Featured Image: Johnny Robot. SOURCE: Cliker.com (Public Domain)
Submitted by Rick Osmon
If ever a report needs to be put into our “Robots Replacing Humans” this one fits the bill. From what I know suicide is strictly a human pastime. . . EDITOR
From Huffington Post Posted: 11/13/2013 1:26 pm EST | Updated: 11/13/2013 6:55 pm EST
Robot Suicide? Rogue Roomba Switches Self On, Climbs Onto Hotplate, Burns Up
A rogue Roomba has made robot history. After hoovering up stray cereal on the kitchen counter one too many times, the fed-up bot committed suicide. . . Read Complete Report
Featured Image: TOPIO (“TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot”) is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being. TOPIO version 3.0 at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition, Nov 2009. CREDIT: Humanrobo SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license). FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY.
Another report for our Robots into Humans archive. . . EDITOR
(Phys.org) —Researchers designing adult bipedal robots have faced a challenge in limitations in a robot’s walking pattern. They seek ways to improve on designs to have robots move more naturally. Improving the walking function has been the goal of researchers at the Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University in Japan. Last month, led by Professor Atsuo Takanishi, the team presented the results of their efforts at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Germany. What they achieved more closely replicates normal human foot movements than before. . . Read Complete Report
Photo: RP-Vida – new robot, developed by In Touch Health in partnership with iRobot to build “the world’s most advanced and easy-to-use remote presence robot.” SOURCEIn Touch Health
An important report to be added to our “Robots Replacing Humans” research archive. You medical workers out there should pay particular attention to this one. . . EDITOR
(Phys.org)—The FDA has approved RP-VITA from iRobot and InTouch Health. This is an autonomous medical robot which will be able to make its rounds of hospital corridors in the U.S. within the next few months. The RP-VITA robot, to cost hospitals between $4,000 and $6,000 a month to operate, has the distinction of being an autonomous moving, telepresence robot that can allow doctors remotely to interact with their hospital patients. . . . Read Complete Report
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2012) — Computer scientists from the University of Bonn have developed a new robot whose source code and design plan is publicly accessible. It is intended to facilitate the entry into research on humanoids, in particular, the TeenSize Class of the RoboCup. The scientists recently introduced the new robot at the IROS Conference (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) in Portugal.
With its white head and black body, “NimbRo-OP” looks almost human. After all, at a height of 95 centimeters, it is almost the size of a small child. Among soccer robots, it counts as a “grown-up.” . . . Read Complete Report
Here is another report to add to our “Robots into Humans” Research archives. Sometimes I have to make sure I’m awake when I study my research on this subject. It’s moving in leaps and bounds.
My preliminary investigation indicates that the Controllers are very interested in the progress of creating robots who take on the abilities of humans. After all they’ll need somebody to pick the melons. . . . EDITOR
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The monkeys were able to use the robot arm to feed themselves treats
Monkeys have been able to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts, scientists report.
The animals were able to feed themselves using prosthetic arms, which were controlled by brain activity.
Small probes, the width of a human hair, were inserted into the monkeys’ primary motor cortex – the region of the brain that controls movement.
Writing in Nature journal, the authors said their work could eventually help amputees and people who are paralyzed.
Lead researcher Dr Andrew Schwartz, who is based at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said: “We are beginning to understand how the brain works using brain-machine interface technology.. . . Read Complete Report
are we headed into the robotics age and do not even realize it , are we using technology too soon before the debate , is there even a debate , should we slow down the integration of robotics into society , it would be fine if we had angels in charge and not the military machine, why is it that all robots being devoleped are for killing , will robots completely replace soldiers , do we even care that robots are for ending life instead of helping life , just some questions you should ask a friend
Researchers in the Personal Robotics Lab of Ashutosh Saxena, assistant professor of computer science, have already taught robots to identify common objects, pick them up and place them stably in appropriate locations. Now they’ve added the human element by teaching robots to “hallucinate” where and how humans might stand, sit or work in a room, and place objects in their usual relationship to those imaginary people.
Their work will be reported at the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, June 21 in Quebec, and the International Conference of Machine Learning, June 29 in Edinburgh, Scotland. . . . Read complete Report
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Robots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch
Researchers at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering published a study today in Frontiers in Neurorobotics showing that a specially designed robot can outperform humans in identifying a wide range of natural materials according to their textures, paving the way for advancements in prostheses, personal assistive robots and consumer product testing. . . . Read Complete Post
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And the biggest breakthrough of the times . . .
British researchers create robot that can learn simple words by conversing with humans
The work, published this week in the journal PLoS One, offers insight into how babies transition from babbling to speaking their first words.
The three-foot-tall robot, named DeeChee, was built to produce any syllable in the English language. But it knew no words at the outset of the study, speaking only babble phrases like “een rain rain mahdl kross.”
During the experiment, a human volunteer attempted to teach the robot simple words for shapes and colors by using them repeatedly in regular speech. . . . Read Complete Report
by Evan Ackerman
IEEE Via Wired.com
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:17 CST
In the movie Avatar, humans hooked themselves up to brain-machine-interface pods with which they could control giant genetically engineered human-alien hybrids. It’s just a movie, but DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, doesn’t care: It wants this kind of system to be real, just replace “giant genetically engineered human-alien hybrids” with “robots.”In its 2012 budget, DARPA has decided to pour US $7 million into the “Avatar Project,” whose goal is the following: “develop interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bi-pedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.” Whoa.. . . Read complete report
