Thursday, August 29, 2013

Robots in the Workplace - News Article

News Article of the Week


Suitable Technologies is betting on Robots in workplace before robots at home. Are they right? Is telepresence taking over your work?

Link: Why We'll Have Robots In The Workplace Before Robots At Home

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Germany Robot bartender serves up the future


Yeah but can this robot ignore me as a try and get a beer?

Monday, August 19, 2013

Child-Robot With Biomimetic Body (Cb2) Kid-Machine Accompanying Biomimetic Cadaver (Cb2)


Is it just me or is this creepy?

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Robots Becoming More Human - News Article

News Article of the Week


Here is a great article explaining how Robots are becoming closer and closer to us. Which of course when they become us, they will become us. Enjoy!
 
Excerpt:
"They can “smell” gas leaks, conduct underwater surveillance and even sort boxes by shape and color and toss them into the appropriate warehouse bin. Advances in sensor technology and software allow these machines to make split-second decisions without human masters overseeing them about how to follow a scent trail or where to go to next."
 
LinkRobots: Not human yet, but getting closer


A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors Looks Scary

Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics.

But can they deliver pizza's?