Robotics

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is finding new and radical ways to meet its new challenging goal. Their new objective is to increase the robotic power efficiency by a whopping 2000% in the coming time. This new goal has been set up shortly after the DARPA launched new robots that can successfully lend a helping hand to people in disasters and natural calamities. […] Read More

Menlo Park, CA – May 9, 2012 Willow Garage today announced the formation of The Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.  The OSRF is an independent, non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community.  Their mission is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. In conjunction with the formation of the OSRF, the […] Read More

Here is an interesting and very informative article provided to us by Frank Tobe of The Robot Report, from his blog Everything-Robotic. “Pure play” is an investment term that refers to a company which is exclusively focused on a particular product or service. An investor buys stock in pure play companies in order to obtain a market share in the industry as well as in […] Read More

In a research study done by University of California San Diego, human brain reaction to the humanoid robots’ human appearance vs. their human-like movements have been examined. The study was led by Ayse Pinar Saygin, an assistant professor of cognitive science at UC San Diego and alumna of the same department.  According to Saygin, the brain is not necessarily looking for biological movement however when […] Read More

The robot developed by DARPA to manipulate objects reached another milestone. The goal of the robot is to function better than human operated robots when manipulating objects. Currently it is able to complete 18 different movements. See the video at the link: http://mashable.com/2012/03/02/darpas-robot/   Read More

By Frank Tobe, Editor/Publisher, The Robot Report (www.TheRobotReport.com) and Catherine Simon, General Secretary, French Federation of Robotics         Today’s devices are becoming smarter and connected. They sense their environment, process the data collected and act upon their decisions autonomously or semi-autonomously.  The transformation is beyond productivity and enters our daily life in health, safety, transportation, communication, entertainment, chores and more. This trend […] Read More

Aldebaran Robotics, has released its latest version of the NAO robot — NAO Next Gen. The power of NAO Next Gen, the new fully programmable humanoid robot that has the most extensive worldwide use, is opening up new perspectives and fields of application for its users. (December 9, 2011 – Paris, France) “The inception of this new generation of NAO robots means a lot to our company. We […] Read More

It might look like a state-of-the-art theme park ride, but the thrills with Deakin University’s latest innovation will only be experienced by the likes of future jet fighter pilots. Unveiled at Deakin’s Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus today (Friday 18 November) by Federal Innovation Minister Kim Carr, Deakin’s Universal Motion Simulator (UMS) will take trainee pilots and drivers through their paces in a safer, cheaper and more realistic training environment than currently available elsewhere in the […] Read More

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Honda’s famous ASIMO robot, which has just celebrated its 11th birthday recently, was on display last week, with its improved capabilities.  The famous Android can now run 9 km/hour – an improvement from 6 km / hour, it can pour drinks with a bottle and a glass that is arbitrarily placed on a table (including opening the bottle cap) , jump on one foot, individually […] Read More