In San Francisco, opened the “Olympic Games” robots

In San Francisco, opened the Olympic Games robotsThe largest in the world of Robots Contest – under this definition lists the international competition of robots RoboGames in Guinness World Records. Regular competitions were opened today (23.04.2010) in San Francisco (USA). They are attended by hundreds of robots from dozens of countries. Continue reading

NASA would like to have robots that could be modular

superbot2NASA would like to have robots that could be modular and, depending on the tasks and the change of environment, samosobiratsya in various designs. In dreams, robots for NASA to have a fully self-assembly of the space station, thereby eliminating the need for expensive, time-consuming work of astronauts. Continue reading

Lego robot solves the puzzle

robot5Swedish programmer, Hans Andersson, used Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to develop a robot that can solve Sudoku Puzzles (Sudoko).

The robot uses an optical sensor to scan the puzzle. First performs a quick scan to determine which cells are empty. There have been empty squares and figures, then the robot moves slowly forward for scanning a new line. Continue reading

Robot, robot, and why you have such big eyes?

Scientists of the Korean Institute of Science and Technology
(KIST) has long concerned with building a robot capable of copying human facial
expressions. One of the first developments in this direction was a robot Buddy
1.5. A robot moving eyes, eyebrows, lips – as well as the operator, sitting
opposite. Continue reading