Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

NASA Funds Student Robotics Program

As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.

23 Nov 2010

GeckoSystems on Elder Care Robot Trials

GeckoSystems announced their CEO’s interview this week on one of the UK’s BBC radio stations. The topic was the benefits of using personal service robots for elder care. GeckoSystems has been conducting elder care robot trials for about a year now. GeckoSystems has developed a personal robot, the CareBot, to be created for the mass consumer marketplace. Conspicuous in the market since 1997, the suite of primary inventions includes: GeckoNav, GeckoChat and GeckoTrak.

23 Nov 2010

An Ethical Robot for Medicine

Computer science and philosophy will go hand in hand if attempts made at the University of Hartford and the University of Connecticut of creating an ethical robot come true.

23 Nov 2010

Robot Prepped to Enter NZ Mine Disaster

At the Pike River coal mine, north east of Greymouth 29 miners are trapped and at least two of them are said to be Australians. The men have been trapped since an underground explosion occurred over the weekend. Rescue efforts are being hampered by a possibility of poisonous gases in the mine.

22 Nov 2010

A Robotic Jump Rope Device

The 63rd Annual DFD (Division of Fluid Dynamics) Meeting was hosted this year by the University of Southern California, California State University Long Beach, California Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

22 Nov 2010

Scientists Study Cockroaches for Robotics Inspiration

In the effort to enhance robot movements, scientists seem to have taken inspiration from a very unlikely yet common source. Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University Cleveland are studying the movement of cockroaches in an attempt to replicate the roaches’ excellent mobility in irregular ground terrain (through a reflex mechanism), in robots.

21 Nov 2010

First Robotic Salivary Endoscopy Performed

Salivary stones are most common in adults and it has been estimated that about a quarter of people with stones have more than one.

21 Nov 2010

MIT Boffin Hacks Xbox Kinect Camera for Robot

The requirement for increased automation in robotics seems to be encouraging programmers to experiment with robot applications. Not long ago, robots required numerous sensors to manoeuvre through even simple courses.

21 Nov 2010

ABB Robotics Launches New Industrial Robot

ABB Robotics, one of the leading suppliers of industrial robots has launched the latest model in its medium capacity range of multipurpose robots.

21 Nov 2010

A Robot Suit to Help the Disabled

University of Tsukuba Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai is the inventor of the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) that comprises a wrap-around robotic belt and legs. Sensors attached on top of the patient's skin pick up brain signals instructing the robotic legs to move.

18 Nov 2010