Archive for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Air Force Completes Killer Micro-Drone Project
The Air Force Research Laboratory has finally completed the development of a tiny, armed drone, named Project Anubis after a jackal-headed Egyptian god. Project Anubis was started in 2008 ultimately created as an assassination robot for "high value target". But a recent military R & D documents n...
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Autonomous Surgical Robot Finds and Removes Shrapnels
One of the most remarkable medical advances today are surgical robots that do guide and even help surgeons perform critical operations with ease of excellence. I am so amazed at how these robots are able to do such critical, flesh-invasive tasks with little or no intervention from surgeons. Like ...
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Saya, Japan’s First Robot Teacher
The former university robot receptionist in 2004, Saya, now has transformed into a friendly and witty grade school teacher. Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Science professor and Saya's developer was delighted to see the children in class are actually responding positively with Saya as thei...
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International Robot Exhibit 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
The 2009 International Robot Exhibit or IREX was a huge success. The annual event was held last November 25-28, 2009 at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center or popularly known as the Tokyo Big Sight. IREX 2009 was participated by various robot manufacturers, engineers, scientists and even e...
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Robovie Goes Shopping with Grandma
In response to a very significant statistics of seniors in Japan, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International or ATR developed a robot that will come to the aid of grandma whenever needed. Robots, in Japan are essentially making a great deal in helping out seniors do their tasks....
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Japan’s First Autonomous Agricultural Robot
According to an ancient folk song "Planting (rice) is never fun, Bent from up 'till the set of sun. Can not stand and can not sit, can not rest for a little bit". This is how planting rice used to be and oh well, some other countries do still have these traditional way. However in Japan, planting...
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Robot Workers Increase
We cannot discount the fact that science and technology is getting more advanced and sophisticated each time. This is indeed remarkable, as scientists and engineers, alike, are making robot workers to improve our lives. We know also that robot workers cannot exist and function without humans oper...
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Immaculate Prosthesis Makes a Fashion Statement on Artificial Limbs
An artificial limb that would definitely qualify for a fashion display in Paris! Dubbed as the "immaculate", this limb prosthesis has attracted not only those who need one, but fashion gurus as well. The immaculate prosthesis, which has started its fame early on this year, has been very helpful i...
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Robobees Buzzing Around In the Hope To Save Soldiers’ Lives
Micro Air Vehicles or MAV's are being built at the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory at the University of Maryland, in the hope to save the lives of soldiers at war. The project is a five-year grant of $12 million from the U.S. Army to study the way insects, birds, snakes, and bats navigate and commu...
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Unmanned, Self-Driving Car Wins the Ultimate DARPA’s Urban Challenge
A number of weird-looking race cars were wheel-screeching between road obstacles at the 2007 DARPA's Grand Challenge. These cars were represented by different private sectors across the country which had the enthusiasm to develop advanced autonomous vehicles. The competition was primarily drawn from...
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Robotic POP’s eye, Perception On Purpose
Perception on Purpose (POP) researchers from Europe attempted to integrate the two major sensory disciplines to a robotic head. In the process of development, the technology has taken the robot to a new level, combining data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. C...