Robotics

This video shows fun moments from the famous Big Dog robot testing. Boston Dynamics, maker of Big Dog says that the first prototype is coming out of the lab around summer of 2012. Read More

Manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics of France, Nao Humanoid Robot has been widely used in robot competitions as well as by research institutions. The 23 inch high robot has sensors such as cameras, sonars, accelerometers, microphones, which enables it to do amazingly human movements. Now its makers gave it the ability to autonomously find its recharge station, plug itself to the outlet, wait for recharge, and […] Read More

Researchers at Harward University have demonstrated an insect robot achieving autonomous flight using closed loop control in vertical axis. They think that this approach can be used to enable autonomous flight on all 3 axis. A closed loop system is a control mechanism that uses feedback to control states or outputs of a dynamical system. To design a fully autonomous robot, even though in just […] Read More

As the use of robots in battlefields grows continuously, the problem of managing an ever growing quantity of information becomes more and more critical. In order to use the resources efficiently, the goal is to enable a single soldier to manage more and more robots and robotic vehicles at the same time. Currently it looks like there are several options to achieve this goal. One […] Read More

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Researchers were recently able to identify what context a human brain is thinking based on the related objects it was shown. The improved resolution of brain scanning helps to identify more and more details about brain. Read original article here. Read More

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According to sources, the movie will not be a remake but a prequel or a sequel. The 1982 movie is among the classics of science fiction. It looks like we have another 1-2 years before it hits the screens. Whether Harrison For will be in the movie is not clear yet. Read original story here. Read More

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In Japan researchers developed a robot that can use artificial intelligence to learn about its surroundings and act accordingly. The android robot which is run by a system called  -SOINN, Self Organizing Incremantal Neural Network – enables robot to perform unsupervised tasks which are autonomously learned. The robot in the video below is able to identify a cup and then pour water just by learning, […] Read More