Robotics - General News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AvKHrDXvUsM
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/cybathalon-2016-a-competition-for-augmented-humans
 
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They are developing close quarter combat capabilities for robots. Oh Joy.

Another one you may have already seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UH0k2hFHzyc
http://gizmodo.com/were-definitely-going-to-regret-training-atlas-like-the-1656831127


A couple of separate developments:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/militarys-darpa-lab-creates-wearable-robot-to-help-soldiers-run-faster/

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532341/next-generation-robot-needs-your-help/
 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429952.400-biodrone-simply-melts-away-when-it-crashes.html#.VGT9mk3bKM8
The spooks will love this, assuming something similar isn't already in use, that is.


http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532431/rise-of-the-robot-security-guards/
There are more advanced security robots, but the K5 may find a comfortable niche in the lower cost part of the market.
 
A project that has been on-going since the early 2000s, the Hallucigenia project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYaP1CYC-GM&feature=player_detailpage

http://furo.org/en/works/hallucigenia01.html
 
Going back to the Hallucigenia project, from 2006 a demonstration of a working scale model of it's locomotive platform:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LyyQKzDCDQw
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=75yJUW91lTs
http://gizmodo.com/the-world-as-seen-by-a-self-driving-car-1671297924
 
A little bit off topic: a Russian Sci Fi Short Movie


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Russian Politicians give power to Robot Police Force and lose the control
a grim view of thing to come in Robotics and AI...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nc8a9gnDso&spfreload=10
 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/g1872/what-robots-can-do-now/?
 
sferrin said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96WePgcg37I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xolH02Zba04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7koY_YxD8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgxtIPIDBnY
 
Well it time for Festo's annual slightly creepy really cool bio inspired robot show. B)

Ants and Butterflies this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gu3z7w4Vc8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFsMMToxxls
 
http://www.cnet.com/news/tiny-gecko-inspired-robots-lug-massive-weights/#ftag=CAD590a51e
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMn99bd-G-E&feature=player_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMoXywKyOs&feature=player_embedded
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/30/tech/mci-robochimp/
 
http://www.popsci.com/watch-mits-cheetah-robot-jump-high-over-obstacles?dom=fb&src=SOC
 
ATT Archives Youtube channel has lots of interesting old videos (a young William Shatner explaining an IC with thousands of transistors for example). Here are two featuring a "robot" by an unknown Jim Henson.






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






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po
 
On the same subject:

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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/robot-fitted-with-katana-to-create-worlds-most-efficient-samurai-10299044.html​
 
those who are afraid of Robot apocalypse


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its a apocalypse for robots...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awufipq9JnQ&feature=player_embedded
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27722-tiny-origami-robot-selffolds-walks-and-recycles-itself.html​
 
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27704-soft-robot-tentacle-can-lasso-an-ant-without-harming-it.html

This is not likely to end well.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/two-rival-self-driving-cars-close-call-california-004325239--finance.html
 
Google's also mentioned that starting last month, they're releasing monthly reports on their self-driving cars, including miles driven in manual or autonomous mode, notable scenarios encountered and accident reports.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJTGLL2SnI&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8mheM2Hrg&feature=player_embedded

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11721037/Japan-and-America-agree-to-put-giant-fighting-robots-into-battle.html​
 
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robots-do-construction-with-brick-and-concrete
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DYTV4d-Gn0s
http://robotland.blogspot.ie/2015/01/self-driving-concept-car-from-mercedes.html​
 
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The PR2 robot uses its arms to ‘learn’ about its surrounding environment. The EU-funded DREAM project is working to create a system where robots like this can ‘dream’, that is, process information during their down time. Image courtesy of the DREAM consortium
Robot dreams are helping them to learn like humansDreaming robots can classify information they have learnt and work out the best way to solve problems they faced during that day and it’s helping them to learn more like we do.
A good night’s sleep is about more than just getting rest – while we dream, our unconscious minds process events from the day. That could mean putting an emotional experience into the context of past memories, or perhaps imagining a solution to something which puzzled us during the day.
But what about robots? While they can’t fantasize about flying around the neighbourhood, a group of scientists is working to give them the same ability to make sense of observations during their nightly down-time.
At the EU-funded RobDREAM project in Augsburg, Germany, scientists from industrial robot-maker KUKA and other partners are working to give robots ‘dreaming’ powers. In other words, they plan to use robots’ processing power while they sit idle to sift through all of the data they collect during their work hours.
The team is working with mobile industrial robots that are capable of operating side-by-side with humans. That daily interaction yields a lot of data. Robots store high-definition visual imagery from the systems they use to navigate around the factory floor and handle objects.
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‘It’s basically the same as dreaming in humans.’
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They also collect data about their own movements with laser sensors and record how they move a seven-jointed arm, noting the arm’s position and how much force is applied. When all the data is collected, the robots are ready for a snooze

more at the link.
http://horizon-magazine.eu/article/robot-dreams-are-helping-them-learn-humans_en.html
 
Robots learn to evolve and improveEngineers have developed a robotic system that can evolve and improve its performance.
A robot arm builds "babies" that get progressively better at moving without any human intervention.
The ultimate aim of the research project is to develop robots that adapt to their surroundings.
The work by teams in Cambridge and Zurich has been published in the journal PLOS One.
It seems like a plot from a science fiction film: a robot that builds other robots - each one better than the previous generation. But that is what researchers in Cambridge and Zurich have done.
But those concerned about machines taking over the world shouldn't worry, at least not yet.
At this stage the "baby robots" consist of plastic cubes with a motor inside. These are put together by a "mother" robot arm which glues them together in different configurations.
Although the set up is simple the system itself is ingenious.
The mother robot assesses how far its babies are able to move, and with no human intervention, improves the design so that the next one it builds can move further.
The mother robot built ten generations of children. The final version moved twice the distance of the first before its power ran out.


More and a video of the robot at the link
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33867941
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bR4Gq9qfpnM
http://gizmodo.com/first-person-view-drone-racing-looks-all-kinds-of-fun-1713280537

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QcCIvclSys8
http://www.gizmag.com/trackside-drone-racing/37976/.​
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrjAa1SgjQ
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/11808921/Googles-six-foot-robot-takes-first-steps-into-the-real-world.html​
 
That link hasn't got Spot who is even more impressive in my view.

Spot is particularly impressive here as it is more self-contained than Atlas.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovati...-woods-n411321
 
The video of Atlas wandering around in the forest didn't specify who is funding this work. I suspect it is still DARPA despite Google's purchase of Boston Dynamics. The utility of a bipedal robot for military applications isn't as clear as it is for Big Dog where replacing a pack mule is the obvious role. I suppose it could still be a load carrier much like a Sherpa in mountain climbing.


I keep being impressed on how quickly robots from Boston Dynamics can move about compared to their competitors. It seems like they have their software embedded right down in the firmware so there is no high level and slowed down processing involved. Something like digital reflexes and muscle memory.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBZQnJBxuA&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3205933/Move-Amazon-Packages-one-day-delivered-unicycle-drones-swarm-transport-heavy-parcels.html​
 

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