Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway-like robotic vehicles. A sophisticated on-board software system takes the thermal...
Technology has become increasingly desirable to people seeking help with — well, anything. It’s easy, convenient and you don’t have to deal with those pesky fellow human beings we all can’t stand. Now, there’s a virtual therapist who can theoretically … More »
This Robot Detects Depression, But...
Don't know what the book is called or who the author is. Here is the plot I can sum up/remember:
Somewhere in the future, robots are mistreated because they aren't sentient, so these two people create a robot, programmed to be fully sentient to oppose the way humans treat the robot.
Basically...
What's something/ a task you have to do everyday or frequently throughout your life that you wish someone would hurry up and invent a robot or gadget to do it for you? Thanks.
What's something/ a task you have to do everyday or frequently throughout your life that you wish someone would hurry up and invent a robot or gadget to do it for you? Thanks.
When you think of robot rock, your mind probably drifts to something like dubstep, but this robot band rocks out in a far more traditional sense. This is Compressorhead at practice, jamming out to Ace of Spades. They'll be playing at Big Day Out 2013, but before then they've got to practice...
I'm playing a Facebook game Robot Rising and this made me wonder, is there any science fiction written from the point of view of robots? Perhaps they could have cities, factions, conflicts, and they would of course have some human traits. If you know of any such books or movies (or even games)...
I'm playing a Facebook game Robot Rising and this made me wonder, is there any science fiction written from the point of view of robots? Perhaps they have cities, factions, conflicts, and they would of course have some human traits. If you know of any such books or movies (or even games), please...
Tears of Steel is a crowd-funded short from the Blender Institute in Amsterdam, and was made using Blender, an open source 3D content creation suite. It's also pretty awesome. More »
This little chap, known as Wall-Ye V.I.N., might look adorable, but he means business. With four wheels, two arms, six cameras, and on-board GPS, he's capable of pruning 600 vines a day in order to help make the wine you swill every evening. More »
There is a maze
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72602175/MAZE.jpg
A wall sensing robot will sense the wall and then plot the ball in the box which would loaded already in it. There are 3 boxes, red, green, blue... Robot has to plot the box in the sequence of RED, GREEN and BLUE. The box can be...
This week, we're writing about ways that you can become a better runner,*from tricks to keep your mind from wandering, and foods to fuel your body. But for a lot of folks who run, there's nothing more motivational than a buddy. Unfortunately, running buddies have historically been humans,*which...
It's Friday, so let's do something light and weird, shall we? Like robot prostitutes. According to some New Zealand researchers, brothels of the future will feature robot prostitutes, "a range of sexual gods and goddesses of different ethnicity, body shapes, ages, languages and sexual features"...
Designer Mika Barr apparently took their inspiration for these angular faceted pillows from the patterned creases seen when you unfold an origami creation. And even though they actually can't feel, we doubt even a robot would find these comfy. More »
ok, i made my on personalized greeting and dont like it, and i dont want to make a new one, i just want to have the robot lady back. and i went through ll my settings and it will only let me redo my greeting myself and i dont want that. please help me! thank you!
with hat n cape..? this cartoon used to come on tv in 90's. this had a robot which could transform into a robot from a truck/vehicle and it was blue in color with red cape n a hat. the drivers/pilots had some kinda suit and the weapon(gun) they had were having some kind of strength controller in...