International Federation of Robotics Hosts Groundbreaking Advanced Robotics E-Symposium

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Industry Leading Robotics Vendors,
Associations and Media Firms Sponsor
Emerging Robotics Technologies &
Applications Conference

Industry Leading Robotics Vendors,
Associations and Media Firms Sponsor
Emerging Robotics Technologies &
Applications Conference 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
iRobot, Evolution Robotics, VIA Technologies, Robotics Foundry and Others Sponsor First Robotics Conference to Focus on Commercialization of Emerging Robotics Markets [PRWEB Dec 12, 2003]

IBM on Wireless Robotics

IBM on Wireless Robotics 12/31/2004 09:07 PM
IBM has posted a new developerWorks article on wireless robotics. The article explains some of the uses of wireless robotics - either human control of non-autonomous robots or for inter-robot communication between cooperative autonomous robots. It further breaks cooperative robots in marsupial teams where there is a mother-child relationship and competitive teams such as RoboCup soccer robots. A list of pitfalls that may be encountered when using WiFi for wireless robotics is also provided.

A New Face For Robotics

A New Face For Robotics 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Slashdot Feb 10 2004 1:19AM GMT

Robotics + Car = Hallucigenia

Robotics + Car = Hallucigenia 12/02/2003 10:15 PM
News for nerds writes "I4U has news about a new transportation concept, called The Hallucigenia 01, which is a working 1/5 scale vehicle prototype, designed by ...

Mobile Robotics

Mobile Robotics 04/07/2005 05:18 AM
New website launched

Robotics: Grow Up!

Robotics: Grow Up! 06/17/2005 07:12 PM
Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine says, "Robotics: Grow Up!" and then tells the robotics industry to gets its act together. Lance does a great job in bringing to light what's wrong with the robotics industry by recollecting his experiences with a recent robotics trade show. Sadly, a lot of his points are completely correct. The robotics industry appears to be mired in myopic, over- schooled robotic geeks making piddly wall-detection robots that no one wants nor can they sell. His solution? Simplify your robot and run a cost-benefit analysis to see if it will sell. He says the Roomba meets that cost-benefit criterion. Check out the article to find out more about Lance's interesting observations.

Pyro, Python Robotics 3.1.2

Pyro, Python Robotics 3.1.2 09/02/2004 11:24 PM
Tools for programming mobile robots in Python.

New Robotics Group in Pittsburgh

New Robotics Group in Pittsburgh 04/09/2005 06:21 PM
Dan Roganti writes, "I'd like to introduce our new Robotics club here in Pittsburgh, the The Pittsburgh Robotics Society. We're simply a group of people, mostly with engineering backgrounds, that find this hobby rewarding and fun to do. I've been involved with this hobby ever since high school, about 30yrs now. Since we are still rather new, we haven't a competition planned for this year. Although, we do have an exhibit planned for SciTech (Sep.30-Oct.9,2005) at the Carnegie Science Center You can read more about us on our website. We have monthly meetings on the first saturday of the month." The group also has a mailing list based on Yahoo!.

PC/104+ Robotics Drivers for Linux

PC/104+ Robotics Drivers for Linux 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
A new robot control software package aimed at PC/104+ users has been released. The new software, called dio48s, includes drivers for the ACCES 104-DIO-48S digital I/O board, up to 8 Polaroid ultrasonic sensors, and an interface to a PIC controller for motor control with encoder feedback. Dio48s is Free Software written in C and licensed under the GNU GPL.

Aerial Robotics Competition

Aerial Robotics Competition 07/23/2004 04:51 PM

Migrating to PowerPC for Robotics

Migrating to PowerPC for Robotics 02/01/2005 10:05 PM
IBM DeveloperWorks recently posted an article titled, "Migrating from x86 to PowerPC: Robots and networked applications". The article compares the PowerPC (or "Power Architecture" as IBM prefers to call it these days) to traditional Intel x86 and ARM processors. Migrating from one of these architectures to another is actually not too difficult if the software is based on Linux which runs well on all three platforms. Ultra-cheap methods of getting started with PowerPCs are mentioned, such as cannibalizing a Nintendo GameCube console or using a Kuro Box. The author, Lewin A. R. W. Edwards, has published a book with more information on the topic, called A Cookbook for Open-Source Robotics and Process Control.

Pyro, Python Robotics 3.2.0

Pyro, Python Robotics 3.2.0 09/10/2004 05:39 AM
Tools for programming mobile robots in Python.

White Box Robotics Upgrades

White Box Robotics Upgrades 04/13/2005 11:07 AM

We’ve talked about White Box Robotics before, but now they’re releasing an advanced robot that is not just a PC case with wheels. The company is teaming up with Frontline Robotics in order to add advanced navigation and sound/video recognition functionality to their barebones PC-BOT. The 9-series can hold Mini-ITX motherboard, laptop hard and optical drives, as well as a few webcams and whatever else you can stuff into its bays.

There are going to be two flavors released May 10, 2005: a hobbyist system that has full motion and vision functionality and a commercial version that allows the 9-series to guard RFID-tagged objects and swarm on intruders. We’re waiting, as always, for the buzzsaw attachment.

Company Home Page [WhiteBoxRobotics]
Company Home Page [Frontline-Robots]

Cornfield robotics in the Netherlands

Cornfield robotics in the Netherlands 06/15/2004 10:12 AM
BoingBoing reader Bas Suverkropp says:

The Field Robot event is kind of a miniature DARPA Grand Challenge, small robots must navigate through a maize field. Join Corn2Bwild, SANDRA, Wiedrobot and many others on june 17th and 18th as 22 teams from the Netherlands, Germany, USA, Hungary, Israel, Gambia, Poland, Nigeria,Ireland and Belgium compete in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Link

New Robotics Group in Massachusetts

New Robotics Group in Massachusetts 03/28/2005 01:42 PM
Pete Gray is forming a new robotics group in Massachusetts. If you're in the area and would like to get together with other homebrew robotics people, visit the Yahoo! Groups MassRobotics page and sign up. At present they haven't settled on a name for the group or an initial meeting date. Pete says, "At the moment, the group is just an 'online' entity, created just this month...although if enough people join up, I'm sure we'll become a 'real world' entity." You may recognize Pete from his work with New Micros on C compilers and assemblers for the Motorola DSP56F80x that's used in the IsoPods.

21st Century Robotics

21st Century Robotics 05/19/2004 07:26 PM

RadioShack's Vex robotics system

RadioShack's Vex robotics system 04/05/2005 07:03 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Today, Sam Mahserjian, a marketing manager for RadioShack, came by today to show me the new Vex robotics design system. I don't know much about hobby robotics, but I was really impressed by what I saw here.

The $300 kit, which is already starting to go on sale at RadioShack retail stores, has wheels, spin motors, gears, a programmable microcontroller, servos, a radio receiver, a 6-channel radio transmitter, and tons of Erector-set style hardware for building robots. I like the fact that you are encouraged to cut and bend the metal structural pieces to build you bots. They'll be selling sensors and effectors in the coming months, and the platform will be open enough that lead users will be able to develop and sell aftermarket sensors and components for it.

I want to find out what my garage roboticist buddy, Gareth Branwyn thinks of Vex. I'm going to ask him to write about it for Make.
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Robotics and the Meaning of Life

Robotics and the Meaning of Life 07/20/2004 11:18 AM
The Open University in the UK, has found a practical use for Asimov's robot stories. They're being used as part of a robotics class, called Robotics and the Meaning of Life: a practical guide to things that think. The Laws of Robotics are considered in terms of real control architectures such as subsumption and on the practicality of using them to design safe robots. Asimov's Laws are just one part of a larger course that reviews the history and state of the art in robotics from R.U.R. and the Turing Test to Moore's law. Students get hands-on experience using a Lego Mindstorms compatible robotics simulator called OU-Robotlab. Required reading for the course includes Asimov's I, Robot, and Ruth Aylett's Robots: Bringing Intelligent Machines to Life.

FIRST Robotics Championship Underway

FIRST Robotics Championship Underway 04/17/2004 11:21 AM

NSF Robotics Research News

NSF Robotics Research News 10/30/2003 11:57 PM
The National Science Foundation has released a handy news summary that details many of their robotics and sensory research programs. You can read about tiny, two-wheeled robomotes, the COTS Scout family of robots, long-distance robot teleoperation, and other interesting areas of robotics research being sponsored by the NSF.

Anime and the Acceptance of Robotics

Anime and the Acceptance of Robotics 08/11/2004 05:12 PM
Generation 5 has posted a story based on the undergraduate dissertation of the site's webmaster, James Matthews, titled, "Anime and the Acceptance of Robotics in Japan: A Symbiotic Relationship" (PDF format). Robots in Japanese anime from Astro Boy to Akira are discussed. The paper suggests a relationship between Japanese pop-culture's image of robots and the acceptance of real robots in Japan.

Behavior-based Robotics and AI

Behavior-based Robotics and AI 08/17/2004 01:32 PM
David P. Anderson of the Dallas Personal Robotics Group has written a combined review of two books recently added to the DPRG library, "Cambrian Intelligence The Early History of the New AI" by Rodney A. Brooks and "Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots" by Roland Siegwart and Illah R. Nourbakhsh. One of the books is based on the traditional artificial intelligence approach to robotics while the other presents Brook's behavior-based subsumption approach. This difference makes them ideal for a comparative review. Readers may also wish to read the review of the Siegwart and Nourbakhsh book posted last month here on robots.net. Readers wishing to learn more about Brook's ideas should visit his online archive of papers. Read on for the full review.

Zero-g Robotics on an Air Hockey Table

Zero-g Robotics on an Air Hockey Table 05/28/2004 03:48 PM
Wei-Min Shen and other researchers from the USC Polymorphic Robotics Lab have been looking for a way to simulate zero-g robotics so they can develop autonomous robots that can assemble orbiting solar power stations and do other useful work in space. Their solution? Small robots called "pucks" that hover on a conventional air-hockey table. A new Nature article summarizes their work. The USC PRL website offers video of the puck robots at work including pucks assembling scale girders (MPEG), docking with each other (MPEG), and autonomously navigating (MPEG).

MARIE: Rapid Prototyping for Robotics

MARIE: Rapid Prototyping for Robotics 07/06/2004 12:08 PM
Carle Côté emailed to tell us about the first public release of MARIE: We are proud to announce the first public release of MARIE, Version 0.1 (Tinker). The Mobile and Autonomous Robotics Integration Environment (MARIE) is a robotic development and integration environment focused on existing softwares reusability and exploitation of already available APIs and middlewares frequently used in robotics. The main purpose of MARIE is to create a rapid-prototyping approach to software development in robotics.

U.S. Robotics Wireless Access Point DoS

U.S. Robotics Wireless Access Point DoS 08/04/2004 02:35 AM

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MARIE v0.3 Robotics Software Released

MARIE v0.3 Robotics Software Released 02/01/2005 10:05 PM
A Freshmeat announcement today indicates that MARIE v0.3 has been released. MARIE is the Mobile and Autonomous Robotics Integration Environment. It's intended for rapid prototyping of software for robotics applications. The project brings together existing components into a single integrated package. Among the software included is FlowDesigner, RobotFlow, Player, Stage, Gazebo, CARMEN, ACE, ARIA, Libxml2, wxWidgets, and the Expression Toolkit. All of the componets are Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL. For a more extensive description of what MARIE is and what it's good for, there is a detailed description of the project available. See also our story from last year on MARIE.

More Cash Flowing to Robotics Research
(AP)

More Cash Flowing to Robotics Research
(AP) 04/11/2004 09:03 PM
AP - Researchers in robotics have traditionally faced two debilitating obstacles: terribly expensive parts and difficulty attracting funding from anyone outside of a small corps of true believers. But robotics experts see a "perfect storm" heading their way, thanks in no small part to the human ravages of war.

New Robots and the Ten Ethical Laws Of
Robotics

New Robots and the Ten Ethical Laws Of
Robotics 08/22/2004 07:22 PM

Thinking Robotics for the Real World

Thinking Robotics for the Real World 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
IST has published a new article on the Bayesian Inspired Brain and Artefacts project (BIBA), which is part of NEURO-iT, a European Union Future and Emerging Technologies Initiative. The goal of BIBA is to produce artefacts that are capable of using Bayesian probabilistic logic to "understand and implement life-like behavioral coordination". To state their goal in more understandable terms, they intend to make robots that can act on incomplete data just like humans and other animals can. To this end they have constructed BIBA Bot, a robot equipped with cameras, a SICK LMS and IR sensors. BIBA Bot will initially demonstrate insect-level intelligence similar to that of an ant but researcher hope to eventually achieve mammal-level intelligence equal to that of a dog.

Vex and Radio Shack Plan Robotics Kit

Vex and Radio Shack Plan Robotics Kit 03/22/2005 04:20 PM
According to MSNBC and PC Magazine articles, Vex Robotics Design and Radio Shack have partnered on a 500 piece erector-set-like robotics kit, called the Vex Robotics Design System, that will retail for $299. The intention is to provide a kit more advanced than previous ones such as the LEGO Mindstorms kits. CMU is contributing curriculum for high school teachers. FIRST is organizing a FIRST Vex competition that will rely on the new kits. The initial kit will only allow radio controlled robots but Radio Shack will be releasing a programming microcontroller module later in the year that allows autonomous designs.

Isaac Hayes’ Three Laws of Robotics.

Isaac Hayes’ Three Laws of Robotics. 07/20/2004 11:02 PM
Engadget: Isaac Hayes’ Three Laws of Robotics.

EETimes on Gumstix Robotics Applications

EETimes on Gumstix Robotics Applications 06/22/2005 02:19 AM
An EETimes article describes the use of a Linux-based Gumstix board as the controller of a UAV based on a model airplane. Owen Holland of the University of Essex doesn't have just one UAV in mind, he's planning on building a swarm of them. We've mentioned the swarm aspect of this project, called Gridswarm, in a previous post. EETimes focuses on the use of the Gumstix controller and Linux to create a sort of flying Beowulf cluster. The article also talks quite a bit about Gumstix and its founder, Gordon Kruberg who has worked on robotics projects for a long time.

Another DARPA-Sponsored Robotics
Competition

Another DARPA-Sponsored Robotics
Competition 01/04/2004 05:49 PM

The first ethical questions of robotics
in society are upon us.

The first ethical questions of robotics
in society are upon us. 06/22/2004 09:04 AM
As machines and computers grow more intelligent, as a society we must consider their place within our societal code of ethics. For awhile now, these questions have been regarded by many to be so far away that to seriously worry about them now is a waste of breath and time. I intend to show that not only are serious issues of ethics regarding robots and artificial intelligence coming very soon to us, in some aspects, they already are here.

Robotics Meets Digital Photography

Robotics Meets Digital Photography 03/19/2005 02:28 AM
A California fashion photographer has combined robotic controllers, lasers and digital cameras to produce the next generation of digital imaging. An array of high resolution images and depth maps created with robotic precision are stitched together to create a navigable world. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]

Microsoft to Embrace and Extend
Robotics?

Microsoft to Embrace and Extend
Robotics? 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
NateW writes, "Microsoft has just begun beta testing a product aimed at robotics and electronics hobbyists. The ".net cpu module" puts some of the same technologies behind the SPOT watch into a breadboardable form factor. The kit includes a CPU module, eval board, and a special version of the Visual Studio .Net development system (editor, compiler, in-circuit debugger, etc). The beta costs $500, which unfortunately puts it out of reach of most hobbyists for now..." Scary. Will this lead to an attempt to use their embrace and extend strategy on the robotics market, locking people into expensive, proprietary Microsoft tools? It appears the .netcpu is a 27MHz ARM7TDMI CPU. Open alternatives available now include the 60MHz ARM7TDMI-S New Micros TinyArm ($69) or even the 400MHz XSCale-based gumstix ($169). Both can use the full GNU gcc tool chain and the Gumstix will even run Linux (all Free Software).

Robotics News - First Robot Rap Video in
History

Robotics News - First Robot Rap Video in
History 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
People have growing concerns and questions regarding the recent wave of new robotic advances. Do robots have thoughts and feelings? Do they dream? More importantly, do they leave the seat up when going to the restroom? [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]

Canadian robotics project makes waves

Canadian robotics project makes waves 01/23/2004 08:49 PM
globetechnology.com Jan 24 2004 1:17AM GMT

4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on ROBOTICS,
DISTANCE LEARNING

4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on ROBOTICS,
DISTANCE LEARNING 11/25/2003 10:22 PM
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ATI Ready to Accelerate

ATI Ready to Accelerate 06/24/2004 08:23 AM
TheStreet.com Jun 24 2004 12:22PM GMT

Cisco to accelerate new offerings

Cisco to accelerate new offerings 09/08/2004 04:27 PM
CNET News.com Sep 8 2004 8:36PM GMT

Accelerate Your Life (and PHP Scripts)

Accelerate Your Life (and PHP Scripts) 08/05/2002 10:44 PM

Car mechanics accelerate knowledge
online

Car mechanics accelerate knowledge
online 06/22/2004 05:48 AM
vnunet.com Jun 22 2004 10:04AM GMT

Mac OS X users can accelerate dial-up
with SlipStream

Mac OS X users can accelerate dial-up
with SlipStream 12/17/2003 02:26 PM
Mac OS X users who subscribe to select dial-up ISP services can take advantage of accelerated web-browsing and email capabilities now that SlipStream Data Inc. has added the OS to its offerings, the company announced on Wednesday.

SlipStream To Accelerate Mobile
Enterprise Workers

SlipStream To Accelerate Mobile
Enterprise Workers 09/23/2004 03:24 AM
SlipStream SE Version 2.1 delivers fast and secure access to corporate data for mobile and branch office employees [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]

Appliances accelerate XML data traffic
(eWeek)

Appliances accelerate XML data traffic
(eWeek) 08/27/2002 11:51 AM

Cisco plans to accelerate new product
offerings

Cisco plans to accelerate new product
offerings 09/08/2004 04:24 PM
Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers said today that his company plans to offer twice as many new products this year as ever before.

Momentum continues to accelerate for
UMTS TDD Alliance with new members

Momentum continues to accelerate for
UMTS TDD Alliance with new members 06/02/2004 08:48 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jun 2 2004 1:16PM GMT

Cisco Plans to Accelerate New Product
Offerings (Reuters)

Cisco Plans to Accelerate New Product
Offerings (Reuters) 09/08/2004 11:01 AM
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. , the world's largest maker of gear for directing Internet traffic, plans to offer twice as many new products this year as ever in its history, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Microsoft and BearingPoint Sign
Agreement to Accelerate the Development
and Delivery of IT Solutions to
Government Markets

Microsoft and BearingPoint Sign
Agreement to Accelerate the Development
and Delivery of IT Solutions to
Government Markets 05/18/2004 01:31 PM
BearingPoint, Inc., one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, and Microsoft Corp. today announced they have signed a multi-year agreement to accelerate the development and delivery of information technology (IT) solutions to national and local government markets worldwide. Based on Microsoft® enterprise software, these solutions are designed to help government organizations increase operational efficiency, improve service to citizens, and reduce costs.

VisualSim™ 2.5.5 facilitates painless
import of existing C/C++ system models,
to secure current investment and
accelerate design exploration

VisualSim™ 2.5.5 facilitates painless
import of existing C/C++ system models,
to secure current investment and
accelerate design exploration 09/15/2004 02:12 AM
This release simplifies import of existing C/C++ models with minimal modification, enables user-customization of the expression language, extends the context-sensitive documentation and adds numerous System Bus models. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

Mimeo.com, Inc.® Announces
Record-breaking Sales, Plus Inc. 500
Honor in 2004, Opens 30 New Sales
Positions to Accelerate Growth in
On-Demand Services Market in 2005

Mimeo.com, Inc.® Announces
Record-breaking Sales, Plus Inc. 500
Honor in 2004, Opens 30 New Sales
Positions to Accelerate Growth in
On-Demand Services Market in 2005 02/01/2005 09:17 PM
Mimeo.com, Inc., announced record-breaking growth in corporate revenue and margins for 2004, and makes the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies. Mimeo.com also announces the opening of 30 new sales positions to push further into the on-demand document services market in 2005. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

International Federation of Robotics Hosts Groundbreaking Advanced Robotics E-Symposium

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