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Nate the Robot RH.12 – Well Played, Internet
As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
27 August 2013, by
Jim Haas
David Robert on “Do robots need heads?”
As a robot animator I can attest to the fact that robots don't "need" heads to be treated as social entities. Research has shown that people will befriend a stick as long as it moves properly [1].
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15 August 2013, by
David Robert
Travis Deyle on “Do robots need heads?”
The obvious answer to this question is "No: there are lots of robots without heads." It's not even clear that social robots necessarily require a head, as even mundane robots like the Roomba are anthr...
15 August 2013, by
Travis Deyle
Talking robot sent into space
Kirobo, a 13” humanoid robot, was launched today and is on its way to the International Space Station.
A mashup of the Japanese word for hope, “Kibo”, and “robot”, Kirobo is designed to b...
04 August 2013, by
Frank Tobe
Nate the Robot RH.11 – High “REWARD”
As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
26 July 2013, by
Jim Haas
DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge a practical step forward on the long road toward disaster-response capable humanoids
Based on a media rountable discussion with DRC Program Manager Gill Pratt and CEO of the Open Source Robotics Foundation Brian Gerkey.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster was a wake-up call...
24 July 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
China takes long view in funding robotics, innovation
With the rapid economic development of the last twenty years resulting in the accumulation of great wealth, China urgently feels the need to move from a manufacturing-driven economy to an innovati...
17 July 2013, by
CHEN Fei
DARPA unveils new humanoid robot
DARPA unveiled their new humanoid robot Atlas that will be used as part of their robotics challenge. It can tackle rough terrain and carry human tools.
See on DARPA website....
12 July 2013, by
Jim Haas
DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge results
The first competition of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) was a software simulation of humanoid rescue work. The 6 best teams were to be allocated ATLAS robots for the next stage of the challenge, b...
27 June 2013, by
Andra Keay
Nate the Robot RH.4: Who wants those jobs?
This post is part of Robohub's Jobs Focus.
"People hate me because they say robots steal jobs."
"What jobs?"
"Low paid, extremely dangerous, repetitive, physically demanding..."
*boggle*
"I kno...
15 April 2013, by
Jim Haas
Petman tests camo | YouTube
The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed f...The Robot Launch Pad's insight:There are...
05 April 2013, by
Andra Keay
Max Headroom gets a female counterpart: Zoe | Reuters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqXaMVqh2k
Okay, the title is a bit of a stretch; a better analogy might be the virtual title character of the movie S1m0ne, starring Al Pacino. But Zoe isn't an AI...
01 April 2013, by
John Payne
Nate the Robot RH.3 – The Expendables
So if you really think about it, today's comic brings up several interesting issues regarding robots and war. One that comes to mind that is certainly not anywhere near a reality, is what if robots ...
22 March 2013, by
Jim Haas
Robots on Tour event draws larger-than-expected crowds
Surprise! Robots are much more popular than expected!
Robots on Tour started off on Friday 8 March 2013 with a scientific symposium at café/bar Sphères in Zurich, Switzerland. Big names from the...
20 March 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
Nate the Robot RH.2 – There’s Nothing Silly About War!
Call of Duty : Robot Ops, sounds like a fun game, eh?...
15 March 2013, by
Jim Haas
Nate the Robot RH.1 – I’m on Robohub!
Hey everyone, I meant to get this strip drawn earlier, but I’m happy to start having Robohub as a second source to read my Nate the Robot comic strip! I hope it can add a bit of humor to your day an...
14 March 2013, by
Jim Haas
Know your robot space torsos: Justin, Robonaut, SAR-400, & AILA
Astronauts: awesome, but only human
It's cold out there beyond the blue. Full of radiation. Low on breathable air. Vacuous. It's hard to keep machines and organic creatures functioning and/or alive....
04 March 2013, by
Reno Tibke
Robots on Tour: 8-9 March 2013 in Zurich
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich, organizer of the ShanghAI Lectures, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a big robot festival on 8 and 9 March 2013 in Zurich....
03 March 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
Robot choreographies
Today's TED talk features a troop of NAO robots performing an upbeat choreography....
27 February 2013, by
Sabine Hauert
KIBO robot project
A Japanese humanoid communication robot being developed by the KIBO Robot project, a joint research project by Dentsu Inc., the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of...
02 December 2012, by
Wolfgang Heller
Robot Companions: Flagship funding proposal for 1 billion euro submitted
The Coordination Action Robot Companions for Citizens has submitted its proposal for the European Commission's FET Flagship Initiative....
25 October 2012, by
Markus Waibel
Photos: Robots at IROS 2012
Some interesting robots at IROS 2012 ......
18 October 2012, by
Markus Waibel
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Advances in bipedal locomotion, with Subramanian Ramamoorthy and Felipe Brandão Cavalcanti
Link to audio file (17:09)In this episode we talk to Subramanian Ramamoorthy from the University of Edinburgh about the recent progress in walking robotics. We then speak with Felipe Brandão Cavalcan...
27 January 2012, by
Podcast team
The new Honda ASIMO
The most famous humanoid robot, Honda’s ASIMO has a new version. A few days ago Honda presented a more advanced model and performed a small display of its new capabilities. Meanwhile the robotics se...
20 November 2011, by
Ioannis K. Erripis
