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Special effects come in all kinds, even mechanized and/or robotic humanoids when the situation calls for it.It so happens that there will soon be a soap opera airing in the UK, one that will involve a baby.Actually procuring a baby to star in a show is harder than it sounds, though, so special effects wiz Chris Clark... |
23 January 2012
07:33 GMT |
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We all thought about what might happen if films like the Terminator came true, but autonomous robots are still a way off, although researchers from the Technical University of Munich aren't slacking.
Indeed, they have been tirelessly working on the robots James and Rosie.
What they've achieved is success... |
13 December 2011
07:41 GMT |
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If you happen to be the type of person that's always had somewhat of a keen interest in robotics and you want to share this with your kids, then you might want to give the ReCon 6.0 Programmable Rover, a fun and rather inexpensive toy robot.We're pretty sure that robots will become a significant part of eve... |
24 February 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Not a day goes by without coming across yet another very cool implementation of the post-hacked Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360, and that's also the case right now, with a company called Willow Garage employing the device in order to control robots via gestures. As FastCompany reports, Willow Garage is quite a we... |
24 November 2010
09:17 GMT |
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When mechanical engineer Dennis Hong, from the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech, was 7 years old, he saw Star Wars for the first time. The sight of so many robots captured his imagination, and set him on a path that would later see him turn into a renowned robotician. He is now working wit... |
26 July 2010
09:46 GMT |
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The latest iteration of the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio is now available for download, free of charge to hobbyists, academics and even to developers in the commercial space. The Redmond company is offering Release 3 of the 2008 version of its robotics development platform in a single edition, and is pushing t... |
20 May 2010
07:02 GMT |
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The science of robotics is currently struggling to cope with one of the most difficult challenges it has come across, and namely making robots recognize their surroundings when they return from missions, if the area is changed. Moving vehicles, parked cars, repainted buildings, they are all obstacles for a robot to r... |
25 February 2009
04:55 GMT |
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New and sophisticated robots, be they in the form of Honda's humanoid one, a simple assembly line "mechanic," or an artificial intelligence (AI) computer software, are able to make a lot of people think that they are actually real live persons, due to advancements in expressing emotions, and an ever-increasing a... |
22 January 2009
09:51 GMT |
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the creation of microscopic robotic devices that act like small hands inside a host organism. They are capable of lifting small pieces of metal, or other objects, and transporting them where they are most needed. In addition to this remarkable feature, the devices the... |
20 January 2009
05:05 GMT |
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These small inventions, which are relatively new to the market, have tremendous potential in fields ranging from the rugged construction sites to the delicate operating room. They can assist in virtually any kind of task that is otherwise too dangerous or risky for people to do, such as climbing to unstable heights o... |
20 January 2009
04:28 GMT |
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The story of Wu Yulu is not that of the average Chinese farmer. While others were out on the fields, going about their businesses, Yulu remained indoors to work on different types of robots, which he endowed with various abilities, from pulling rickshaws to pouring tea and changing light bulbs. In the process, he bur... |
13 January 2009
03:29 GMT |
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LEGO Education, The LEGO Group's educational division, has announced LEGO Education WeDo, one of the company's new educational products. The Mac-compatible tool teaches classroom robotics to students 7-11 years of age. Using the provided software, primary school students are going to be able to program the ... |
1 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 console is not only one of the most advanced gaming devices in the world, but also the perfect tool in the research of robotics. A couple of UCI students used the console to take part in IMB's Cell Broadband Engine Professor University Challenge. The three youngsters worked together with two D... |
15 October 2007
10:21 GMT |
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Not many people know that Microsoft is not all about licenses, operating systems and games. They recently created a robotics group to develop new software for private and industrial robots, which they are giving away for free.If you have a robot and need a software to run it, Microsoft could be the answer to your pr... |
19 July 2007
05:50 GMT |
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I usually don't like to clean up the house because it is too big and too dusty, and when I see it in its 'critical state of art', I instantly get a headache. I don't know about you, but I'm dreaming of a do-it-all robot which would clean up after me, wash the clothes, cook something and so on... |
3 August 2006
03:29 GMT |
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