IBM’s Watson can bring new commercial opportunities

IBM’s Watson can bring new commercial opportunities

According to IBM’s VP for new technologies, Watson computer’s Jeopardy championship earlier this year can open the door to new possibilities in many commercial fields. As part of its first trials, Watson will help doctors in diagnosing patients in a few months. Currently the working mechanism of the computer is based more on statistics, rather […]

Coyote—A Tale of Unexpected Consequences

Coyote—A Tale  of Unexpected Consequences

Coyote—A Tale of Unexpected Consequences Elizabeth Rhett Woods Synopsis Part I Coyote—A Tale of Unexpected Consequences is the story of an intelligent robot coyote who longs to be free, and her relations with her creators. Zoë Neville, a published poet, and amateur photographer, is invited to submit a short film, on any subject she chooses, […]

I-Cub

I-Cub

ROBOT NAME: iCUB CATEGORY: Humanoid MADE BY: European Commission through its Cognitive Systems and Robotics Unit. INTRODUCTION: RobotCub is an open source humanoid robot project funded by European Commission through its Cognitive Systems and Robotics Unit. The project started in september 2004 with a total duration of 60 months. There are ten research centers in […]

iRobot Announces $6.1 Million Order from the U.S. Army for Robot Spares

BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 8, 2009: iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced that it has received a $6.1 million order from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). This is the twelfth order under an existing $200 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The current total contract value now stands […]

Jaemi – Hubo

Jaemi – Hubo

NAME: Jaemi HUBO CATEGORY: HUMANOID MADE BY: The project is a joint effort of researchers at Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, Colby College, Bryn Mawr College and Virginia Tech in the US, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea University and Seoul National University in Korea. DESCRIPTION:  National Science Foundation press […]

IBM research project for replication of human thinking architecture

IBM has received a grant for a research project known as SYNAPSE, which stands for “Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics”, from DARPA. The goal of the project accordig to DARPA is to create intelligent machines, which will have the capability of analysing vast amount of data in a very short duration, and improve […]

RoboCup 2009 will be held in Graz, Austria

The RoboCup is an international initiative to foster and promote education, development and research in robotics and Artificial Intelligence. The idea of RoboCup is to define an ambitious long-term goal in order to stimulate the development of Science and Technology. The vision of RoboCup is “By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous […]

Gutter Cleaning Robot

iRobot Announces 2nd Generation Looj™ Gutter Cleaning Robot, Launches iRobot iTube Channel at CES. World’s Only Gutter-Cleaning Robot Sports New Internal Antenna, Anti-Flipping Auger and Smart Speed. LAS VEGAS, NV. Consumer Electronics Show, January 8, 2009, iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today unveiled the second generation iRobot® Looj™ Gutter Cleaning Robot at the International Consumer Electronics […]