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Robo-fish from MIT

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A team of MIT researchers has built a school of swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real ones, but not quite as fast. Real fish are exquisitely adapted to moving through their watery environment, and can swim as fast as 10 times their body… »

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Honda ASIMO robot footstep planning

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One of the most advanced contemporary humanoid robots ASIMO has been developed since 1980s. In a couple of our future articles we’re going to write about ASIMO’s features. In this article we’re going to write about its footsteps planning algorithm. The possible future foot placement positions are dependent on the… »

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Robots replacing cooks? Robot chefs in Japan make ramen noodles

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At the “Fua-men” (available in Japanese) ramen noodle shop in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, two robotic arms are busy serving their hungry customers, make eighty bowls of noodles per day. Kenji Nagoya, the owner of the noodle shop and a robot manufacturer says nobody gets it as accurate… »

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Modular robots – SuperBot

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One of the most challenging issues for human-centered long-range space exploration is performing complex tasks in environments that are not human-friendly. These tasks range from activities such as inspection, maintenance, and assembly, to surface landing, exploration, and habitat-construction. A robotic solution is essential to this challenge, however, the traditional approach… »

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Toyota humanoid robot learns to run

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In this article we’re going to write about a civilian humanoid aiding robot (unlike BigDog which is developed for army usage). Honda’s ASIMO humanoid already demonstrated its amazing walking and running capabilities. Other research labs are not so far behind developing robots just as capable. Toyota has an excellent and… »

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Baseball robot shows high-speed dexterity

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A robotic system which acts as a baseball pitcher and batter was made by Masatoshi Ishikawa from Tokyo University (Science Information System). Robot pitcher to throw a strike, about 9 percent of the time, the robot until the batter into the strike zone the ball, that hittable. It was… »

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Rescue league in RoboCup 2009

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In one of our previous articles we wrote about football robots in RoboCup 2009. In this article we’re going to write about a different competition in which resque robots competed. Robots can go in places where humans can’t – for instance in rescue missions following natural disasters. The aim of… »

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Robotic spies – bat biomimicry

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We already wrote about potential surveillance micro-aerial vehicles in our previous articles. Small flyers, or micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs), have garnered a great deal of interest due to their potential applications where maneuverability in tight spaces or in stealth requiring conditions. In this article we’re going to write about two researches… »

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Robocup 2009 – world’s largest robotics competition

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The world’s largest robotics competition, Robocup 2009 took place in the southern Austrian city of Graz, from 29th June to 5th July. Robocup is an international competition that started in 1997 in Nagoya, Japan. Its aim is to develop autonomous football robots in order to promote interest and research in… »

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Modular robots – Festo Molecubes

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Modularization is a basic principle of living nature: organisms consist of molecules and cells that use genetic programming in order to group together to form organs. Cell division and modularization are the two mutually opposed aspects of reproduction in living systems. Researchers around the world are trying to make a… »