Research
If the ‘blogable item is research related, if it is part of a research project: at a university, at a company, by the Government of the X, or Republic of Y – it goes here.
By Dan on February 20, 2010
MIT’s Firefly Robots Create Floating 3D Display From Colored Micro Helicopters.
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| Tagged 3D, display, firefly, floating, helicopter, microbot, MIT, swarm
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By Dan on December 13, 2009
These cyborg insects can be remotely controlled via a radio transmitter attached to the bug’s back. The insect is powered by Nickel-63, a radioactive isotope which is able to supply power for a small amount of electronics for up about 100 years. Too bad that bug won’t live that long!
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| Tagged aerial, cyborg, insect, nuclear, radioactive, remote, spy, surveillance
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By Dan on October 27, 2009
Interesting. This robotic hand is connected to nerve endings via electronic sensors. This allows the robotic hand and human to actually have some ability to feel what it is grasping.
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| Tagged hand, medical, nerves, robotics, sensors
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By Dan on October 13, 2009
TOTO the robot tracks thrown objects as part of a transportation by throwing research project. It uses cameras to lock on to the projectile and catch it.
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| Tagged aiming, automation, catching, throwing, TOTO, tracking
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By Dan on June 8, 2009
Programmable matter could be used to create shape-shifting robots capable of changing their shape and adapting to their environment.
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| Tagged DARPA, futuristic, programmable matter, shape shifting
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By Dan on June 5, 2009
The animals have super-hydrophobic legs. Hydrophobic, meaning, “water-fearing”, basically means there is a strong repulsion between the water and the hydrophobic surface.
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| Tagged insect, self-cleaning, super-hydrophobic, water
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By Dan on May 27, 2009
The main advantage of the chemical robots is that they do not need an electrical source of power. The robots gain energy through chemical reactions with their environment.
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| Tagged autonomous, chemical robots, New Robots
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By Dan on May 20, 2009
A wheel chair which can be controlled by the brain alone is being developed by a team at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. A person’s head is hooked up to electrodes and then presented with a visualization of their movement options.
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| Tagged brain, paralyzed, robotic wheelchair, thought controlled, wheelchair
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By Dan on March 22, 2009
A robot built by University of New Mexico and Duke professors displays its talent at intercepting a target through the game known as ‘Marco Polo’.
In the game, one person is ‘it’ and the other players become the targets to tag. When the person who is it, says “Marco”, the other players must respond with “Polo”.
This type [...]
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| Tagged game, intercept, marco polo, Military, minefield, missiles, robot, target
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By Dan on March 17, 2009
This robot from Brown University can read human gestures.
While most of us may only think about futuristic robots interacting with us through speech, researchers at Brown have created a robot which responds to human gestures. These non-verbal commands include arm signals which indicate “follow,” “halt,” “wait” and “door breach.”
The robot also understands verbal commands, and [...]
Posted in Images, Research
| Tagged brown, futuristic, gestures, human, interactions, New Robots, non-verbal, robot, robotics, sensors, verbal
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