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Robot butler
From Smart Mobs (Credit: Fraunhofer IPA) German researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute have introduced their third generation of household robots, the Care-O-Bot 3. The robot has has a...
View ArticleHAL: New assistive walking device
Japanese company Cyberdyne, with the scientific support provided by Professor Sankai of Tsukuba University, have developed the Hybrid Assistive Limb - HAL - a device designed to help people walk or...
View ArticleMiruko Eyeball Robotic Eye
Via Pink Tentacle Miruko is a camera robot in the shape of an eyeball capable of tracking objects and faces. Worn on the player’s sleeve, Miruko’s roving eye scans the surroundings in search of...
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FaceBots
The world's first robot with its own Facebook page (and that can use its information in conversations with "friends") has been developed by Nikolaos Mavridis and collaborators from the Interactive...
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Geminoid F: Remote-control female android
Via: Kokoro, AFP Researchers from the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University have teamed up with robot maker Kokoro Co., Ltd. to create a realistic-looking remote-control female android...
View ArticleArtificial skin projects could restore feeling to wearers of prosthetic limbs
Via Telemedicine and E-Health news Research groups at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley are developing sensor-based artificial skin that could provide prosthetic and...
View ArticleHRP-4C cybernetic human dance
Dance Robot LIVE! is a performance recently shown at the Digital Content Expo in Tokyo. The performance features AIST's feminine HRP-4C robot and four humans. The routine was produced by renowned...
View ArticleCuriosity (did not) kill the cat
Today at 10:02 am the latest Mars Rover, Curiosity was launched into the deep space. The $2.5 billion exploratory system started its eight month journey to Mars where it will spend another two years...
View ArticleHow to use mind-controlled robots in manufacturing, medicine
via KurzweilAIUniversity at Buffalo researchers are developing brain-computer interface (BCI) devices to mentally control robots.“The technology has practical applications that we’re only beginning to...
View ArticleEkso bionic suit
Ekso is an exoskeleton bionic suit or a "wearable robot" designed to enable individuals with lower extremity paralysis to stand up and walk over ground with a weight bearing, four point reciprocal...
View ArticleJIBO: The World's First Family Robot
Jibo is a new robot from MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal. It is designed to be a social robot that you interact with like it’s another person in your home. The 28-centimetre, 3-kilogram “sociable...
View ArticleMIT Robotic Cheetah
MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they've successfully implemented in a robotic cheetah. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/1uHoltW)I am not that impressed by the result though.
View ArticleSoftBank's humanoid robot lands job as Nescafe salesman
(Reuters)Nestle SA will enlist a thousand humanoid robots to help sell its coffee makers at electronics stores across Japan, becoming the first corporate customer for the chatty, bug-eyed androids...
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Are you concerned about AI?
Recently, a growing number of opinion leaders have started to point out the potential risks associated to the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence. This shared concern has led an...
View ArticlePredictive Technologies: Can Smart Tools Augment the Brain's Predictive...
Predictive Technologies: Can Smart Tools Augment the Brain's Predictive Abilities? Pezzullo, G., D'Ausilio, A., Gaggioli, A. Frontiers in Neuroscience 10(186) · May 2016 Abstract. The ability of...
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Computational Personality?
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has undergone a dramatic evolution in the last years. The impressive advances in this field have inspired several leaders in the scientific and technological...
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New book on Human Computer Confluence - FREE PDF!
Two good news for Positive Technology followers.1) Our new book on Human Computer Confluence is out!2) It can be downloaded for free hereHuman-computer confluence refers to an invisible, implicit,...
View ArticlePing-Pong Robot
Developed by Omron Corporation, FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized aUtomation with Sinic Theoretics) has officially been given the Guinness World Records...
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