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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-1

Wow 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!)
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Robot Sex

Robot 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, Robot

I, 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

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"I, Robot "

"I, Robot " 07/18/2004 09:48 PM

"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?

You, Robot

You, 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.

"I Robot Now"

"I Robot Now" 12/23/2003 03:23 PM

Run, robot, run

Run, robot, run 12/18/2003 01:05 PM
ZDNet Dec 18 2003 12:12PM ET

Yo, robot

Yo, robot 06/13/2004 08:59 AM

I Robot Now

I Robot Now 12/23/2003 07:18 AM
I want one of these .. fully automated .. Yeah, right .. NS-5 robot .. iRobotNow .. assistant

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I not Robot

I 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....

Leaning toward robot

Leaning toward robot 08/10/2004 05:47 PM
USA Today Aug 10 2004 10:26PM GMT

Robot roll out

Robot roll out 04/29/2004 10:25 AM

one-on-one robot battles

one-on-one robot battles 08/21/2004 07:11 AM
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Monkey & Robot

Monkey & 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 Me

SXSW: 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 Platform

Yet 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 Libre

Robot Libre 06/29/2004 03:30 PM
Project Started

Robot Protest

Robot Protest 05/21/2004 12:57 AM

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Robot librarian

Robot 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."

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Toyota's new robot

Toyota'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 Use

Robot 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

Robot Rover 1.1

Robot 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 Forensics

Robot 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 Robot

Octopus 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...

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Robot to fix the Hubble

Robot 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>

nandBot IRC Robot

nandBot IRC Robot 04/24/2004 12:52 PM
nandBot 0.51 released!

Guido van Robot 0.9.1

Guido van Robot 0.9.1 02/16/2004 02:51 PM
GvR is an interactive, introductory programming language.

I, Robot Boycott

I, 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.

Guido van Robot 1.0

Guido van Robot 1.0 08/29/2004 04:16 PM
GvR is an interactive, introductory programming language.

Guido van Robot 0.9.9

Guido van Robot 0.9.9 06/04/2004 11:04 AM
GvR is an interactive, introductory programming language.

Robot Parade

Robot Parade 11/05/2003 11:37 PM
Yay! Rambling fangirl post! Ye have been warned.

Robot Origami

Robot 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 Cat

Sega's Near Me Robot Cat 08/30/2004 08:08 AM

At first Sega's "Near Me" robot cat looks cute. "A $300 robot pet that plays and cuddles with me?" you might ask, rhetorically, "Awesome!" That is, until you see the little bastard move in the videos at the bottom of the page. If you aren't ready to bash the Near Me into bits of robot kibble by the end, clearly something is wrong with your fight or flight reflexes. That thing is waiting to strike; you can see it in its eyes. (Thanks, Peter!)

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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
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