‘Professor Chul-Goo Kang and his colleagues at Institute for Robotics and Intelligent System (IRIS) of Konkuk University successfully developed an intelligent arm-wrestling robot, named ‘Robo Arm-Wrestler’, for the first time in the world and unveiled it to public at the Future Tech Korea 2005 festival, held in COEX.
Robo Arm-Wrestler automatically adjusts its strength for the […]
‘A robotics developer with links to the Israeli military said it is launching development of an upgraded bomb-disposal robot.
InRob Tech Ltd., which develops wireless control systems for unmanned ground vehicles, said Tuesday (Nov. 22) it will begin developing a larger version of its bomb-disposal robot. The beefed up system will have a 130-lb. lifting capacity […]
‘For the past four years, Brian Scassellati has been researching the uses of humanoid robots that can interact with people by natural social cues. Scassellati spoke last Friday on “Social Robots, Social Development and Social Disorders,” in which he demonstrated the uses of social robots when applied to autism diagnosis and therapy.
Scassellati, a computer science […]
‘AFTER carrying it safely for nearly a billion kilometres, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa has managed to lose its asteroid-hopping robot when the duo were within 200 metres of their destination.
The 10-centimetre-tall robot, called Minerva, was going to snap close-up images of the asteroid Itokawa, and measure surface temperatures. Hayabusa failed to release the robot during […]
‘A team of doctors from the United States and Argentina will do surgery with robot arms, the first one in Latin America, an expert from the team told Argentineradio on Friday.
The robot arms will operate on the esophagus of a patient with a digestive disorder in the Clincas Hospital in Buenos Aires on Sunday, Luis […]
‘Robots that ‘feel’ objects and their texture could soon become a reality thanks to the innovative and interdisciplinary research of the AMouse, or artificial mouse, project.
But even more important, perhaps, are the lessons researchers learned about robot design and artificial intelligence. The project funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies initiative of the IST programme […]
‘The T-Rot thinking robot will make its public debut at the APEC forum underway now in Busan, Korea. T-Rot is shown below tending bar at the Robot Cafe, pouring a drink for Kim Mun-Sang, director of the Ministry of Science and Technology Robot taskforce).
T-Rot has two cameras which help it recognize both people and objects […]
‘Singapore launched its first National Education Robotics Competition (NERC) on Thursday, aiming to increase the profile of robotics learning among young Singaporeans.
The goal of the competition is to create a smart fire detector.
Speaking at the event, Minister of State for Education and Trade and Industry Chan Soo Sen encouraged the young enthusiasts to tap into […]
‘Combining robotically assisted coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) with stented angioplasty shows promise for treating extensive coronary artery disease, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005.
“The minimally invasive procedure effectively bypassed or opened blocked arteries in all 27 patients, an outcome as good or better than you would expect with open chest […]
‘Dr. Wayne Poll is no slave to technology, even when it comes to Riverside Methodist Hospital’s new da Vinci robotic surgical system, which he holds in high regard.
The da Vinci robot may be a useful tool in certain surgeries, he said, but the decision-making and surgical movements remain under the control of the doctor in […]
‘Shares of iRobot Corp. closed up more than 11 percent in Wednesday’s trading debut for the world’s largest maker of mobile robots for the consumer market, from the floor-cleaning Roomba to the soldier-accompanying Packbot. The 15-year-old Burlington, Mass.-based company offered 4.3 million shares at $24. They rose as high as $34.16 before retreating to close […]
‘Echoes of a “hydrogen economy” are reverberating across the country, but a number of roadblocks stand in the way. One of the biggest, experts say, is the high cost of manufacturing fuel cells.
A new research project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute aims to tackle the challenge of mass production by using robots to assemble fuel cell […]
‘But now scientists in California’s Neurosciences Institute (NSI) in La Jolla have created a robot called “Darwin VII” that operates on biological principles rather than computing ones.
The trashcan-shaped robot has what works like 20,000 “brain cells.” It uses a CCD camera for vision, microphones for its hearing, and various sensors for touch and taste, as […]
‘Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are getting closer to being able to manipulate the speed and control of robots.
Today’s robots, both large and micro, can potentially go wherever it’s too hot, cold, dangerous, small or remote for people to perform any number of important tasks, from repairing leaking water mains to […]
‘Most of the elderly or disabled visitors to the Toyota Pavillion at the just-concluded 2005 Aichi Expo near Nagoya must have come off encouraged and inspired by the automobile giant’s future generation products under its theme of “movement is life”.
There could be some among the legions of Japan’s affluent post-war baby-boomers and soon-to-be-retirees who might […]