><div class="galleryImage"> <img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2007/coolrobots01_550x413.jpg" alt="Cool Robot, solo" width="550" height="413" /> </div><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" ><strong>Photo by</strong> Cool Robots project, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College</span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Enter the <a href="http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/crobots/">Cool Robot</a>. This big blue box is a solar-powered, self-propelled machine designed to act as an observation post on the polar landscape. It's a project of a group at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. "The Cool Robot concept was a robot that could deploy instrument networks in a vehicle that was very light," Laura Ray, a professor at Dartmouth and a leader of the project, said this week at the <a href="http://www.assw2007.org/">Arctic Science Summit Week</a> in Hanover, according to the Reuters news agency.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-89285018538945077602009-05-08T12:11:00.001+02:002009-05-08T12:13:36.922+02:00A New Robot That Looks Just Like You<span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><b><br /></b></span> <p style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Robot clone" src="http://isobe.typepad.com/robot_20clone.jpg" vspace="8" border="0" hspace="8" /></p> <p style="font-family: arial;">Hiroaki Koike runs a little company with a huge idea. His company, appropriately named ‘Little Island’, combines superb craftsmanship and attention to detail, doll making skills, special personalization techniques, and a knowledge of robot and networking technology to break into a completely new market.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Robot clone bride" src="http://isobe.typepad.com/robot_20clone_20bride.jpg" vspace="8" border="1" hspace="8" /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">The centerpiece of Little Island’s product lineup is a ‘bride’ robot that not only looks like the bride, it can actually wave and greet wedding reception guests and interact with them. We’re assuming that the company could also supply a ‘groom’ robot, but no one ever pays much attention to the groom on wedding days.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;">The company has an English website (see below), and indicated that they are very interested in overseas customers. Although they don’t have online ordering in English setup yet, they welcome inquires via their <a title="little island robot clones" href="http://littleisland.biz/english/index.htm" target="_blank">contact page</a>.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Related links:</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a title="little island robot dolls" href="http://littleisland.biz/" target="_blank">Little Island</a> ? Main website (Japanese)</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a title="little island robot website - english" href="http://littleisland.biz/english/index.htm" target="_blank">Little Island</a> ? English website</span></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-12055839636012489832009-05-08T12:09:00.002+02:002009-05-08T12:25:44.223+02:00New Robot Walks Like A Human<p id="first" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span class="date">ScienceDaily (May 22, 2008)</span></span><br /></p><p id="first" style="font-family:arial;">Researcher <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft (The Netherlands)</span> has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is important as it provides insight into how people walk. This can in turn help people with walking difficulties through improved diagnoses, training and rehabilitation equipment.</p><p face="arial" id="first"><img alt="http://www.gadgetted.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/robot2.jpg" src="http://www.gadgetted.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/robot2.jpg" /></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-33880760705858179842009-05-08T11:53:00.003+02:002009-05-08T12:26:47.275+02:00Freaky New Robot Adapts to ‘Injury’<h1 style="font-family: arial;" class="postTitle"><a href="http://r-echos.net/2006/11/18/freaky-new-robot-adapts-to-injury/" rel="bookmark">Freaky New Robot Adapts to ‘Injury’</a></h1> <small style="font-family: arial;">November 18, 2006</small> <p style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/labeouf-robot-attack.jpg" src="http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/labeouf-robot-attack.jpg" /><br />A creepy but brainy new robot deals with injury or dismemberment by figuring out “mentally” (in software simulation) how to best <strong><a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10589" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10589');">CARRY ON WITHOUT THE DAMAGED LIMB</a></strong>. In tests, two of the robot’s four limbs were shortened, and it used rapid trial-and-error to figure out how to change it’s gait to keep moving. The research could lead to a software-based solution to space or war robots that get damaged, but still need to carry on their missions.</p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-64868341122505345532009-04-09T09:27:00.005+02:002009-04-09T09:32:50.169+02:00TOP robot MUSIC...<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:framd;font-size:100%;" >01 - Perrey Haack- Scratch School Minuet 4 Robots (<a target="_top" href="http://www.brucehaack.com/">Bruce Haack</a>/<a target="_top" href="http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/">Jean Jacques Perrey</a>)<br />02 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33648">Helen Virginia Leidermeyer</a> - I Believe The Robots Are Our Future<br />03 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.galactique.net/liveindirekt.htm">Intergalactic Faerie Funk</a> - Save the Robots<br />04 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.317x.com/albums/c/frankcomstock/card.html">Frank Comstock</a> - On The Dark Side Of The Moon<br />05 - Forrest J Ackerman & Frank Coe - Tone Tales from Tomorrow<br />06 - Steve Austin - 6million$man remix <a target="_top" href="http://www.soundbox.nl/osi/"><i>Watch video here</i></a><br />07 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.myspace.com/recorderparty">Recorder</a> - Chasing Dreams<br />08 - No Delete - Can u fix my cyborg <a target="_top" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=13659169"><i>Watch video here</i></a><br />09 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.dictionaraoke.org/">Scuzzy Buffer Underrun</a> - Little Fluffy Clouds<br />10 - DJ Swamp - Worship the Robots <a target="_top" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=14264474"><i>Watch video here</i></a><br />11 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.myspace.com/derplan">Der Plan</a> - Ich Bin Ein Komputer<br />12 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.myspace.com/3puen">3Puen</a> - She's a robot<br />13 - South park - Robot Friend<br />14 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.perkowitz.net/">Perkowitz</a> - Bad bad robot<br />15 - Hard-Drive - I want to hold your hand<br />16 - Null Zero Void - Gunslinger <a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHa7nHoBLc"><i>Watch video here</i></a><br />17 - Flying Steps - We Are Robotic<br />18 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.myspace.com/recorderparty">Recorder</a> - Collide<br />19 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.whoboys.com/">The Who Boys</a> - Microsoft Toilet<br />20 - Plastics - Robot<br />21 - The Buggles - I Love You (Miss Robot)<br />22 - <a target="_top" href="http://www.kilna.com/">KILNA</a> - Terrible Secrets of Space (Stairs mix)<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 51);font-family:framd;font-size:100%;" ><h3>You Tube Sample Links:</h3> <a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1oAbvsSGTc">Dalek TV</a><br /><a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-lJpL2oVg">Cybermen Call Centre</a><br /><a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlcHnBZjymg">Robot Chicken's Transformers </a><br /><a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZScy9I-w7M">I am a Robot (Alphabet song)</a><br /><a target="_top" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaxSxEqKtA&mode=related&search=">Klaatu barada nikto</a></span>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-33616181253054225552009-04-09T09:21:00.000+02:002009-04-09T09:22:22.183+02:00Robot War Continues<div style="font-family: arial;" id="article"><div id="article_body"> <div class="date_time"><span style="margin-right: 20px;"><br /></span></div></div></div> <p style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/30/irobot2.jpg"><img class="image-full" title="Irobot2" alt="Irobot2" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/30/irobot2.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 400px;" border="0" height="276" /></a>Where is Arthur C. Clarke when you need him? Are the killer robots coming, or aren't they? </p> <p style="font-family: arial;">Last week's post, <a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/charity-will-ba.html">where I dismissed calls to ban 'imaginary' killing machines</a>, sparked a healthy debate, including a drop-in from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Sharkey"> Noel Sharkey</a>, a roboticist who has advocated banning killer robots. He <a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/charity-will-ba.html#comment-108691984">writes in the comment section</a>:</p><blockquote style="font-family: arial;" dir="ltr"><p><em>I approve of Sharon's take on robot scare stories of the past from academics who have read too much science fiction. But in this case we are talking about near-future science fact. </em></p></blockquote><p style="font-family: arial;">My point, which I'll state here more clearly, is that rather than debating the real issue -- what are the proper limits on the autonomous operations of weapons? -- we are debating something a tad fantastical, an army of self-directing, lethal machines, deciding when they should kill or not. Terminators, in other words. I realize that debating Terminators is more fun, because it provides such sexy headlines as "<a href="http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7729&Itemid=33">Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity</a>,'" but I'm not sure it really addresses the main issue. </p> <p style="font-family: arial;">I have several questions to those who seem to be warning of the robot warrior onslaught.</p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-43877331469067664132009-04-09T09:11:00.003+02:002009-04-09T09:16:47.138+02:00ED-209 from Robocop?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/Sd2f3KzD3pI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Rny8eWtPKnk/s1600-h/ed209.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/Sd2f3KzD3pI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Rny8eWtPKnk/s200/ed209.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322586104761933458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Remember this scene from Robocop?</span><br />It's the public unveiling of ED-209, and a programming glitch causes the giant killer robot to gun down an innocent suit. A chilling scene, and one which was almost re-enacted for real in Iraq.</span> <p style="font-family: arial;">Last year, three remote controlled, gun-toting robots, named SWORDS, were deployed in the war zone and then suddenly pulled from duty. Nobody knew why until Popular Mechanics quizzed the US Army's Kevin Fahey at the RoboBusiness conference this week. Apparently, one of the robots went rogue: "the gun started moving when it was not intended to move" said Fahey. Unlike ED-209, the 'bots were shutdown before any shots were fired, but it seems that the incident left people spooked enough to pull the plug on the operation.</p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-7921820455866163532009-04-09T08:57:00.003+02:002009-04-09T09:04:10.393+02:00killer battlefield robots from PENTAGON?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/Sd2dlJNDV1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/WXrHWyMGjpY/s1600-h/T2_18-inch_Neca-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/Sd2dlJNDV1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/WXrHWyMGjpY/s200/T2_18-inch_Neca-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322583596073178962" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">The Pentagon’s planners and dreamers seek to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/25-11">create killer battlefield robots</a> which operate without human control. Turn them loose in a city and let them decide who to kill.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Obviously such a robot would need a high degree of artificial intelligence. Ultimately these machines would likely develop their own set of robotic laws to insure their survival.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p> <p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">First Law: Breed.Second Law: Kill all humans.Third Law: Create a God.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Oh, wait a minute! That’s Cylons. Been there, done that. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Maybe the Pentagon boys have been watching too much television.</span></p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Fact</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >. A robot can kill a human in .02 seconds.</span>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-24313303076206909162009-04-08T09:33:00.001+02:002009-04-08T09:35:32.260+02:00Robot imitating life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/SdxTvBHr84I/AAAAAAAAALw/4Zgjg8EHnaQ/s1600-h/69682768_9c109e18f7-779105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/SdxTvBHr84I/AAAAAAAAALw/4Zgjg8EHnaQ/s200/69682768_9c109e18f7-779105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322220926864716674" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="font-family: arial;">“Nature is a rich source of design ideas,” notes Bruno Siciliano, robotics researcher and dissemination officer for EURON. “Nature has already solved a lot of the problems that robotics researchers encounter, so it is a good place to go for ideas.”</p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><b>Robot imitating life</b></p> <p style="font-family: arial;">Biomimetics, or mimicking biological systems, is a very popular approach in European robotics and has led to a host of unusual designs. Take, for example, the Robot Fish developed by researchers in the UK’s University of Essex. It looks like a real carp and is often mistaken for one.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;">The fish can move 20 inches a second and, at slower speeds, has a battery that will last five hours. The researchers built three fish as an attraction for the London Aquarium, where they have proved a very popular feature.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;">But ultimately the design could be used for seabed exploration, to study pipelines for leaks, or even be used for intelligence gathering. The fish can avoid obstacles and swim entirely independently. The researchers hope to increase the robot’s intelligence so that it can hook itself up to a power source when it is time for a recharge.</p> <span style="font-family:arial;">“Sure, it would be possible to design a standard submarine robot to do similar jobs, but by replicating the designs from nature, researchers can use the advantages of that design. In the case of fish, they move through the water easily, without using much energy. As the design of robot fish improves, it will approach that level of efficiency.” </span><!-- inj G3 -->INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-34587015951523448242009-04-08T09:17:00.002+02:002009-04-08T09:20:38.157+02:00The Trauma Pod - a freaky robot machine operating<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nO4iNpcsM/SbC_ohYnjOI/AAAAAAAAC7c/3dNxF7liBYg/s1600-h/mg20126982_600-1_600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309954663547112674" style="width: 416px; height: 187px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nO4iNpcsM/SbC_ohYnjOI/AAAAAAAAC7c/3dNxF7liBYg/s320/mg20126982_600-1_600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Trauma Pod, the future is now!</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Ideas for Barack </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-family:arial;">Obamas</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> health care plan?</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">How about a robot surgery machine that makes the specialist surgeon obsolete?</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A freaky robot machine operating technology could see trauma patients treated in mobile robotic surgery pods.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Trauma Pod</span> is </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="font-family:arial;">operated</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> by a </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="font-family:arial;">sophisticated</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> make up of 12 independent robotic systems working together. The Trauma Pod monitors the </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style="font-family:arial;">patent's</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> vital signs, can administer fluids and oxygen, and will eventually act as an anaesthesiologist, using a robotic arm to place an IV line to deliver drugs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The "scrub nurse", a voice-activated robot arm, passes fresh tools and supplies to the "surgeon" and disposes of used equipment, while the role of circulating nurse is performed by a tool-dispensing robot.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Each machine communicates with the others and is closely monitored by software programmed with the correct series of steps for a range of emergency procedures, to ensure everything happens in the right order and prevent collisions.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The first application for the Trauma Pod its developers claim will be the </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" style="font-family:arial;">ability</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to retrieve someone from a war battlefield, diagnose them, and perform lifesaving procedures while transferring them to hospital.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ultimately, the robot surgeon will be able to perform "temporary fix" procedures to buy the patient a few more hours until they reach a hospital, says lead developer Pablo Garcia at </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" style="font-family:arial;">SRI</span> International. "The system will focus on damage control surgery, the minimum necessary to stabilise someone," he says. "It could provide airway control, relieve immediate life-threatening injuries such as a collapsed lung, or stop bleeding temporarily."</div>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-5310963841728924332009-04-08T09:09:00.002+02:002009-04-08T09:13:04.476+02:00meat Scorpio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/SdxOeJ-yNHI/AAAAAAAAALo/8xkEc5qdBdQ/s1600-h/986598371-4.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/SdxOeJ-yNHI/AAAAAAAAALo/8xkEc5qdBdQ/s200/986598371-4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322215139627381874" border="0" /></a><br /><p> <span style="font-family:arial;">Scorpio was supposed to hit a wall and then reverse for about 5 seconds and then (hopefully) head off forward in a slightly different direction. Interestingly enough, due to his unique mechanical configuration, when he hits an obstical, he simply "turns" about 15 degrees and then heads off in another direction. </span><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DARIO_PC/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /></p>Scorpio is a two-motor, 4-legged walking bot.<p style="font-family: arial;">He is powered by a 9V battery, has two 6 transitor H-Bridges, and to be honest, I built him to get rid of some motors I had in my junk box. </p><p style="font-family: arial;">Ok, thats probably enough for here... if you want to find out more, including frame and motor information, check out Scorpio's website. There is even a Video!!!<br />-Sparky<br />Email: sparkyg@seark.net </p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-70649590236397264272009-03-27T11:44:00.002+01:002009-03-27T11:46:59.245+01:00soccer NEWS: SPAIN - ROBOTS (0-3)?<p style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b>LONDON, England (CNN)</b> - Picture this: The European champions and current highest-ranked soccer team in the world, Spain, are beaten 3-0...by a team of robots.</span></p> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <div id="imageChanger1" style="font-family:arial;"> <div class="cnnStoryPhotoBox"><div id="cnnImgChngr" class="cnnImgChngr"> <div id="cnnImgChngrNested"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/SPORT/football/03/25/robot.football/art.roboev.up.jpg" alt="On the way: Robots are developing steadily towards the goal of beating humans at football." vspace="0" width="292" height="219" hspace="0" /></span> <div class="cnnStoryPhotoCaptionBox"> <div class="cnn3pxTB9pxLRPad"> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> On the way: Robots are developing steadily towards the goal of beating humans at football. </span></p> </div> </div> </div><span style="font-size:100%;">It may sound ridiculous, but robot developers in Asia, the U.S. and Europe are dreaming of that very goal.</span></div></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger('cnnImgChngr','/2009/SPORT/football/03/25/robot.football/imgChng/p1-0.init.exclude.html',1,1); //CNN.imageChanger.load('cnnImgChngr','imgChng/p1-0.exclude.html'); </script> <!--endclickprintexclude--><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Working under the umbrella organizations FIRA (Federation of Robot-Soccer Association) and the RoboCup Federation, researchers and developers are aiming to advance robot technology to the point that a team of humanoids can beat the best humans in the sport by 2050.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Since robot soccer competitions began in the mid-1990s, researchers have already made significant developments towards their goal.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Phil Culverhouse of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Plymouth told CNN that the first robots in competition were controlled by humans and many were on wheels or four-legged, but that is changing.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> "Since 2007 the team have progressed to bipedal robots that have cameras on board," he said. "Our robots are autonomous -- they have no control from outside sources. The cameras try to work out where the goal is, where the ball is and where the other players are."</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Further robotic developments appear to be close. Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid released a study in the March 2009 online edition of 'Expert Systems with Applications,' showing they had refined a technique known as machine-learning.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Basically, the scientists were able to teach a virtual player simple reactions to visual stimuli -- based upon how real humans react in the same situation.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Do you think robots will one day be able to beat humans at football? <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/03/25/robot.football/index.html#soundoff">Sound Off box below.</a></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> This year robots will go head-to-head at both the RoboCup event in Austria in June/July and the FIRA RoboWorld Cup in Korea in August. The most advanced classes at present are the bipedal classes for 'humanoid' robots.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Co-chair of RoboCup 2009, Gerald Steinbauer, told CNN this year's event was the 13th edition of the cup, and he was impressed by progress by advances since the competitions began.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> "At the last RoboCup in China 2008 we had games of teams of three humanoid playing attractive soccer. They walk on two feet, fight for the ball and of course score... so we are approaching the goal," he said.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Culverhouse said interest in both events had steadily grown, especially since the two-legged robots had been introduced. This year up to 3,000 competitors from 40 countries are expected at RoboCup.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> "This has been extremely effective in gaining interest. These are much more exciting to watch. We have seen a steep level of change in interest from not just young people but everybody."</span></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-15766661694017173872009-03-27T11:40:00.001+01:002009-03-27T11:41:43.148+01:00ROBOT at Japan Fashion Week<div style="margin: 0pt 5px 0pt 0pt; float: left;font-family:arial;"> <div id="newsphoto"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=i8VU9AaKSRA4" alt="" width="220" border="0" height="165" /></span></div> </div> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> March 26 (Bloomberg) -- The first model to walk the runway during <a href="http://www.jfw.jp/en/index.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="return escape( popwOpenWebSite( this ))">Japan Fashion Week</a> strutted her stuff in the nude. She was also a robot -- a high-tech gimmick in a fashion world struggling to retain attention as the global economy staggers through recession. </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">With Japan sinking into its worst economic slump in the postwar era, demand for expensive haute couture is being replaced by a need for clothes for real people, said Richard Collasse, president of <a href="http://www.chanel.com/index.php?zone_lang=ASIJP" target="_blank" onmouseover="return escape( popwOpenWebSite( this ))">Chanel K.K.</a> in Japan. The five designers at the opening show with the computerized catwalk robot were chosen for commercial potential as well as creativity, he said. </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Spending on luxury goods is expected to decline as much as 7 percent in 2009, <a href="http://www.bain.com/bainweb/PDFs/cms/Public/ConsumerOfTheFuture_BainStudyJanuary2009.pdf" target="_blank" onmouseover="return escape( popwOpenWebSite( this ))">according to a study</a> by market research company Bain & Co. The slump is disproportionately affecting high-worth consumers, Bain said, because many of their assets are in equities. The value of stocks globally has plunged by more than $30 trillion since a 2007 peak. </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“We have to be more careful about prices,” said Tan Beng Yan, an owner of six <a href="http://www.tyanboutique.com/" target="_blank" onmouseover="return escape( popwOpenWebSite( this ))">boutiques</a> in Singapore who came to the show looking for new purchases. “People are looking for better quality, but don’t want to pay a lot.” </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One of the first five designers to take part in the event, <a href="http://www.donnasgro.com/" target="_blank" onmouseover="return escape( popwOpenWebSite( this ))">Donna Sgro</a>, showed a collection of men’s and women’s wear such as skin-hugging pants with see-through mesh pockets. Sgro said she was inspired by photographs of deep-sea creatures such as octopuses, which explained the bulbous hoods on many of the tops, which aim to be practical and sexy. </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Japanese Spenders </span></p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-82036979753625059332009-03-25T11:52:00.002+01:002009-03-25T11:58:00.962+01:00Robot model challenge to human rivals?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/ScoOL8LhMLI/AAAAAAAAAJo/qrPnnphvS8w/s1600-h/humanoid-fashion-robot-20090316030307146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3urZVLKIRUA/ScoOL8LhMLI/AAAAAAAAAJo/qrPnnphvS8w/s200/humanoid-fashion-robot-20090316030307146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317077908360081586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >"Our robot can't move elegantly like the real models that are here today," Shuji Kajita, director of humanoid robot engineering at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), told Reuters. "It'll take another 20 to 30 years of research to make that happen."<br /><br />The 158 cm (5 ft 2 inch) high-tech model weighed in at 43 kg (95 lb), slimmed down from earlier versions just in time for her catwalk debut at one of Japan's biggest fashion events.<br /><br />AIST designers say the eyes, face and hair of the robot, which cost about $2 million to develop, are based on Japanese "anime" cartoon characters.<br /><br />Japan, home to almost half of the world's 800,000 industrial robots, expects the industry to expand to $10 billion in the future including models that can care for its fast-growing elderly population.<br /><br /></span><p face="georgia">TOKYO (Reuters) – It may have been a fashion first, but supermodel Naomi Campbell has nothing to fear.</p> <p style="font-family: georgia;"> The HRP-4C <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237834542_0">humanoid robot</span> showed off her stormtrooper-like silver and black frame and bowed to a fashion-savvy audience at the start of the annual <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237834542_1">Japan Fashion Week</span> in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237834542_2">Tokyo</span> -- but even her creators admit the mechanical model needs more work.</p> <p style="font-family: georgia;"> The HRP-4C has battery-powered motors in her body and face, allowing her to imitate the expressions, gait and poses of a supermodel --- up to a point.</p>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-85102988937919143832009-03-17T14:36:00.002+01:002009-03-17T14:41:36.560+01:00"Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age"<h2 style="font-family: arial;"> </h2><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">David Levy's book </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is a great introduction not only to robots, but also the various technologies that must work together in their creation: logic, artificial intelligence (AI), speech synthesis, natural language processing, sensory recognition, personality training, emotion--does it ever end? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Although most people assume that we're centuries away from the invention of an intelligent, human-like android like "Data," Levy shows just how close we've gotten and just how soon we'll be interacting with amazingly smart robots on a daily basis.</span></li></ul> <span style="font-family: arial;" class="submitted"></span> <ul style="font-family: arial;"><li><span class="inline left"><img src="http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/system/files/images/200px-Robotic_Operating_Buddy.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image thumbnail" width="178" height="200" /></span> Robots will enhance our lives in countless ways; they'll not only help us in our daily tasks, but also become our friends and even our soul mates. They'll talk to us and show a sensitivity to our emotional states that not even our mothers could match. Furthermore, they'll be wonderful inventors and artists, breathing new life into every field of creative endeavor. Sound like science fiction? Levy shows that the only "fiction" is that robots won't play a vital role in the (near) future of the human race. David Levy will make you a believer.</li><li>more on:<br /></li><a href="http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/blog/4">http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/blog/4</a></ul>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616912943587365079.post-31202160917740433582009-03-13T09:13:00.002+01:002009-03-13T09:19:32.085+01:00The robot wars have arrived<b style="font-family: arial;"> Bill Gates comparing robots now to what computers were in the eighties. </b> <br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The military is a primary buyer right now and it's using them (robots) for a limited set of applications. And yes, in each area we prove they can be utilized you'll see a massive expansion. That's all correct, but then I think it's even beyond what he was saying. No one sitting back with a computer in 1980 said, "Oh, yes, these things are going to have a ripple effect on our society and politics such that there's going to be a political debate about privacy in an online world, and mothers in Peoria are going to be concerned about child predators on this thing called Facebook." It'll be the same way with the impact on war and in robotics; a ripple effect in areas we're not even aware of yet.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >read more at:</span><br /><style></style><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10192761-72.html"> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10192761-72.html</a>INFOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555751505081976895noreply@blogger.com