The robots experiencing emotions are a good topic of science fiction, and a Holy Grail for researchers intelligence artificially. Mais machines equipped with a different kind of feeling, the sense of touch, may emerge soon. The results of a new study represent a significant advance in this direction. Scientists have developed a flexible artificial skin sensitive to pressure and temperature.
Last year, Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo and his team have announced that they had developed an electronic artificial skin, ‘E-skin “capable of detecting the pressure. But he lacked their establishment’s ability to feel the heat and it was not flexible enough to adapt to three-dimensional surfaces such as robot fingers. Someya’s team has now corrected these deficiencies by integrating circuits organic transistors pressure-sensitive and semi-conductor sensitive to heat in a thin plastic sheet. Continue reading
World Cup football for robots
This year’s football World Cup “RoboCup” takes place in Germany from 14 to 20 June 2006. The competition generated by the “RoboCup” should encourage research in artificial intelligence and the robotique. In Indeed, this initiative “RoboCup is an excellent way to assess the progress made in robotics. For Ubbo Visser, organizer of the competition and a doctorate at the University of Bremen, football offers the best challenge to robotics: “it is a very dynamic situation where the systems must react to the thousandth of a second. robots work in real time, must be totally independent but must also cooperate with their partners. In addition, they are opposed to competitors who try to destroy their strategy. ” Continue reading
Honda connects the brain to robot
The Japanese Honda, in particular specialized in industrial robots, has demonstrated the use of a scanner for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or magnetic resonance imaging) that detects brain signals and transmit them to a robot in order to drive Hand artificially. Lorsque the person in the MRI has waved his hand and made the sign ‘V’, the robot’s hand movements has reproduced! The system is still limited to the detection of a few simple gestures, and it will take time before being decoded complex movements. Similarly, we have to evolve singularly PMI technologies to reduce the size and weight. However, the “brain machine interface ‘, the interface between the human brain and machine, developed by Honda Research Institute Japan, opens up new perspectives. Continue reading
A robot to test techniques swimming animals
To compare the energy costs of different techniques animal swims, American engineers have developed a robot swimmer style turtle Wednesday. This robot swimmer was named Madeleine by its designers of Vassar College in New York. Its shape and its measurements are comparable to those of a sea turtle It measures 80 cm long and 30 cm wide and weighs 24 kg. Thanks to him, U.S. scientists have studied the energy cost of different techniques of swimming. Madeleine is equipped with four fins, which can be activated independently. The researchers were able to compare the modes of propulsion involving two or four fins. Conclusion: with four fins active, acceleration and braking are better. Continue reading
The robots Darwinian
Aided by humans, they mutate and improving. The theory of evolution will it one day apply to the PLC?
They had to revolutionize the world, invade industry, to interfere in the slightest interstices of our daily lives, before turning into higher beings … There is still nothing. When, in October 1950, Alan Turing published in the journal Mind an article in which he raises the question-fetched: “The machines can they think?”, It stirs the wildest predictions. Test to support, the famous mathematician replied in the affirmative and Their appearance around … 2000. Today, the intelligent robot passion always the same. On 27 June, the symposium organized by the Group of prospective Senate, and sponsored by Express, show the abundance of research and hopes will point the most serious. Continue reading
Alsok proposes a robot surveillance for employees
A surveillance robot will patrol the night in the offices of a Japanese company to hunt for employees who work too, announced the company Alsok, which specializes in private security and Japanese creative this colossus mounted on roulettes. The society Duskin , A Japanese firm to provide services at home and rental of equipment, is the first to the acquisition of the inspector cybernetics able to turn a company during the night to detect any anomalies. He can even take only a lift to explore all floors. This vigil “macaronis” last generation also knows locate offices in the presence of employees hours late and seek their identity. Continue reading
Hitachi has presented today the new model of the robot
The Japanese electronics company Hitachi has presented today the new model of the robot designed to help office workers in their tasks. Petit humanoid red and white measuring 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) long, 2 Emiew moves through rollers beneath his legs. It is intended to replace his predecessor Emiew released in 2005. From a weight of 13 kg (15 kg for Emiew), Emiew 2 is composed of 27 degrees of freedom (joints). It can travel on an autonomous basis at a speed of 6 km / h (a human pressed moves at that speed). The robot is also equipped with a gyrosenseur allowing it to keep in balance. It also has a laser radar enabling it to map its environment. It can also avoid obstacles on the size of human him block the road. Finally, Emiew 2 is able to understand human language. During the demonstration someone asked where a person was sitting. Continue reading
Sony draws a line under Aibo robotic
Sony has announced the cessation of production of Aibo, the famous robot dog that can monitor your home when you’re not here to speak with a vocabulary of more than 1000 words and even, for latest developments, keep a blog! Launched in 1999, the Aibo adventure stops, lack of profitability, such as Qrio, the humanoid robot from Sony, which has never been marketed. Despite some 150 000 copies sold (unit price: about 2000 dollars), the pack of robots Aibo is not consistent enough to justify the cost it involves developments, especially on the segment of the general public robotics The competition – including American – prepares its weapons. Continue reading
Robots to sink modern pirates
The U.S. Navy is testing robots boats to address the buccaneers of the 21st siecle.Selon Popular Mechanics the Navy has already tested at least two small USV (UAVs) in weapons designated to patrol ports and defend the vessels Condoles. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard are both interested in the Protector, a USV than 30 feet long equipped with BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Rafael of Israel.
The robot is armed with a 7.62mm machine gun.
Stephanie Moncada, BAE Systems, said the robot would be able to consider a potential threat before firing in the job and sink everything he crosses. The favorite tactic of modern pirates seems to be to launch a bogus distress signal in order to ambush any vessel came to the rescue. Continue reading
ASIMO is a humanoid robot developed by Honda
ASIMO is a humanoid robot developed by Honda. Asimo is an acronym for “Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility” pronounced “ashimo” (legs too “) in Japanese. His name accidentally recalls that of writer Isaac Asimov, author of numerous books on science-fiction on the theme of robotics and creator of the three laws of robotics. The design of the robot is facing a utilitarian purpose, unlike Sony robots whose goal is to create robots company (Aibo, Qrio). Asimo is a robot research, it is not marketed. Nevertheless, it has already been paid for some public events. It was also praised by large companies like IBM, in order to complete the task of hosting home. Continue reading