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Sharp Cocorobo robot vacuum cleaner updated – smaller model and updated app functions
DigInfo TV
21 Nov 2012
Sharp have updated their Cocorobo line of intelligent robot vacuum cleaners, with a new smaller model, as well as a Cocorobo Navi function, which allows the robot to be controlled when the user is out...
Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots
Mike Hamer
20 Nov 2012
Released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, the report Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (herein: the report) and associated press release and video (below), w...
Robots on stage
Wolfgang Heller
20 Nov 2012
The Japanese theater company Seinendan and Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University are exploring new dimensions of human-robot-interaction on stage, a new field involving a fusion of theater, arts and...
Stanford hosts panel on making autonomous cars legal
Sabine Hauert
18 Nov 2012
The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford released a video of their panel discussion on "How an (Autonomous Driving) Bill Becomes Law" that took place earlier this month. The discussion builds o...
The world’s first mind-controlled implantable robotic arm
Wolfgang Heller
15 Nov 2012
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is developed by researcher Max Ortiz Catalan, at the Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg...
Lockheed Martin acquires UAV maker Chandler/May
Frank Tobe
15 Nov 2012
Lockheed Martin acquires ChandlerMay for an undisclosed amount. The new acquisition will join Lockheed’s Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) business.
ChandlerMay, with facilities in Huntsville,...
Robot music compilation
Andra Keay
14 Nov 2012
If you love lists and robots, here's a selection of some great robot music....
Brain Computer Interface used to control the movement and actions of an android robot
DigInfo TV
13 Nov 2012
Researchers at the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory and the CNRS-LIRMM Interactive Digital Human group, are working on ways to control robots via thought alone.
"Basically we would like to create ...
Robot startup series #2: Bob Christopher
Andra Keay
13 Nov 2012
Bob Christopher was CEO of Ugobe, the company that made Pleo, the robot dinosaur, one of the first successful consumer robotics products. Greg Appelhof is the CEO of TRG, a global retail company speci...
Marketing service uses facial recognition tech to estimate gender, age, and visiting frequency
DigInfo TV
12 Nov 2012
NEC has developed a marketing service that utilizes facial recognition technology to estimates the age and gender of customers, and accumulates the data, along with the dates and times that customers ...
European Robotics Week 2012
Wolfgang Heller
10 Nov 2012
The 2nd European Robotics Week will be from 26 November to 2 December 2012 and offers one week of various robotics related activities across Europe for the general public, highlighting growing impor...
Lego robot controlled from space
Wolfgang Heller
10 Nov 2012
Researchers from the METERON space project have for the first time ever successfully controlled a LEGO robot at ESA's Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, from the International Space Station (IS...
Write and play your own sheet music with the Gocen
DigInfo TV
09 Nov 2012
The Gocen is a device which scans and plays handwritten sheet music in real time. It is being developed by a group at the Tokyo Metropolitan University led by Assistant Professor Tetsuaki Baba.
"Firs...
Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)
Mike Hamer
08 Nov 2012
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Robot Dragonfly from TechJect. Developed over four years by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the US Air Force, the researchers are now i...
Video: Quadrocopter learns from its mistakes, perfects air racing
Markus Waibel
08 Nov 2012
Manual programming of robots only gets you so far. And, as you can see in the video, for quadrocopters that's not very far at all (see the "Without Learning" part starting at 1:30):...
European robotics law
Wolfgang Heller
08 Nov 2012
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, "bladerunner" Oscar Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics when he entered the men's 400 metres race and was part of South...
Robot competitions, challenges and awards
Andra Keay
06 Nov 2012
Robotdalen is accepting submissions for their International Innovation Award 2013, aimed at innovators with commercially viable robotics solutions. The Innovation Award replaced the previous Robotdale...
Optical camouflage tech removes backseat of a car, transparent interior the goal
DigInfo TV
06 Nov 2012
A system that makes the backseat of a car look transparent is currently being developed by a research group at Keio University.
The system applies optical camouflage technology, using...
Real-time heart beat simulator visualizes pulsation and disease on a Laptop PC
DigInfo TV
05 Nov 2012
This simulator can represent the complex pulsation of the heart. It is being developed by a group including members from National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center and Riken.
Until n...
Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief, resigns to run 3D Robotics
Frank Tobe
05 Nov 2012
... Anderson has held the editor-in-chief position for 11 years during which time, in addition to his work at Wired, he authored three books and founded DIY Drones and co-founded 3D Robotics. He also ...
OmniGuide in the news
Frank Tobe
04 Nov 2012
... Cambridge, MA-based OmniGuide recently got $35 million non-dilutive financing from OrbiMed Advisors enabling company to grow toward profitability over the next several years....
Europeans attitudes towards robots 2012
Wolfgang Heller
04 Nov 2012
Credit: Infonaut, AEC
Europeans attitudes towards robots
Overall EU citizens have a positive view of robots: more than two-thirds of Europeans are of this opinion, according to a Special Eur...
Service robots boost Danish welfare
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
In 2006, Denmark created a fund of three billion Danish kronor ($519-million) to study how technologies like service robots can be used to replace manual labour in various public services.
Social r...
NASA X1 robotic exoskeleton
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
NASA's X1 robotic exoskeleton is a mechanical suit designed to help astronauts exercise while in space, and here on Earth it can help paraplegics walk. In space, the joints would be configured to resi...
US$ 316M investment in Korean robotics
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
The South Korean government plans to expand the country's robot industry by more than 10 times over the next decade, the Korean Times reports. ...
9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition
RobotsAndi
02 Nov 2012
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 the 9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition was held at Yuhan Technical High School. Students from all over the country took part in the preliminary competitions held at t...
Change the size of food and your appetite with AR system from Tokyo U.
DigInfo TV
02 Nov 2012
At the University of Tokyo, the Hirose Tanikawa Group has developed an AR system that can manipulate the user's feeling of having eaten enough, by changing how big the food appears.
T...
New Russian entrant into creepiest robot face contest
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... Neurobotics, a Russian brain research organization, has just released videos of their new human-like woman robotic head....
Accuray launches new TomoHDA and gets FDA okay for CyberKnife M6
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... New TomoTherapy System enables faster planning and more focused delivery often resulting in half beam-on time than previously....
Robotic future of retail
Wolfgang Heller
01 Nov 2012
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University see the future of retail — with AndyVision, technology that helps to improve the shopping experience for both customers and retail staff.
AndyVision is a...
Wave Glider transmits real time weather data during Hurricane Sandy
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... One of Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders successfully piloted itself through Hurricane Sandy winds and transmitted weather data in real time....
Hansen Medical stock (HNSN:NASDAQ) jumps 22%
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... Intuitive Surgical updated their co-exclusive rights to certain of Hansen Medical‘s patent portfolio for a fee of $20 million. Intuitive also purchased $10 million of Hansen Medical’s ...
Fly and film in HD
Frank Tobe
31 Oct 2012
... Parrot (PARRO on the Euronext Paris exchange), a French company famous for its audio and wireless devices for phones and cars, unveiled their first AR.Drone at CES in 2010 to huge crowds (I was th...
Two-armed robot system for under US$20k
Wolfgang Heller
30 Oct 2012
ST Robotics announced today the latest addition to their R12 robot product line, the Tandem R125, a low cost two-armed robot system for under $20,000. ST Robotics, based in Princeton, New Jersey and...
Paper Computing technology the first step to paper-based Google Docs
DigInfo TV
30 Oct 2012
At the University of Tokyo, the Naemura Group is developing paper computing technology, which can automatically erase, copy and print hand-drawn sketches on paper.
As well as using a camera and compu...
Robot startup series #1: Autom and Cory Kidd
Andra Keay
26 Oct 2012
Consumer robotics had a watershed moment just a few days ago, when Autom, the robot weightloss coach, was launched at Dublin Web Summit. I’m very excited to open our Robot Startup Series with an int...
