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Hexy the Hexapod helps fuel your robot addictionIf you've ever looked into building robots, you know it can be rather expensive.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 09:58
Robots Podcast #104: Paolo Dario
In an interview conducted while attending Robotdalen , Professor Paolo Dario outlines three waves of innovation in robotics, predicting that the coming third wave will be characterized by interdisciplinary efforts and robots that both contribute to and depend heavily upon the ambient intelligence of ubiquitous networks.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 05:48
Robots Podcast #104: Paolo Dario
In an interview conducted while attending Robotdalen, Professor Paolo Dario outlines three waves of innovation in robotics, predicting that the coming third wave will be characterized by interdisciplinary efforts and robots that both contribute to and depend heavily upon the ambient intelligence of ubiquitous networks. Having received his graduate degree in engineering from the University of Pisa, Professor Dario, in 1989, founded the Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems (ARTS) Lab. He is also coordinator of the Center for Research in Microengineering (CRIM Lab), and affiliated with the Biorobotics Institute, which encompasses both, within the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, also in Pisa. He is a past President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the first european to hold this position. Looking forward, Prof. Dario is coordinator of the Robot Companions for Citizens (RCC) project, which is one of six candidates to become a FET Flagship Initiative. The essential characteristic of a robotic companion seems to be reciprocal empathy between the robot and the humans in its environment.
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robots.net | 21-May-2012 02:24
5 Smart Companies Using Tech For Good
In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work , Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 01:33
Robot Can Use the Microwave, Begun These Hot Pockets Wars Have
Robots can do all kinds of crazy things. They can save our lives in disaster situations, they can clean our homes, they can kill in wartime and now they can use microwaves.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 21:24
Paralyzed Move Robot With Mind
Scientists from the online journal Nature have developed a robot that can be controlled by thoughts through a prosthetic arm.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 18:19
SIFF Selections: May 20
From SIFF : An inventive and touching animated fable in which an unfinished canvas at an old chateau sets the scene for colorful class conflict.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 15:09
Home-Schooled Students Learn About Robotics In Lego Camp
By BRITTNI BARNETT Staff Writer Children gather around an obstacle course constructed on top of a large table.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 11:05
A world of creativity
Heather Murtagh/Daily Journal One exhibit was a hair-raising experience during Education Day at the Maker Faire at the San Mateo Event Center Thursday.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 06:50
Geeks living off the grid are hard on batteries
Many of you will remember [Mikey Sklar] from the multitude of times he's been on hackaday .
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 02:31
Robot Lifeguard a Emilya Patrols the Beach
Once a lifeguard launches Emily in the water, the robot, which resembles a small motorboat, can speed across the water to a distressed but conscious swimmer to provide comfort until a human responder can arrive.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 22:16
Emergent synthesis of motion patterns for locomotion robots
Artificial Intelligence in Engineering , Vol. 15, No. 4. , pp. 353-363, doi:10.1016/S0954-1810 00027-9 Emergence of stable gaits in locomotion robots is studied in this paper.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 18:07
Tech Fetish: Facebook, Brain-Controlled Robots, & Killer Asteroids
Welcome to another edition of Tech Fetish, IGN's only podcast discussing hardcore science news .
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 13:57
'Atlantic' Innovation Summit Features Robots, Sneak Peek at Boeing's 787 Dreamliner [WASHINGTON]
Joe Dyer, chief strategy officer at iRobot, shows off an example during a presentation at The Atlantic 's Innovation Summit.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 09:53
Juggling Robot Does Tricks, Is Cooler Than Your Typical Clown
Kids' parties sometimes have entertainers geared at doing all sorts to keep children occupied: magic tricks, juggling and so on.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 05:43
Maker Faire Expects 100K Really Cool Visitors
A Holistic hula-hoops, robotic dogs, science geeks and craft enthusiasts are all descending on San Mateo this weekend for the 2012 Maker Faire at the San Mateo County Event Center.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 01:43
Paralyzed woman controlling robot with thoughts
A paralyzed Taunton woman is now using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm to bring a thermos to her lips.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 23:39
Passion for robots
Life isn't going to just hand you a flame-throwing metal robot with a giant tool that looks like a chain saw mounted on it -- you will have to make your own.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 19:34
Linnea Doyle on robots and Art-A-Whirl
This year, Art-A-Whirl will be turning 17. For the next three days folks will celebrate the country's largest open-studio tour at 50 different locations featuring more than 400 artists' studios and pop-up galleries throughout northeast Minneapolis.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 18:29
Surgical Robot Gives Students Hands-On Experience
Students at one Ark-La-Miss high school ditched the classroom today. Instead of learning from books they received real world experience with a 1.7 "When they get to use the machine and experience the robot they learn that it's not scary.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 16:29
One-armed robot juggles two balls in a spectacular manner
When we first spotted the servo-driven mechanical juggling robot last year, we were amazed by its accuracy to juggle all those balls with ease.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 12:25
Students Demo Award Winning Robot at the Dublin Library
Submitted by Lee Jouthas, Manager of the Dublin Library: The community is invited to drop by the Dublin Library to see a demonstration of Rob-ART, Dublin High Schools' winning entry at the 9 th annual International RoboGames in April, 2012.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:10
Student built robots square off in sumo contest at PNNL
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The chief electrical engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories has found a creative way to motivate students and teachers into high tech futures.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 04:01
Automation Nation: Will Robots Take Our Jobs? - Episodes
A debate on the future of the American economy and the role of intelligent computers and robots.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:51
Childhood robot provides inspiration for city's new Tin Man Brewery
MOLLY BARTELS / COURIER & PRESS The Tin Man Brewing Co. is slated to open in the old Tri-State Printing building at 1430 W. Franklin St.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 20:41
Open Source Robotics Foundation Announced
Announced via the Willow Garage website, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is nindependent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. Its mission is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. OSRF's board of directors includes Professor Wolfram Burgard of the University of Freiburg, Ryan Gariepy, CTO of Clearpath Robotics, Brian Gerkey, Director of Open Source Development at Willow Garage, Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot and currently CEO of CyPhyWorks, and Sam Park, Executive Vice President of Yujin Robot. Initially sponsored projects include the Robot Operating System (ROS), and Gazebo, a 3D multi-robot simulator with dynamics. Gazebo has been chosen by DARPA as the simulation platform for its recently announced robotics challenge for (humanoid) disaster robots.
robots.net | 17-May-2012 20:18
Paralyzed Woman Finishes London Marathon
While it took her 16 days to do it, Claire Lomas, who lost use of her legs in a 2007 accident, finished the London Marathon with the aid of a ReWalk powered exoskeleton from Argo Medical Technologies.
robots.net | 17-May-2012 18:52
Woman controls robot arm with her mind
"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 16:27
Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device
May 16, 2012: Representing an evolution of the U3-X personal mobility concept device that Honda announced in 2009, the UNI-CUB features a compact design with comfortable saddle and offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 12:22
Brain waves used to guide robot
Using only her mind, Cathy Hutchinson, who is paralyzed, directs a robotic arm to bring a drink to her mouth and put it down when she was done.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 08:13
Berkley Sends 100 Robots Down River
Berkley's Floating Sensor Network project launched 100 floating robots equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones down the Sacramento River on May 9. The launch was designed to test a new generation of water monitoring technologies.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 07:13
Paralysed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Mind
The 58-year-old woman - known only as "S3" - suffered a severe stroke 15 years ago and is unable to move any of her limbs.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 03:03
"Mickey Mouse of Japan" Goes Stateside
Often called "The Mickey Mouse of Japan," Astro Boy was created in 1952 by Tezuka Osamu, Japan's most influential cartoonist.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:58
Berkley Sends 100 Robots Down River
Berkley's Floating Sensor Network project launched 100 floating robots equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones down the Sacramento River on May 9. The launch was designed to test a new generation of water monitoring technologies. The 12 inch robots, called Drifters, are designed to provide real-time, high-resolution data of hard-to-map waterways. One of many possible uses is locating breeches in levee systems quickly enough to allow repair, before erosion destroys the levee. Other uses include identifying contaminants. Andrew Tinka, lead graduate student on the project notes:
“If something spills in the water, if there’s a contaminant, you need to know where it is now, you need to know where it’s going, you need to know where it will be later on. The Floating Sensor Network project can help by tracking water flow at a level of detail not currently possible.”
Deploying the robots is as simple as throwing them into the water from boats, docks, or helicopters. Each robot has a buoyancy control system, differential drive, GPS, compass, depth sensor, salinity sensor, Zigbee and GSM radios, and 72 hours of power from a lithium battery. The open source control system is written entirely in Python and runs on top of Linux. The project is headed by Alexandre Bayen of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). For more details see the Berkley news release. The project has also released quite a few technical reports and papers describing the developments that went into designing the drifter robots. You can also check several videos of the robots in action.
robots.net | 16-May-2012 21:48
Could Robot Journalism Kill The News Industry?
This article titled "The robot journalist: an apocalypse for the news industry?" was written by Emily Bell, for The Guardian on Sunday 13th May 2012 17.00 UTC Visit the website of Forbes.com and read the earnings forecasts for the New York Times Company , and you will notice the byline "By Narrative Science". Normally you have to open a copy of ... (more)
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 20:49
From Science Fiction To Fact, Robots Are Coming To A Farm Near You
In the Star Wars movies, moisture farmers on dry planets like Tattoine use droids to help with the repetitive, back-breaking labor, but that's in a galaxy far, far away.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 19:49
JACO, A Robot Arm For The Weary
Kinova , a Canadian robotics company, is revolutionizing the wheelchair in a new way, giving an ability to some who may have lost it.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 15:49
http://mashable.com/2012/05/15/robot-accessories-office/
This gadget case can be hooked onto other bags thanks to its clippy robo-limbs. It will protect your precious tech kit from harm.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 11:50
Multitasking too much? Brain sensor lightens the load
Researchers are tapping into the brain's signals to ease the downsides of multitasking and information overload, a worsening problem in digital lifestyles.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 07:40
School buys telepresence robot to help sick student
Without machines, Zachary Thomason wouldn't live very long. The boy has been on a ventilator for all of his 12 years because he suffers from a rare muscle disorder that makes him extremely weak.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 03:35
Start Your Engines! Robot Challenge Begins...
Image Caption: 3D Virtual model including realistic physics parameters of a Robotis DARwIn-OP in Webots .
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 23:26
What Robots Can Tell Us About Brain Cells
Understanding neurons - their shape, patterns of electrical activity even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment - remains as much art as science due to the complexity of research.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 19:11
How to pick Robotics Stocks and what to avoid.
We usually forget that apart from an exciting research field, robotics is also a huge industry. Frank Tobe, Editor and Publisher of The Robot Report describe the robotics stock exchange map from an investor’s perspective. There are numerous companies that are currently active on robotics but only a fraction of them rely heavily on that sector, most of these stocks are influenced by other trends. There are also newly formed companies that aspire to cash in on the hype that surrounds robotics as an exotic and innovative sector without providing evidence that they are a viable and healthy investment. You can read more about robotics stocks in the article from everything-robotic.com and also in the Robot Report.
robots.net | 15-May-2012 18:40
HyQ is the latest all-terrain quadruped bot, tells Big Dog to bring it on
You might not know this, but you can literally never have enough all-terrain quadrupedal robots... at least according to us .
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 17:01
Robots Are Coming to Washington Middle School
A Starting in September, students at Washington Middle School will be put to work for a nuclear power planta¦in a manner of speaking.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 12:52
Canon moving toward robots-only full automation in digital camera production
If successful, counting on machines can help preserve this nation's technological power - not the stereotype of machines snatching assembly line jobs from workers, Jun Misumi - company spokesman, said Monday.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 12:52