September 2010
MKR-003 Drug Delivery Robot
September 21, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
No, not those kinds of drugs. Those bots who are controlled by drug dealers that will deliver a dime bag to your door are still a long way off. The MKR-003 comes from AIST, Keio University, and Muratec.
fuRo Core Bipedal Robot Can Handle A 100kg Payload
September 20, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
This Biped is two meters tall, weighs 230kg, and can lift the equivalent of a musclebound dude. It is the latest robotic biped from Japan
Official BBC Blueprints For Making Your Own Life-Sized Dalek
September 20, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
We’ve all been there. You daydream about making your own full size Dalek.
Air Hopper Grasshopper Robot
September 20, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
The Air Hopper looks like it should be walking the surface of Mars, collecting samples of the soil.
Panasonic Eboruta To Set Another World Record
September 20, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Panasonic’s cute as a button Evolta robot set a new world record last year for travelling 23.726km at LeMans, France. Now the company has a new robot mascot called Eboruta. Eboruta was designed by Tomotaka Takahashi and will try to set a new world record of it’s own by covering the 500km between Tokyo ( Nihonbashi ) and Kyoto ( Sanzyou Oohashi )
DARPA Still Trying To Create Terminators, This Time With Fiber-Optics
September 20, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
DARPA, the U.S. Military’s premier research agency is reportedly still trying to create Terminators. They are looking into the potential of using smart prosthetics, with the science of neurophotonics
HRP-4: Athletic Worker Robot
September 17, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Kawada Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have updated their 10-year-old line of HRP humanoid robots with an athletic model that they hope to develop into a soulless job-stealing worker. The blue and white humanoid is called HRP-4 and stands 1.51 meters (5 ft) tall and has the body of an athlete. The bot’s 34 joints are more flexible than that of it’s predecessors
Opera Stars Robot Performers: It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady-Bot Sings
September 13, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Opera hasn’t exactly embraced technology, but that may soon change. Later this month, the Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab will premiere Death and the Powers, an opera more than 10 years in the making
Opera Stars Robot Performers: It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady-Bot Sings
September 13, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Opera hasn’t exactly embraced technology, but that may soon change. Later this month, the Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab will premiere Death and the Powers, an opera more than 10 years in the making. It will feature life-sized singing robots and even a musical chandelier.
More Robots Taught To Deceive By Georgia Tech Engineers
September 13, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
We already knew that lying robots were a bad idea. But now engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have constructed a bot that actively lies, cheats, hides and steals to accomplish its goals. The scientists “developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machines,” while also developing “techniques that help the robot select the best deceptive strategy to reduce its chance of being discovered.” For instance, if it is being pursued by an enemy, the running-robot recognizes the threatening situation, sends false signals and forges a trail in one direction before doubling back to hide
