Researchers at the Personal Robotics Laboratory in Cornell University are teaching robots to find their way in new surroundings and manipulate objects.
Vinten Radamec, a pioneer in robotic camera support solutions and a brand of Vitec Group, will introduce the Fusion FHR-35, its future-generation robotic controlled system featuring its intelligent control engineering (ICE) technology, at IBC2011 to be conducted from 9 to 13 September 2011 at the RAI in Amsterdam.
Winners have been announced for the MoonBots 2.0 : A Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge. The contest was open to student teams to design, program and build robots that would simulate the lunar missions which mirrored the Lunar X Prize.
The Creative Machine Lab researchers at the Cornell University have managed to get two ‘chatbots’ to hold a conversation. The chatbots are essentially computer programs designed to seamlessly communicate with humans.
The vacuuming robot Roomba is set for competition as Toshiba releases a new robot vacuum for Japan called Smarbo. The robot which is aimed at home users has some interesting features including two Central Processing Units of which the company is yet to release more details.
At Vanderbilt University in Nashville scientists are working on a lower limb prosthetic that will allow amputees to walk with a more natural gait. The artificial leg which they have come up with uses computing, sensor, electric motor and battery technology to achieve its purpose.
The Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has chosen Kinea Design and Scoot Technology for developing and marketing HookAssist, the first collaborative robot for beef boning.
Robots perform the robotic mission impossible in this wonderful feat from European researchers. Three different kinds of robots must work together to reach their objective, a book on a high shelf. The exact location of the book is not known to the robots and they must work as a swarm to accomplish the mission.
Sweet teeth are being indulged at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where a PR2 robot is said to bake cookies. Mario Bollini and Daniela Rus of the Distributed Robotics Lab at MIT have programmed the robot to make a giant cookie from scratch.
Innovation First Labs released its creative holiday and back to school product array. These products are designed to tap the creative side of kids and make learning interesting through imaginative playtime.
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