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
Monthly Archives: February 2010
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
Humanoid robot Hitachi support a conversation with any interlocutor
Hitachi Ltd. presented the second humanoid robot, named EMIEW2. The robot weighs 13 kilograms, can move on wheels and walk on two legs, also on his head, there are 14 microphones that can recognize the voice, even if three people are talking simultaneously. Continue reading
Intelligent humanoid robot types
The purpose of this program is to construct such services that can Weiren types of intelligent humanoid robot system, profit with this type of intelligent humanoid robot system actually applied to daily life for the elderly people living alone, Continue reading
A European project for robot friendly
The interaction between people and robots is at the heart of much research in the world. In Europe, the project meets Phriends laboratories whose goal is to create humanoid robots that can coexist safely with humans. And it’s not so easy … Continue reading
First steps of HAL, the robotic exoskeleton
As announced for several months Cyberdine, a Japanese company specializing in robotics, has started mass production of HAL, an exoskeleton powered muscle assistance. HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) has nothing to do with its namesake, featuring the famous film 2001 Space Odyssey. He really exists and, Continue reading