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Robot YottaFiler
Filing Yotta-Stuff About Robots {created 8 June 2008} |
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What are Neurobots?
Simple question: "Can we build a brain from the ground up, one neuron (or so) at a time?" Not so simple answer: "That's the goal of neurobotics, a science that sits at the convergence of robotics, artificial intelligence, computer science, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, physiology, mathematics and several different engineering disciplines." HPlusMagazine.com::Here Come the Neurobots [08 June 2009, top] |
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Robotic Farmhands Make Sense
Robotic farmhands... duh! John Billingsley is correct when he says: "Automation is becoming a necessity rather than an enhancement." NewScientists.com::Robot farmhands prepare to invade the countryside [01 June 2009, top] |
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An Interview With the CEO of iRobot
Jonathan Skillings of CNET News did an excellent job interviewing Colin Angle--CEO and co-found of iRobot Corp.--on 16 April 2009.
"There is always going to be, at least for a long time to come,
a human in the loop, as far as trying to decide when a robot
should employ lethal force. You know, AI is not to the point
where a machine should be making a life-or-death decision,
and I wouldn't even be able to tell you when I thought that
might actually come to pass."--Colin Angle
Could advances in AI (Artificial Intelligence) grow exponentially given the capabilities of supercomputing and 21st century informatics?
"People don't understand that before we have a robot human,
people are going to be doing things like incorporating robot
technology into their own bodies."--Colin Angle
News.CNet.com::Q&A: iRobot taps into its Warrior spirit [Extra] TechRadar.com::2009: Year of the kill-bot? [03 May 2009, top] |
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Peter Singer on Military Robots and War
Peter Singer is Director of the 21st Defense Initiative and he has been writing a lot about robots over the last couple months. Brookings.edu::Military Robots and the Laws of War [22 April 2009, top] |
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Flying Robots
I consider The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock to be one scary movie. These days there seems to be birds everywhere and sometimes I wonder what life would be like of the birds turned bad. But I'm not sure I'm ready for the day when we'll be exclaiming: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it superman? No, it's a robot! Discovery.com::Bird Maneuvers Inspire Next-Gen Flying Robots [10 April 2009, top] |
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Outsourcing Science to Robots
Kudos to the University of Cambridge and the United Kingdom's Aberystwyth University for creating a robot named Adam that was able to "formulate and test 20 hypotheses about gene coding for 13 enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer's yeast). UPI.com::Robot scientist acts without human aid [03 April 2009, top] |
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HRP-4C Humanoid Robot Continues to Evolve
In the future, Japan is going to use robots to care for its aging population.
"The HRP-4C humanoid robot showed off her stormtrooper-like
silver and black frame and bowed to a fashion-savvy audience
at the start of the annual Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo -- but
even her creators admit the mechanical model needs more work."
The keyword in the following hyperlink is "yet"... Tech.Yahoo.com::Robot model no challenge yet to human rivals (Reuters) [23 March 2009, top] |
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Using Robots With ASD Children
The following was copied from "Exploration, Vanderbilt's Online Research Magazine."
"There is a lot of research going on around the world today
trying to use robots to treat children with autism spectrum
disorders, or ASD. It has shown that the children are attracted
to robots, raising the promise that appropriately designed robots
could play an important role in their treatment," says Nilanjan
Sarkar, associate professor of mechanical engineering at
Vanderbilt University. "However, the efforts so far have
been quite limited because they haven't had a way to monitor
the emotional state of the children, which would allow the
robot to respond automatically to their reactions."
If this isn't 21st century stuff, then I don't know what is. Vanderbilt.edu::Robots that monitor emotions of ASD children [03 March 2009, top] |
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Carl Hayden High is a Robotics Powerhouse
The following was posted to the AzFoo@AzCentral.com blog. Kudos to the Arizona Republic reporting on Carmen at Carl Hayden High (page B1 on 02009.02.24). Carmen is Carl Hayden High's robot for this year's FIRST robotics contest. [Note: FIRST is For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.] Carl Hayden High is a powerhouse when it comes to robotics and they are an asset for the state of Arizona, the United States of America, and the world. Excellent job Allan Cameron and Faridodin "Fredi" Lajvardi. And an A+ to all the student members of Carl Hayden High's robotics team. Go Carmen! Four years ago Wired Magazine wrote about robotics at Carl Hayden High. Wired.com::La Vida Robot (April 02005) [25 February 2009, top] |
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Personal Computers Today, Personal Robots Tomorrow
Alexander Stoytchev is Director of the Development Robotics Laboratory at Iowa State University. The following sounds like an interesting combination of disciplines.
"His research specialty is developmental robotics, a blend of
robotics, artificial intelligence, developmental psychology,
developmental neuroscience and philosophy."
I agree with Stoytchev when he says...
"In the not-too-distant future, we will have personal robots
just like we have personal computers today. The robots of
the future will be generalists. They will be employed in a
large variety of tasks that require a lot more smarts and
autonomy than is currently possible. They will have the
ability to learn how to perform new tasks on their own
without human intervention."
ScienceDaily.com::Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey? ECE.IaState.edu::Alexander Stoychev's Home Page [09 February 2009, top] |
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Meet Stair (Stanford AI Robot)
Stair is the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot.
"Stair represents a new wave of AI, one that integrates learning,
vision, navigation, manipulation, planning, reasoning, speech
and natural-language processing." -- ComputerWorld.com
AI (Artificial Intelligence) and robots go together like bread and butter. ComputerWorld.com::Future Watch: A.I. comes of age [26 January 2009, top] |
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Maybe Robots Will Play in Peoria, Illinois
I posted the following to my AzFoo@AzCentral.com blog on 2009.01.26. Title: Caterpillar, robotics and Peoria, Illinois Caterpillar announced it is eliminating 20,000 jobs. I'm not from Peoria, Illinois, but I've been there and I feel for its residents. [side-bar] Peoria, Arizona, was started by four families who moved to Arizona from Peoria, Illinois, back in the late-1880s. I hope Caterpillar continues working on autonomous large haul trucks. I'm concerned that the United States is not the leader that it should be when it comes to robotics. I find it ironic that our country need companies like Caterpillar to help lead us into the Age of Robotics, yet it is robotics that probably enables Caterpillar to fire 20,000 employees and still do $50 billion a year in revenue. Who knows... maybe robots will play in Peoria. Speaking of robotic trucks... CMU.edu::Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute and Caterpillar Inc. To Automate Large Off Highway Haul Trucks [26 January 2009, top] |
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About the Robot YottaFiler
The Robot YottaFiler blog was started on 8 June 2008 and it started 2009 with 42 postings. The following is a copy of the first posting to the Robot YottaFiler.
Robot YottaFiler Archives: 2008 [01 January 2009, top] |
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Creator: Gerald Thurman
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