In 2002, the municipality Nishiokoppe, a small village in the northern island of Hokkaido, has spent 1.8 billion yen (13.7 million Euros) to connect all homes via fiber optics. Today, thanks to this system, 18 farmers and dairy companies are using robots to monitor their flocks 24 hours on 24. Continue reading
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The dog (robot), the soldier’s best friend?
According to Wired, the U.S. military would have sponsored the development of a prototype robot dog, to assist the soldiers on the ground. Continue reading
Robots full street
Industrialists and academics have created a sensation in mid-February by hosting a full-scale demonstration of their prototype robots in the streets of Fukuoka in Japan. Continue reading
The new Korean star robotics
Recently, Professor Jun-Ho Oh was crowned “Man of the Year 2004” from the Institute for Advanced Science and Technology of Korea (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, KAIST) for his work on robotic humanoid . It meets today in a lengthy interview published on OhmyNews, which explains the characteristics and challenges of humanoid robot Hubo. Continue reading
The robot team concourrent
From 13 to 19 July 2005 will be held in Osaka (Japan) Robocup 9th, world cup team of robots. Three tournaments will pit teams of robots among them: a football tournament, another in the field of rescue and the last for teams of children for educational purposes. Continue reading
When the robots are capable of replicating
Hod Lipson and colleagues at Cornell University have developed a robot still very “basic” self-replicating. Plunge into the world of artificial life (video in the related links below). Continue reading
HRP-3P humanoid robot Japanese to “workers of tomorrow”?
While the name is not very fun, but the machine in question is quite impressive: HRP-3P humanoid robot is a Japanese 1m60, September 8 presented by the company Kawada. Continue reading
Zoom in on new domestic robots
The CES, held in Las Vegas from January 8 to 11, has hosted 150 000 visitors, including 23 000 non-American. Comprising most of the players in the electronics industry and information technology, the fair was an opportunity to introduce many new products. Without making a comprehensive summary of the event, here is a zoom on the news for domestic robots. Continue reading
Robot piggy
All remember his childhood piggy bank, as a pig, tiger, owl, or as some other animals. Piggy banks, as a piggy bank, only I do not show how much money has been accumulated and not encourage hoarding.
And here we face robot “banker”. He recognizes the type of coins, Continue reading
Helping to man, the robot Care-O-bot does not look “humanly”
German robotostroiteli of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fraunhofer in Stuttgart (Germany) continue to improve household robot Care-O-bot. The first robot of this model appeared in 1998. There is now a robot is already the third generation. In November, the exhibition IREX 2009 in Tokyo, he had himself no worse than the Asian counterparts. Continue reading