Robotics |E=mc²

Einstein III Ein wenig mehr Respekt bitte schön!

BHA |inspiriert von einem Elefantenrüssel

Festos Bionischen Handling-Assistenten

Festos Bionic Handling Assistant is a great, exciting robots. He is not only an eye-catcher due to its resemblance to the elephant's trunk, but its structure also makes the use and interact with it naturally and safely. To however, catching a similar way as we do with other robots, we had to overcome some hurdles: The starting point was a robot without any model, and only a simple pressure control. Piece by piece we have added a forward model of the kinematics, simulation and length control. The point was, however, machine learning, inspired by the observation of babies Goal Babbling use, above all, the surprisingly quickly learns to control the robot.

(#BHA), inspiriert von einem Elefantenrüssel

video: http://youtu.be/06gl7jxRe_g

Cheetah |DARPA

This video shows a demonstration of the "Cheetah" robot galloping at speeds of up to 18 miles per hour (mph), setting a new land speed record for legged robots. The previous record was 13.1 mph, set in 1989. 

A Unique Pop-up Origami Fabrication of Micro Robots

Harvard's Microrobotics Lab has created a new Pop-up Origami style of fabrication for their winged microbots. A carrier is first made out of several layers of carbon fiber, brass, and thin flexible plastic. Then, using fabrication techniques such as laser etching, a design forms and then it is popped into place in sort of a pop-up book and Origami fashion. The robot is then tack soldered to lock the design into place and then laser cut and removed from the carrier material. The Mobee or Monolithic Bee is a very tiny robot at about the size of a Quarter. The video shows this unique assembly process and the finalized Mobee's wings being tested at 1Hz and 30Hz. A must-see very impressive manufacture of winged microbots!

Next Hubotarna |Androide

Who is a real person? 

Who is really genuine person? What happens in our lives and relationships when robots become so human that it is barely possible to distinguish them from real people? When they could even be our lovers and perhaps even love us? The answers given in Genuine people, a new drama series that follows a few people whose lives change dramatically by the new generation of robots - Hubotarna.

Wer ist eine reale Person?
Wer ist wirklich echte Person? Was geschieht in unserem Leben und Beziehungen, wenn Roboter so menschlich geworden, dass es kaum möglich ist, sie von echten Menschen unterscheiden? Wenn sie könnten sogar unsere Liebhaber sein und vielleicht sogar lieben uns? Die Antworten in Original-Leute gegeben, eine neue Drama-Serie, dass ein paar Menschen, deren Leben dramatisch ändern durch die neue Generation von Robotern folgt - Hubotarna.

PneumoBot |Softbot

Video: Pneumatischer Roboter Softbot in Aktion (2:05)

Weicher Roboter kriecht mit Luftdruck

Einen Roboter, der pneumatisch angetrieben wird, haben Wissenschaftler der Harvard-Universität gebaut. Er besteht aus mehreren Kammern, die mit Luft vollgepumpt werden. Der Roboter verformt und bewegt sich auf diese Art und Weise.

Chatbots Converse About |Robots

You've probably heard of the Turing Test or the Loebner Prize.

Well, some brains at Cornell University's Creative Machines Lab

set two Cleverbots for a faceoff with each other. Yeah, it got a little

weird. What did you expect? It sort of went like speed dating for

chatbots. They said their hellos, then quickly began to argue with

each other like an old married couple.

Watch the video, it's great fun.

Leg-Wheel Hybrid Mobile Platform |Robot

A group led by Dr. Pei-Chun Lin,
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at National Taiwan University, has designed a mobile platform
with wheels that convert to legs and back again.
(see video) Found on Botropolis website.

Robot |PR2

Das Maschinenwesen PR2 ist mehr als ein niedlicher Apparat:
Ingenieure feiern es als erste erfolgreiche Etappe auf dem Weg zur
künstlichen Intelligenz.

Turbo Modus: Off ^^
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Robot |1stMarathon

All the latest breaking news from the UK and around the world. www.itn.co.uk

First Robot Marathon Kicks off in Osaka

If you have nothing to do for the next couple of days and are easily entertained,
the robot marathon might just be your thing. The marathon began two days ago
and is expected to finish up tomorrow, so there are many thrills and spills left for
all of you robot obsessed individuals. Obviously the Japanese are very easily
entertained.



...
Train for world's first full marathon: ^^

Robots |Telepresence

The February 25th episode of Robots Podcast
features interviews with Jean-Christophe Baillie,
founder and CEO of Gostai, previously known for their
Urbi robotic platform (now open source), and makers of the
recently introduced Jazz telepresence robot, and with Trevor
Blackwell of Anybots, makers of the two-wheeled, balancing telepresence
robot recently featured in a popular YouTube video in which the robot rolls
up to the counter of a coffee shop, where it represented its remote operator for
a pastry purchase.


Read on, or Tune in!

quelle: robots.net

How to build a telepresence robot | Swisscom Labs

How to build a telepresence *robot* | Swisscom Labs

via Google Alerts - Robot von am 18.02.11

This fancy project by Johnny Chung Lee shows how you can build a low-cost video chat robot. All you need is a netbook and an «iRobot Create», a mobile robot ...
labs.swisscom.ch/de/node/333/

Robot |RURO

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RURO was designed by grade-school kids and sponsored by Osaka’s
business community. A contest to design the robot drew in over 1,600
submissions from 5th and 6th graders. It stands about 2 feet tall and can
play recorded messages as greetings, too. On top of teaching kids,
RURO has a built-in siren and spinning light to scare off any thieves that
it detects.

quelle: plasticpals

Ghost Knifefish |Robotic

Robotic ghost knifefish is born (w/ Video)


The Incredible Robot Fish from Northwestern News on Vimeo.

Researchers at Northwestern University have created a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously by using a sophisticated, ribbon-like fin...

quelle: PhysOrg.com

Roboter |Humor

NMA Asks: Will 2011 Be the Year the Battlebots and Sexbots Take Over?: "

Fembot Teacher NMA.tv

Taiwan's animated news service thinks it just might happen

Will 2011 be the year we finally welcome robots into our lives?

We're already well on our way, as the brilliant animators at Next Media Animation show us in this video.

And their proof comes straight from the pages of PopSci.

Already, robots are serving food at a Chinese restaurant; teaching English to South Korean children; and driving Google cars.

And how could we (or NMA) forget Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, known for his creepily lifelike fembots and Larvabot, the telenoid robot.

It's only a matter of time, NMA suggests, before the military uses fembots for nefarious ends and before they start doing some real damage to human relationships.

Robots |Science Fiction II

In its latest episode, the Robots Podcast interviews science fiction author Greg Bear. Over the years, Bear has been awarded two Hugos and five Nebula awards and has been called the "Best working writer of hard science fiction" by "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction".
 
In the interview, Bear discusses how robots can double as mirrors for the human condition and the moral issues of delegating more and more responsibilities to AIs. He then dives into Isaac Asimov’s work, sharing some of his insights after writing a sequel to the Foundation series. For more on Greg Bear, including a short promo clip of his latest book -HULL ZERO THREE-, 
read on or directly tune in to the interview...



quelle:http://www.robotspodcast.com
quelle: http://robots.net

robot &the President |Japan

link: NECN/HOST

The sidelines of the APEC summit have been about as busy as the summit itself.

A meeting between the leaders of China and japan wasn't the only action..

REACH

Regie: Luke Randall
Laufzeit: 3'50

Luke Randall, ein junger Animations-Regisseur kommt ursprünglich von der Insel Tasmanien.
Zurzeit lebt er in Melbourne, Australien. Mit TV-Serien, Video-Spiel- Sequenzen und deren filmische
Umsetzung sowie durch animierte Spielfilme in den letzten Jahren stellte er sein Können unter Beweis
und erhielt verschiedene Auszeichnungen für seine Arbeit.

MarsScience Laboratory Rover |Curiosity

Five Things About NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover:

Curiosity









Mars Science Laboratory, aka Curiosity, is part of NASA's
Mars Exploration Program, a long-term program of robotic
exploration of the Red Planet. The mission is scheduled to
launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in late 2011, and arrive
at an intriguing region of Mars in August 2012...

quelle: NASA/JPL

Roboter |GO

robot is go    :]