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"I, Robot""I, Robot""I, Robot" 07/16/2004 08:21 AM Will Smith has one hot bod, but is that enough to overcome this futuristic flick's edifice complex? This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)"I, Robot"Grok Headline matches for "I, Robot"A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot? 12/18/2003 12:58 PM It took years for researchers to figure out how to make a robot be able to stand and walk on two legs. In fact, it's so complicated, that some researchers are giving up on that idea and using Segway balancing technology on their robots instead of legs. However, the folks at Sony seem to have taken the concept of the upright walking robot one step further: they've figured out how to make a robot run. That's right, it actually leaves the ground at points while jogging along. It apparently needs a bit of a walking start to get up to speed, and even at running speed, it's more of a slow jog - where it's feet barely leave the ground. Still, it's a start, and with some more work, they believe they can really make the robot run. What Sex is Your Robot?What Sex is Your Robot? 05/06/2004 10:05 AM Wow Robot KHR-1Wow Robot KHR-1 07/07/2004 08:04 AM <
img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/khr01.jpg"
alt="khr01.jpg image" width="141" height="250" class="borderyes"
border="0" align="right" vspace="5" hspace="15"/>I don't know
everything about this $1,450 'KHR-1' kit from Korean firm Wow Robot,
but just from watching the video I can put together that this little
humanoid bot can kick (soccer-style), shuffle step, pick itself up off
the floor, and assume any number of badass fighting poses. All 17
different joints are powered by a single motor, and there is even
software to pre-script the movements on your computer and play them
back again and again. Probably a little out of most casual robotics
fans' price range, but for those that really like contributing to our
species' ultimate destruction, you know, on the side, the Wow
Robot is a lot of cybernetic doom for not a lot of cash. (Thanks,
Soonkack!) Related Robot SexRobot Sex 05/06/2004 05:17 PM Simson Garfinkel has written a new Technology Review article on the subject of Robot Sex - not sex as in robot procreation but as in robot gender. Is your robot a male or female? It turns out Honda thinks Asimo is a male and consistently refers to it as "he". The Roomba, on the other hand, is female according to the author. The article also mentions the Neiman Marcus his & her robots which included a male and female robot. There's a related Slashdot discussion. I not RobotI not Robot 07/21/2004 02:59 PM Scott Rosenberg cites the NY Time's nailing of what's so wonderful about the original I, Robot stories, and then adds his own contemplations. Unlike Scott, though, I'm going to see the movie. I think of it as meeting someone named Abe Lincoln. Just a coincidence.... Run, robot, runRun, robot, run 12/18/2003 01:05 PM ZDNet Dec 18 2003 12:12PM ET I, RobotI, Robot 07/17/2004 07:52 AM IRrobotMovie.com [Release Date 2004-07-16] .. that upcoming Will Smith movie .. new film version of I, Robot .. back to fiction .. website .. movie .. Robot irobotmovie.com "I, Robot ""I, Robot " 07/18/2004 09:48 PM Yo, robotYo, robot 06/13/2004 08:59 AM "I Robot Now""I Robot Now" 12/23/2003 03:23 PM I Robot NowI Robot Now 12/23/2003 07:18 AM I want one of these .. fully automated .. Yeah, right .. NS-5 robot .. iRobotNow .. assistant irobotnow.com/index.php You, RobotYou, Robot 12/22/2004 01:24 AM It's been a while since we mentioned Hans Moravec but a new Scientific American article turns out to be just what we needed. The article gives an update on his company, Seegrid Corporation, and the robot vision system they've been developing. Along the way he talks about the growth of raw computing power from the bacterium-level ENIAC to the modern guppy-level desktop PC. Robot roll outRobot roll out 04/29/2004 10:25 AM one-on-one robot battlesone-on-one robot battles 08/21/2004 07:11 AM Video 3.90MB MPEG .. 2 pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo84.mpg Monkey & RobotMonkey & Robot 08/22/2004 05:39 PM Like many others, I think that (1) Monkeys and (2) Robots are interesting. This has already been around the web, but serious monkey fans need to check out Jill Greenberg's monkey portraits. As for Robots, this is one I bought in Japan.... SXSW: The Robot Ate MeSXSW: The Robot Ate Me 03/22/2005 04:44 PM An utterly bizarre and memorable show that cut through the SXSW industry facade. Yet Another Robot PlatformYet Another Robot Platform 12/14/2003 06:52 AM Update... Robot Revolution!Robot Revolution! 07/27/2004 01:18 PM  Here's a gallery of Joe
Alterio's agitprop for the Robo-Equality Party. Digital prints on
archival paper are $40 to $100 depending on the size. Link (Thanks, Lin
dsay!)Robot ProtestRobot Protest 05/21/2004 12:57 AM noonelikesyou.net/TFT-robots nandBot IRC RobotnandBot IRC Robot 04/24/2004 12:52 PM nandBot 0.51 released! Robot to fix the HubbleRobot to fix the Hubble 08/11/2004 09:45 AM My first thought is are they smoking crack. NASA has gave the go
ahead to fix the Hubble with a Robot. How in the hell are they going
to do that and have enough lift capacity to get it there all in one
launch. I know they went to Mars but getting a robot to fix Hubble has
me wondering if they can really pull this off. [BBC]<
/p> Robot Rover 1.1Robot Rover 1.1 08/12/2004 10:15 PM A 3D game where you have to pick up gold coins with your moon rover. Robot PortraitureRobot Portraiture 09/03/2004 11:51 AM Birth of a Robot Painting. Steve at The Sneeze had an idea for a painting: "a real life battle between the toy classic Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots." Eric Joyner happens to paint robots -- tin robots, to be exact, waging wars against giant donuts and exploring ancient ruins. It was a match made in heaven. Robot librarianRobot librarian 07/21/2004 11:20 AM Researchers at Universitat Jaume I in Spain are designing a robot librarian of sorts. The three-wheeled bot listens for verbal book requests, heads to the approximate location of the title on a shelf, and uses digital cameras to read the spines. The toughest challenge is engineering a grasper with "fingernails" to pull out the book, Professor Angel del Pobil told the BBC: "It is mimicking the way we manipulate our hands. We have constant feedback from tactile sensors, so it is moving very slowly. In the first experiments, the books really got damaged because it was pressing too hard. Now it touches gently."Link Toyota's new robotToyota's new robot 12/31/2003 02:27 PM It's still awhile off, but Toyota's planning to introduce a new humanoid robot at the Aichi World Exposition in 2005 that will be able to... Robot Dog, One of, Field UseRobot Dog, One of, Field Use 01/07/2004 01:56 PM The US Army TACOM group is spending $2.25 million on research projects aimed at building robot dogs that can carry a soldier's field equipment and keep up with the soldier over any terrain. Right now, each man has to carry up to 100 pounds of ammunition, food, and equipment. The long term challenge is making a four legged robot that can move as fast and quietly as a man over any terrain. The immediate challenge is making a four legged robot big enough for the job that doesn't fall over and doesn't need an internal combustion engine for power. For more, see Noah Shachtman's interesting article on the program in Wired. I, Robot (2004)I, Robot (2004) 07/19/2004 09:29 AM Guido van Robot 0.9.1Guido van Robot 0.9.1 02/16/2004 02:51 PM GvR is an interactive, introductory programming language. Robot ForensicsRobot Forensics 04/21/2004 09:05 PM Several readers alerted us to Roland Piquepaille's latest weblog entry about a robot equipped with a device that allows it to take fingerprints from suspicious packages that would normally have to be destroyed by bomb disposal teams. Photos and a detailed description of the new device, known as the "Robot Accessory for Fuming Fingerprint Evidence" or RAFFE, can be found in a paper (PDF format) presented in the March 2004 of the Journal of Forensic Sciences. There is also a related Slashdot article. Octopus RobotOctopus Robot 04/22/2004 10:44 AM Boingboing reader LVX23 says: Check out this cool "autonomous wheeled climbing robot" from the French Autonomous Systems Lab. They call it the "octopus". Now if only they could hack a humvee body on top...Link Leaning toward robotLeaning toward robot 08/10/2004 05:47 PM USA Today Aug 10 2004 10:26PM GMT I, Robot BoycottI, Robot Boycott 07/16/2004 01:34 AM By the 1940s Isaac Asimov grew tired of reading endless pulp stories about masses of evil, marauding robots attempting to destroy their creators. His answer was a series of stories in which Susan Calvin, a robopsychologist, solves mysteries caused by conflicts in the Laws of Robotics, a set of ethical rules governing robot behaviour. Asimov's first collection of robot stories was titled I, Robot. Hollywood is trying to pull a fast one by licensing the title of Asimov's book for a completely unrelated movie, originally called Hardwired, about masses of evil, marauding robots attempting to destroy their creators. A hasty rewrite of the script added a few references to the Laws of Robotics and renamed some characters to match Asimov's story. There's a Susan Calvin in the film but she's just along to watch Will Smith shoot things. A petition failed to persuade 20th Century Fox to change the name of the film and now growing numbers of outraged Science Fiction fans request that people boycott the opening week of I, Robot. I plan on joining them, in an effort to put a dent the highly valued opening week revenue. If the marketing tactic makes money this time, Fox will likely use the recently licensed titles to Asimov's Foundation novels to market more unrelated films. Segway Becoming a War Robot?Segway Becoming a War Robot? 12/02/2003 12:23 AM CTV.ca has an article that says U.S. considers turning scooters into war robots.Though few could afford the $4,000 Segway scooters, Universitys bought them for study and now the US millitary wants to enlist them for battlefield missions. Segways have already been modified to open doors and avoid obstacles and such, and now the military wants to send them out for search missions, transporting injured soldiers and carrying gear. So maybe the Segway scooter deserves more of our respect, because even as President Bush embarrisingly found out, these Segways now have the potential to do harm. Guido van Robot 1.0Guido van Robot 1.0 08/29/2004 04:16 PM GvR is an interactive, introductory programming language. Robot ParadeRobot Parade 11/05/2003 11:37 PM Yay! Rambling fangirl post! Ye have been warned. Robot OrigamiRobot Origami 05/25/2004 11:37 AM  New Scientist
reports on the graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University we've
linked to previously who built a robot that can make simple origami
constructions. The work is aimed at developing robotic systems that
can manipulate various materials encountered in daily life. From
researcher Devin
Balkcom's site:
"Why origami? Origami is a fresh challenge for the field of robotic manipulation. Paper is flexible; robots are best at manipulating rigid things. Even if we model origami as an articulated rigid body (by building our origami out of really stiff cardboard with hinges along creases), it still has a complicated mechanical structure." Link Sega's Near Me Robot CatSega's Near Me Robot Cat 08/30/2004 08:08 AM
Read - Product Page [SegaToysJP] Feb 7th is Love Your Robot Day!Feb 7th is Love Your Robot Day! 02/10/2004 03:00 AM I was looking in the Dallas Morning News (paper edition) this morning and they had a February Calendar and guess what was on February 7th? Yes, February 7th is "Love your Robot Day." Perhaps that's why so many robot competitions happen on February 7th? :-) What started Feb 7th being Love your robot day? I haven't a clue but here's an ecard site to help you share... CyberKisses Update: RoBOT 1.1Update: RoBOT 1.1 09/13/2004 10:32 AM RoBOT is a web-based services platform that offers remote printing services for on-demand ticket printing. Grok Description matches for "I, Robot" GrokA matches for "I, Robot" "I, Robot"The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: |
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