Adam and Eve, the first robot scientists

honda_fcx_clarityBy force of logical deduction, a program can construct a hypothesis based on results? Can he infer physical laws from observations? Going further, he could conduct an experiment? This subject is no longer a debate of philosophy or science fiction. To these three questions, the answer is yes. Moreover, these scholars robots already exist … Continue reading

Robot super-fast bullet catcher …

honda_fcx_clarityThey play with a ball, catch it in flight and juggling with a stick. The robots Masatoshi Ishikawa and Takashi Komuro have mostly the shape of a hand with three fingers, complete with two cameras and their speed was amazing enough to make a jealous player ping-pong … Continue reading

Attempts to breathe life into the robot through the robot

robotThe artificial creatures have always populated our imaginary robot, robots, avatars … These terms include what we call in this case “artificial creatures”. The man did not merely imagine, because for nearly two thousand years, it attempts to breathe life into the robot through the robot. Continue reading

The future now: robotics to virtual worlds

robotTo mark the release of the new 3D film “AVATAR” December 16, 2009 Indoor Futura-Techno presents a special week: from robotics to virtual worlds!

The man-machine relationships change, some concepts are no longer science fiction but reality. We can see the amazing progress of robotics now available in any magazine. Similarly, virtual worlds are becoming ubiquitous (Second Life, WoW …) in our daily lives. Stroll in the parallel universe full of surprises!

A humanoid robot soon on the podium

robot_10cnrsThe creature of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology hosted by the Journalists’ Hello everyone, I am human cybernetic HRP-4C. With more than thirty engines, she is able to move and play top-apprentice model. It should make its debut at a fashion show in Tokyo March 23. Continue reading

HRP-2 humanoid robot Franco-Japanese

robot_10cnrsHRP-2 humanoid robot is in Toulouse from May 22 this year at the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS) of CNRS. Born in Japan in 2003, measuring 1.54 m and a weight of 58 kg, is one of fifteen such robots developed by AIST (National Institute of Science and Technology of Advanced Industrial) under of the Humanoid Robotics Project, Continue reading