‘Recently, there has been considerable anxiety regarding the technological revolution we are now in. Members of the scientific community and the general public have expressed their concerns regarding the possibility of an A.I. replacing human beings. The following article is an argument to prove why this will never happen.
First of all, what is a robot? […]
He was young and had barely embarked on what looked to be a promising career in robotics, but Motohiro Kisoi had a vision.
In the months before his death in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, Kisoi, then a 23-year-old postgraduate student of robot technology at Kobe University, dreamed of developing a humanoid robot that could help […]
‘Lausanne (Switzerland), June. 19 (PTI): Chennai-born engineer Shrihari Vasudevan’s claim to fame may not be a long walk when he completes the “brain mapping” of a “home companion” robot, a prestigious project of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, expected to be accomplished by 2008.
“Yes, it will be a dream come true for me. […]
‘A computer-science professor has combined a $99 Linux single-board-computer, called Gumstix because it’s roughly the size of a stick of chewing gum, with a motor and propeller and sent the package aloft, maintaining control via a wireless LAN connection.’
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‘Robotic bins that move and chuckle, benches that flock together and sing when the sun comes out, have been unleashed in Cambridge.
The Junction, one of the city’s arts venues, unveiled the public arts display in the Plaza on Thursday.
The “interactive” technology will allow the street furniture to respond to members of the public.
The […]
‘NASA’s next mission to Mars will attempt to put a long-armed lander on icy ground in the north.
The agency approved Thursday the Phoenix lander for an August 2007 launch.
Phoenix will look for possible water ice and signs of life.
The project was selected in 2003 for planning and design, and will now begin to prepare for […]
‘From building cars to exploring other planets, robots have proven to be useful partners in advancing human achievement. These magnificent machines have been the focus of many movies, in which they are depicted as mimicking their human counterparts by walking, talking and behaving like human beings.
With the latest breakthrough in robotics technology, robots may actually […]
‘Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), a cutting-edge developer of robots in Kansai Science City in Seikacho, Kyoto Prefecture, recently set up an affiliate to sell humanoid robots.
The affiliate, ATR-Robotics Co., which was set up on Jan. 14, has entrusted post offices in the Kansai region to take orders for the robots and ship them […]
Just saw this amazing story about a Boy who invented the first robo-guide dog.
‘A schoolboy has developed the country’s first robo-guide dog to help his blind schoolmate.
Matthew Wilson from Stockport designed and built the robot in four weeks which detects walls, steps and kerbs using a system of laser beams.
Eleven-year-old Richard Howarth, who usually has […]
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