Robotics - General News

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/540916/robots-lay-three-times-as-many-bricks-as-construction-workers/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W9J15fDAFxc&list=PL15KbAxfKZE2seFwt1ewEeLgqqS2Shae4

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/when-robots-start-acting-like-humans-you-can-expect-the-1729804861
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941

You will notice a few interesting omissions from the jobs list...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qb5UIPeFClM
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/is-this-clever-robot-proof-machines-will-inherit-the-earth--ZJosIcYDIx
 
Marines testing out the slimmer/quieter electric dog. Seems like basic load carrying could be implemented right now if they really wanted to deploy it. Other tasks depends more on AI but I am guessing they don't want to buy a single purpose piece of hardware.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5Ogpw9uuY
 
bobbymike said:
http://www.popsci.com/watch-drone-land-on-robot-dog?src=SOC&dom=fb
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The video from the above article:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IO_sZ6FBAwQ


Separately, here's another interesting drone video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MBW8zoZUR4&feature=player_embedded
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/watch-an-incredible-drone-fly-at-crazy-speeds-through-a-1733457483
 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a17598/a-vision-of-russian-robotic-landwar/?utm_content=buffer9e88a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/06/autonomous-weapons-un-delay-robot-wars
 
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robot-unfolds-legs-to-walk?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29
 
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/10/top-5-coolest-robots-biggest-us-land-warfare-show/122823/?oref=d-river
 
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/02/marines-are-building-robotic-war-balls/105258/?oref=DefenseOneFB&&

I'm waiting for military version of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08kyNhk48Ig
 
While we are on the Halloween trend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGE_h4jBBXc

EDIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ey4MVSpqhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FQR-JgqAwU
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHuKJUGFcsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZzwVwzAWME&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3336874/Can-robot-replace-humans-Engineers-create-Walk-Man-droid-moves-like-person.html

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/walk-man-humanoid-walks-tall-144401206.html​
 
A couple of BBC pieces on robotics, one a recent short, and the other a full documentary from earlier in the year:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34703825


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFc85XAr0l4
 
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/04/a-baby-step-on-way-to-robots-learning-every-human-thing.html
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJBARrYDG8
http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-robot-tamer-control-industrial-machines-with-si-1748884318​


http://www.techrepublic.com/article/humans-2-0-how-the-robot-revolution-is-going-to-change-how-we-see-feel-and-talk/​
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9P9_QM8cN8&feature=player_embedded
http://gizmodo.com/disneys-new-rolling-robot-climbs-walls-like-a-gecko-1750083587​
 
Grey Havoc said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9P9_QM8cN8&feature=player_embedded
http://gizmodo.com/disneys-new-rolling-robot-climbs-walls-like-a-gecko-1750083587​
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That is if a Gecko deployed rotor blades to generate downforce. A smart Gecko would flip the blades 180 degrees and fly up the wall.
 
The amount of power used to generate downforce is probably a lot less than needed for vertical flight. Plus, downforce requires no fine control, just very general direction.
 
TomS said:
The amount of power used to generate downforce is probably a lot less than needed for vertical flight. Plus, downforce requires no fine control, just very general direction.
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Still a lot more than just having sticky feet. Nature has come up with some pretty complex mechanisms but I don't think any creature ever had their digestive track terminate on their back to provide down force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqF-ND2XcY
 
fredymac said:
Still a lot more than just having sticky feet. Nature has come up with some pretty complex mechanisms but I don't think any creature ever had their digestive track terminate on their back to provide down force.
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Nature didn't invent wheels either. Sometimes we can do better.
 
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12073587/Meet-Nadine-the-worlds-most-human-like-robot.html​
 
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-11-02/gundam-global-challenge-winners-aim-to-make-life-size-statue-move/.94734
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-12-12/walking-gundam-plan-comes-in-for-criticism-on-japanese-talk-show/.96403
 
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/01/the-first-international-beauty-contest-judged-by-robots/

[Raises eyebrow]
 
Grey Havoc said:
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/01/the-first-international-beauty-contest-judged-by-robots/

[Raises eyebrow]
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Always the girl with the biggest..........hard drive wins. But that said beauty in the human face is more often than not a product of symmetry of the facial features in addition, in women, to hip/waist ratios so with facial recognition already here measuring symmetry and other ratios would not seem to difficult.
 
Overlooked this somehow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgJWwAx8Mo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/29/yamaha_motobot/
 
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/a-robot-life-preserver-goes-to-work-in-the-greek-refugee-crisis/
 
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http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-robots-in-movies-and-tv-1752511629​

Some interesting omissions.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jvdKNBSWPyU
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-drone-casually-capturing-another-drone-in-a-net​
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cegKFOW5fM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTwX1Z68qMY
 
Well they could have re-staged the finale' from "Close Encounters" with a giant drone mothership and all the little ships making star constellation figures around it.

Personally I would rather watch drones engaged in a laser dogfight set to the Star Wars theme.
 
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-11/27/roborace-autonomous-cars-formula-e

The first global autonomous car racing championship will start in 2016, the creators of Formula E have announced.

Known as RoboRace, the series will see completely autonomous electric cars compete in one-hour races designed to test artificial intelligence.

Races, which will take place on the same day and circuits as the Formula E championship, will have 10 teams and 20 cars competing.
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