Robotics - General News

Via DVICE and DigInfo TV, a late 2011 video on the TELESAR V:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMF0p15GPYg&feature=player_embedded

Also via DigInfo TV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJANdGdZYtE&feature=player_embedded
 
http://www.dvice.com/2013-2-15/15th-anniversary-lego-mindstorms-ev3-cozies-hackers
 
More of a cyborg entry:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9875931/Scientists-create-sixth-sense-brain-implant-to-detect-infrared-light.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21459745
 
Boston dynamic strike back


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jvLalY6ubc&feature=player_embedded


by the way that 35 lbs or 15 kg brick it trow


the Cylon apocalypse is near...
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8c9bdp7YI&feature=player_embedded

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/drone-claw/

Swooping down like a mechanized bird of prey comes the latest nightmare fuel from the robotics researchers at the University of Pennsylvania: a motorized claw attached to a drone that can grab objects and carry them away.

In a recent video, the university’s GRASP team — for General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception — show an AscTec Hummingbird quadrotor drone diving onto a cylinder and snatching it with a gripper claw before flying away. Taking a cue from how eagles work, the researchers believe that diving drones can make for drones that weigh less and use less power, using acceleration velocity gained from diving to quickly regain altitude. It may even be possible to build drones that perch. The drone is certainly lightweight enough: the quadrotor and the gripper-claw combined weigh less than a pound and a half.
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/animal-controlled-robots/
 
Something of a classic from 2004. You may have heard the name Neill Blomkamp before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETwKqJCUgAM
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scOd9aILwPY&feature=player_embedded

http://www.dvice.com/2013-4-3/video-darpa-tire-changing-robot-almost-good-mechanic
 
To cut in for a moment, this is via Slashdot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h9Mw-s9mzI&feature=player_detailpage
 
Reading the first linked article, I get the feeling, that today the term "device" or maybe "assistive device"
is often replaced with new terms, that have the word "robot" in it. Maybe it just sounds better, maybe it
somewhat distract from the real problem. The first mentioned "robot" in that article is already in use for
several years. It's simply called a "lifter" in nursing homes, newer examples even have arms, that look like
from a "real robot", not just like a cathead and often they are essential, as they allow even smaller persons
to work as geriatric nurse, a job that in the past often needed the physical conditions of a firefighter.
"Portable robot toilet" ? There already are nappies for older people fitted with a sensor and inflating if
triggered by humidity to prevent decubitus.
"Monitoring robot" ? Just have a look into a nursing home, those people wearing fancies bracelets or
necklaces there, often don't do that just because of stylish reasons !
And yes, all those "robots" are helpful, I think. But they don't solve the problem, of how to care for the
fast rising number of elderly people, that need care every day .
 
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http://kotaku.com/5988565/no-japan-these-are-not-americas-latest-killing-machines-sorry​
 
the French learn there NAO robot to dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHJf365p_zw


on same time in South Korea ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJl1x18xOv4
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mjOWpwbnmTw

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/armys-new-robotic-bird-drone-so-realistic-it-gets-/
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9xMoXywKyOs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-RdKv6QMx8&feature=player_embedded

(h/t Silent Reader over at MilitaryPhotos.net.)
 
Placed here for the moment because the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force may be buying a few. In fact the operational prototype is likely being operated at Fukushima by GSDF personnel (Central Readiness Force):

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http://techandfacts.com/honda-develops-new-robot-to-survey-fukushima-nuclear-plant/​

Late last year, electronics company Hitachi unveiled a large, 2.5-ton robot to help clean up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was damaged in the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Now Honda has developed a robot of its own to aid in the cleanup effort. Using technologies which were originally developed for the ASIMO humanoid robot, Honda and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) jointly developed a new high-access survey robot to collect data on the first floor of the damaged reactor.

When we think of robots doing our dirty work, we tend to imagine a humanoid robot that can walk around and do the things that a person could do. Honda and AIST’s new survey robot isn’t shaped like a human, but some of the technology it depends on was originally developed for Honda’s ASIMO, a humanoid robot that Honda has spent more than two decades developing. The development of the new survey-performing robot arm for Fukushima will in turn help accelerate the development of humanoid robots that could be used at disaster sites, Honda says.

The new survey robot rests on a mobile base, which contains a crawler platform, and it features an arm that was developed by Honda that can extend as far as 23 feet. The robot can be remote controlled via 400-meter fiber-optic wired LAN and wireless LAN. As for its unique survey abilities, the robot uses a zoom camera and a laser range finder to collect 3D data and to help identify sources of radiation. Using a 3D point cloud, the robot is able to transmit data that shows the exact shape of structures located inside the facility. According to Honda, the new robot began working inside the facility on June 18.

Source : http://www.honda.co.nz/news/news/2013/honda-jointly-develops-robot-for-post-earthquake-efforts-at-japan-s-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-station/
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Nice! It will be good to get hard facts about the state of reactors 1 - 3.
 
a Quadruple Backflip by a robot...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M0jhAuAuJI&feature=youtube_gdata
 
Can't believe we've left out this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkBnFPBV3f0

(New DARPA / Boston Dynamics project - we've seen a prototype 'run the gauntlet' but now we get to see the version that will be running with the other competitors in the Navy's disaster zone competition.)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ntlI-pDUxPE

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/jumping-flipping-robot-rhex-joins-freerunning-movement-141731536.html
 
can the new version of Rhex also run on two legs ?
his 6 years older version could do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNg0W_s8xE

if i could would launch a dozens Rhex to Moon, Mars, Mercury, Titan and other moons
it's perfect robot for the task
 
http://www.france24.com/en/20130727-worlds-first-fleet-marine-drones-being-tested
 
Included for the robots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILNSgou5BY&feature=player_embedded
 
;D

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10221399/Talking-robot-astronaut-blasts-into-space.html
http://www.dvice.com/2013-8-5/japan-has-launched-its-first-robot-astronaut-space

&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=92YBR9gEyYI
http://www.dvice.com/2013-8-2/video-giant-robots-evil-red-eyes-will-protect-humanity

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Published on Oct 3, 2013

Atlas is an anthropomorphic robot designed to operate on rough terrain. The video shows Atlas balancing as it walks on rocky terrain and when pushed from the side. The balance and control system places the feet and swings the arms and upper body to stay upright. The controller uses inertial, kinematic and load data from Atlas's sensors. Atlas is being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA's M3 program. For more information visit www.BostonDynamics.com
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6Okylclb8&feature=share&list=UU7vVhkEfw4nOGp8TyDk7RcQ
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IdK46Si7_vc

http://www.dvice.com/2013-9-30/worlds-smartest-emergency-robots-have-been-crowned​
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP7yP8hdLE

(h/t HK in AK over at MilitaryPhotos.net.)
 
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Google buy Boston Dynamics
http://www.zdnet.com/google-buys-boston-dynamics-the-big-dog-of-robotics-companies-7000024307/
The big dog in robotics: Google buy Boston Dynamics

also seems Apple show some interest in robotics, because they hiring engeniers spezialize in Robotics, according several soured in Internet and press
http://bgr.com/2013/04/03/apple-segway-engineer-john-morrel-412095/
 

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