Robotics - General News

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?233786-DARPA-Robotics-Challenge-Trials-Broadcast-on-Youtube

 

[Michel Van]

Google "SCHAFT" won the DARPA contest in Miami this week


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


are we step closer to rescue robot ?

 

[Grey Havoc]

...are we step closer to rescue robot ?

Certainly looks that way.


A bit of related coverage:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1227/New-Pentagon-blueprint-sees-bigger-role-for-robot-warfare

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wR0AlIwEgSE
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?233937-NASA-reportedly-designing-futuristic-wheel-free-Mars-rover​

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://gizmodo.com/chinese-man-builds-giant-transformers-replica-to-propos-1490426517​

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://blog.cardomain.com/2010/03/04/odessa-iron-man-made-of-eastern-bloc-car-parts/​

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZNWd4FFYDv0
(h/t Nacho-Libre over at MilitaryPhotos.net )

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XbeVosPszo

Kurayami Hikaru


Published on Jul 23, 2013
Mecha's size comparison from various series

Hatsune Miku was used as the standard height for the comparison.

I once thought no robot could fight against Magneto (X-men). But after what have been seen in this clip, Magneto can go grow mushrooms in a corner ^^

Btw, i do not own this video.

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.dvice.com/2014-1-22/south-korea-give-robots-their-own-city-and-theme-park

http://www.dvice.com/2014-1-20/athletic-events-future-will-be-all-about-human-driven-mechs​

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26081448

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pBURWGr3AlU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i5zYK9FxORI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7PiG-FA11UM

(h/t Peltast over at MilitaryPhotos.net)

 

[Graham1973]

A trailer from Japans next Live-Action Anime film


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7zAWaL7EuQ

 

[Grey Havoc]

Our friend the Kuratas has a cameo in that film as a small construction labor.

In the same vein, a recent bit of viral marketing for the upcoming live action Ghost in the Shell movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=beKkf8Oo0GU
http://usvsth3m.com/post/55258934833/this-japanese-exoskeleton-is-clearly-nonsense-so-can

 

[Grey Havoc]

And speaking of the Kuratas, a couple of more videos:

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SaEIIKvIaE

 

[Michel Van]

not quite a robot, but ultra cool

a german daddy has build for him & his little daughter a Carnival costume
the P-5000 Caterpillar powerloader from ALIENS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN0cHYm3YtU

Text Translation:

Daddy/little daughter Costume
the P-5000 Caterpillar powerloader from ALIENS
Carnival 2014

light switch in left arm

Original sound by Bluetooth-Boonbox in backpack
(sound re edit because of video cut)

you can do party with it ?…
let's see…
little daughter is very happy ;D

can you hitchhike with it ?
nope

thanks for watching

 

[Grey Havoc]

More of a drone than a robot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8NdCQYRKxI

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTIpdtv_AK8

http://www.dvice.com/2014-5-12/six-legged-speedster-bot-runs-circles-around-you​

 

[Jemiba]

About the claim "the fastest legged robot" I would expect strong opposition from the
designers of other examples of that type: Actually it uses a kind of wheel and a rotating
motion, similar of course, to the way of running of several cartoon characters (e.g. the
Flintstones). Nevertheless, it's not walking or running in the normal sense of the word,
I think.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Thanks, nagoyablue!


With regards to RaBOT, I've just come across it's current descendent, MEISTer:

IMAGE CREDIT: MHI/MarineLink​

http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/04/Atoms_In_JapanMHI_Conducts_RemoteControlled_Robot_Demo_Test_/
http://www.noodls.com/view/CB83C288047414E4AE8355C6E654776D0779174E?2240xxx1393964400

http://www.marinelink.com/news/introducing-disaster349963.aspx

Interestingly, the article at the last link claims that MARS-D was a sister robot to RaBOT.

The MEISTeR was developed based on the RaBOT (Radiation-proof Robot) delivered by MHI to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute at that time) as one of several nuclear hazard response robots developed in the wake of the accident at the nuclear fuel processing facility in Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, in 1999. MHI incorporated further improvements into the MARS-D, the RaBOT's sister robot, leveraging technology cultivated in the development of inspection and information gathering robots for the nuclear power facility.

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/robotic-helpers-scientists-tout-cheap-robot-assembles-itself-180247681.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/11017716/Watch-scientists-invent-origami-robot-that-can-assemble-itself.html

 

[Jemiba]

Nearer and nearer to Anatolij Dnjeprows novel "Insel der Krebse" (Island of the crabs) from
1975 (There even was a TV movie, but maybe it was broadcasted in Germany only) !
On an island crab like robots are tested, which only have the function, to replicate themselves,
using an adaptive software, which quickly leads to a kind of Darwinistic development amongst
that population.
Was a great movie for its days, but regarded as highly utopic then ...

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/largest-robot-swarm-ever/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JmyTJSYw77g​

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://phys.org/news/2014-08-robo-brain-robots-internet.html

[Raises eyebrow]


EDIT: http://www.technology.org/2014/08/26/update-robo-brain-mines-internet-teach-robots/

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvzvyX7Xn-U&feature=player_embedded

The project’s omniRob robots are intended mainly for performing tasks in confined spaces, using their manipulator arms

http://www.gizmag.com/valeri-airplane-building-robots/33534/​

 

[Grey Havoc]

Why does this remind me of Roujin Z.

9:03 pm, August 30, 2014


The Yomiuri Shimbun


The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said it aims to start a project to develop “robot wheelchairs,” which detect the user’s intentions from their brain waves and automatically move in line with the user’s will.

While the graying of Japan’s population continues, the ministry expects that robot wheelchairs will be put to practical use in nursing care facilities, where a labor shortage is predicted.

The ministry aims to utilize the robot wheelchairs at 2020 Tokyo Paralympic venues to introduce them to the rest of the world as an advanced technology.

The ministry included ¥500 million for development costs in its initial budget request for next fiscal year’s government budget.

In cooperation with research institutes, telecommunications companies and machinery manufacturers, the ministry aims to put the technology to practical use possibly in 2017.


The planned robot wheelchairs will have sensors that detect users’ intentions by analyzing their brain waves and nervous system activity, moving automatically.

Some research institutions, such as Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International based in Kyoto Prefecture, have studied technologies needed for the robot wheelchairs. They include a system in which computers recognize users’ intentions if users think about the directions, for example right or left, in which they want to move.

In their experiments, wheelchairs have successfully moved short distances and other machines have been made to perform simple operations with home electronic appliances.

The ministry also plans to establish a telecommunication technology with which multiple wheelchairs will be connected by networks so that their users will be able to share information about obstacles and uneven surfaces.

Under the planned system, wheelchairs will calculate current locations and routes to destinations. The latest information from wheelchairs that have passed through dangerous places will be sent to other wheelchairs to help them choose routes that avoid danger.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001533914

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201409020065

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/mit-cheetah-robot-runs-jumps-0915


http://mashable.com/2014/09/15/the-rise-of-the-robot-pitchman/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWkaVHfcUk&feature=player_embedded

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7WEXoiJRh8&feature=player_embedded
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/tiny-humanoid-robot-learning-to-fly-real-airplanes​

 

[Grey Havoc]

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

;D

 

[Jemiba]

Somewhat OT, as it doesn't actually is about robots, but it shows pretty well, I think, that small bugs,
that remain totally unnoticed for a long time, may have serious effects ! Found it in an article in the
latest issue of the German "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" magazin, but it's described here, too:
http://hexus.net/tech/news/peripherals/58605-serious-number-changing-bug-found-xerox-scans/

For short: Photocopies, here made with copiers from Xerox showed changes in the copies with regards
to the originals. Not just unreadable parts of a copy, but perfectly changed numbers on them ! May have
been a way to fudge documents, without evidence of doing it attentionally ?
Honi soit qui mal y pense ....

 

[Grey Havoc]

Another clip from the The Next Generation -Patlabor- :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnXP1taY6A&feature=player_embedded

 

[Michel Van]

The Next Generation -Patlabor-

That is so hilarious and i even not understand one single word
but the facial expression make me laugh hard almost fell out chair

Alone the second video
what is bigger menace ?
the Gangster with big MG taking hostage
or
the house high mechs pilot by a drunken police officer dealing with situation….

 

[Grey Havoc]

;D


Via Raden5 over at MilitaryPhotos.net:

October 18, 2014. TV channel Russia-24. Series "Russian Weapons". JSC CRI Burevestnik.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTZXhn0CZc&feature=player_embedded


Here's a bit of TF2 themed humor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQNx0yvnMRQ


And finally:

http://www.businessinsider.com/megabots-at-new-york-comic-con-2014-10

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/10/18/2254224/robot-smackdowns-wants-to-bring-robot-death-matches-to-an-arena-near-you

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://video.wired.com/watch/nasa-tests-robotic-gas-station-attendant-for

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/china-high-demand-robots-too-many-robot-manufacturers-212005983--sector.html

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://betabeat.com/2014/10/googles-new-computer-with-human-like-learning-abilities-will-program-itself/

It appears to utilise Fuzzy Logic, among other things.

 

[Grey Havoc]

SoftBank's humanoid robot lands job as Nescafe salesman (Reuters)

From the June rollout of Pepper:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27709828

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://gizmodo.com/andy-rubin-is-leading-a-secret-google-project-to-build-1476234654

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/technology/google-puts-money-on-robots-using-the-man-behind-android.html

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/lunar_tests/index.html?SITE=AP

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201411030042

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/11/04/artificial-intelligence-outperforms-average-japanese-high-school-senior/


http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/11/03/6486612_emoshape-provide-intelligent-machines.html?sp=/100/773/385/&rh=1


http://gizmodo.com/darpa-funded-researchers-have-tested-a-drone-that-can-l-1654444124