There have been running bipedal robots before, but their movement is mechanical very robot-like indeed. Ryuma Niiyama of MIT's Robot Locomotion Group wants to build a flexible, agile robot with less of a mechanical gait and more of a sprinter's-type stride, which means that it runs as human-like as possible.
Energid Technologies, global supplier of robotic solutions, has collaborated with the Industrial Technologies Research Institute, a Taiwan-based R&D institution, to offer grabbing and management abilities for their humanoid robot named Roppie.
Honda's Asimo isn't the only technologically advanced robot built by an automaker. General Motors has been involved with the development of Robonaut 2, which is scheduled to travel to space with NASA in February 2011. Robonaut 2, a.k.a. R2, is being described by General Motors, as the strongest, fastest and most dexterous and most technologically advanced humanoid robot.
At the Humanoids 2010 conference held in Nashville this week a paper was presented on robotic help in ERs (emergency rooms) by author Mitch Wilkes, titled,"Heterogeneous Artificial Agents for Triage Nurse Assistance". Wilkes is the associate director of the Center for Intelligent Systems and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University.
The Siemens Competition announced the winners of its college scholarships during a ceremony at George Washington University. Six individual students and six teams of students competed in Washington after winning regional competitions in November. They presented their research to a panel of judges Sunday.
Researchers at UT Austin's HCR Laboratory along with Meka Robotics have developed a cute and reactive head for the Meka humanoid.
NASA is offering $20 million in support of the robotics non profit organisation ‘FIRST’ or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
MidWest Research Institute (MRI) is undertaking the phase IIa of the Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System (IPEMS) project, to develop a Mannequin humanoid for examining war-fighter protection equipment against chemical combat elements.
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.
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.
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