Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

Robot That Reads

An important human ability, one of reading and interpreting text has been successfully replicated in a robot named Marge. Her creators are Ingmar Posner and Paul Newman at the University of Oxford, along with their collaborator Peter Corke at Queensland University of Technology. Marge is able to determine what a word says and what it means, effectively making an artificial intuitive leap.

7 Dec 2010

Robotics Activities Come to University of Hawaiʻi at Mânoa

Students from University of Hawaiʻi at Mânoa will host the “Be A Scientist Tonight” at the Institute for Human Services on Friday, December 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event will offer hands-on activities such as robotics, fly genetics, origami and other activities and will engage some 100 children and their families.

7 Dec 2010

Robotics Qualifying Competition at University of Texas at Dallas

The regional qualifying round for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League (FLL) competition will be hosted by The Science and Engineering Education Center of the University of Texas at Dallas.

6 Dec 2010

New Robotic Technology for 'Unpiggable' Pipelines

A new technology that will allow robotic inspection and help owners examine ‘unpiggable’ pipelines has been announced by The R&D arm of the Northeast Gas Association known as NYSEARCH (NGA/NYSEARCH) and InvoDane Engineering Ltd.

6 Dec 2010

Wearable, Motorized Quasi Robotic Suit for Movement Impaired

In an inspiring example of a disabled person helping others, there is Amit Goffer, an Israeli entrepreneur, paralysed in a car crash over 10 years ago, who has invented robotic trousers that can help paraplegics walk again.

6 Dec 2010

University of Delaware Creates New Communication Tool for AUVs

An AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) is a torpedo-like instrument that swims independently through the ocean collecting data in places beyond human reach. These tools of the marine studies trade are getting an upgrade from the researchers of the University of Delaware.

2 Dec 2010

Heartland Robotics Raises $20 Million in Series B Round

Heartland Robotics Inc announced it has landed $20 million in its latest round of funding. It is a series B venture round led by Highland Capital Partners and other investors namely, Sigma Partners and existing investors Bezos Expeditions and Charles River Ventures. Paul Maeder from Highland will be joining the Heartland board in conjunction with the new funding.

1 Dec 2010

NASA Funds $20 Million Robotics Program

NASA is offering $20 million in support of the robotics non profit organisation ‘FIRST’ or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.

29 Nov 2010

Adept Technology Showcases New Packaging Platform

Adept Technology, Inc., a provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced it is exhibiting at the EMBALLAGE show in Paris Nord Villepinte in France from November 22 -- 25, 2010. The Adept PAC, featuring the company's high-speed parallel robot, Adept Quattro(TM) is on display in stand 5a B 087 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.

24 Nov 2010

A Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot

A Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the past year by soldiers at the U.S. Army Infantry Centre Manoeuvre Battle Lab at Fort Benning. BEAR may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives.

24 Nov 2010