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Anti-Accident Autonomous Research Vehicle by Toyota and Lexus -

A new advanced active safety research vehicle was introduced by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Lexus (a sales division of Toyota) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the beginning of January 2013 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The new vehicle is a step to combine the autonomous technologies and high-level driver assistance systems including vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technology. According to what its company claims the […] Read More

Diego-san the Infant Robot by Machine Perception Lab. -

His name is Diego-san and he is an android infant developed by the Institute for Neural Computation’s Machine Perception Laboratory, based in the UCSD division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit). The lab is funded by the National Science Foundation. For the hardware, the lab collaborated with Kokoro Co. Ltd. and Hanson Robotics specialized in building life-like animatronics and androids. Taking […] Read More

Robotic Swarm doing painting -

Here is a project done at University of Illinois, which uses smartphones and irobot vacuum cleaner robots, in order to do painting for a predetermined shape. One robot is given the task of being central robot which coordinates other robots and each unit communicate with each other using smart phones. In the video, once a robot completes its task, which is painting the line that […] Read More

The most humanoid robot -

Researchers at the University of Tokyo came up with an extremely humanlike robot. Called Kenshiro, the robot is 158 cm tall, weighs 50 kg and is supposed to resemble the body of a 12 year old male. The robot mimics 160 major muscles in the human body which is the biggest number achieved in a robot so far. In making the robot, the researchers tried […] Read More

Juggling Humanoid Robot -

Researchers in Disney have developed a humanoid robot that can juggle balls with great skill with human visitors. In addition to looking human and having a lot of humanlike movements, the robot can juggle balls with great skill. Watch the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83eGcht7IiI&feature=player_embedded Read More

Intelligent agent solutions for commercial and military applications -

Veloxiti, a provider of thinking software that helps businesses make better, faster and more comprehensive data-driven decisions, today announced its official company launch and the commercial availability of its intelligent-agent software. Veloxiti adds intelligence to existing IT solutions and accelerates the speed and productivity of business professionals, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Veloxiti’s “Intelligent Agents” are software solutions that “think” like top human […] Read More

A collaborative project for robot design -

Mosaic is a collaborative project, with the objective of designing and developing mobile robots of industrial quality that are targeted for high end markets. Among the many focus areas of the project, some of the main ones can be mentioned here are: to minimize failure rate, achieve easy maintenance with modular design, silent motion operation, 1m/s speeds, both indoor and outdoor operation, several hours of […] Read More

Humanoid Robot Platform -

Today we would like to publish a new humanoid robot platform, but this one is yet in the development stage. We still wanted to share it with you as it looks like a promising model and a really attractive looking one. Our thanks to James Nordstrom of humanoidrobotplatform. If you have similar projects, please contact us. Here are the details of the robot: Robot Name:    […] Read More

AI to solve University Entrance Math Exam Problems -

A Japanese company called Fujitsu, will participate in an Artificial Brain project, which will focus on the question that if a robot is able to pass the entrance examination of University of Tokyo. The project which is also known as Todai Robot, has formula manipulation and computer algebra technology, and its goal is to be able to pass the exam by 2021. The team hopes […] Read More

Zeno robot from Hanson Robokind -

27 inch tall Zeno, one of Hanson Robokind latest humanoid robot creations, has been built on several years of research and promises potential. Zeno’s has a total of 36 degrees of freedom, weighs 5.7 kg and is 69 cm tall. The robot is capable of having conversations that shows compassion and provides help with education or helping learning of disabled children. Zeno is particularly useful […] Read More