P3 and ASIMO – The Honda Humanoid Robots

Testing of chemical protective suits for the U.S. Army. That is the reason for the development of PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot, big brother of the Big Dog quadruped, Read more »

This news comes from the hand of Asus, which will make a robot, EeeBot, using software like Android.

Android already is used in computers, phones, e-readers … which shows his great ability to adapt to any mobile system.

The project is still very early, but the proper implementation of Android (free software), with a good set of applications and hardware can make affordable robotics finally start to come into every home.

Hopefully the EeeBot has the same host that once had the EeePC.

(NC & T) The so-called RunBot (Robot Corridor), lives up to its name, since it has the world record in speed walking for dynamic machines. Now its inventors have expanded its repertoire. With a special infrared eye can detect a slope on its path and adjust its gait on the go. Just like humans, leans forward slightly and uses shorter steps. You can learn this behavior in only a few trials.

The robot’s ability to change abruptly from one gait to another, is due to the hierarchical organization of control of their movements. In this respect, it resembles the control we possess humans, and can be taken as a human model. In the lower hierarchical levels, the movement is based on reflexes driven by peripheral sensors. The control circuits ensure that joints are not taken to the limit or that the next step begins only when the foot touches the ground.

Only when progress needs to be adapted, higher centers of the organization take control, a process activated by the human brain, or, if the robot, by its infrared eye leading to a simpler neural network. Due to the hierarchical organization, of the progress can be achieved by changing only some parameters. Other factors will be automatically tuned through the regular circuits.

In its first effort to climb a slope, RunBot will fall back, as they still have not learned to react to its visual input with a change in your gait. But like children, RunBot learns from its failures, which leads to a strengthening of the contact between the eye and the control modules of their movements. Only when these connections are established, step length and posture of the body are controlled by the visually induced signal. The slope is steeper, more pronounced will be the adaptation of the gait of RunBot.

Rh1 The robot is the second robot is in Europe, is about 1.50 meters, is capable of walking in different environments such as outdoors or in an enclosed area. Read more »

“Cool” just got even cooler with the invention of Spider III, the third generation in the quest to offer the most advanced design and technology available. Read more »

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“The new 3-inch mini remote control cars are out of stock everywhere! Parents are searching frantically but having no luck. Read more »

The Rascal robot from Robix is a programmable, customizable, servo-driven, desktop robot. The package comes with all the parts needed to build robots with grippers, sensors, and up to six joints. It comes with its own carrying case and includes instructions for eight different robots and a sample program for each. Read more »

Again in the news media appear on Japanese “kitchen robot. Thus, in Nagoya in one restaurant, there are two robotic robot (chef and assistant cook), who can cook noodles. The owner of a local manufacturer of robots Aise Naked Kenji (Kenji Nagaya) Read more »