Robotics & Automation:
OPEN POSITIONS FOR PHD STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF UNDEImage by SasaSi via FlickrRWATER ROBOTICS=====================================================================The underwater robotics lab (CIRS) of the Computer Vision and Robotics Research Group (VICOROB) at the university of Girona (Spain) is looking for PhD student can (Read More)
Robotics & Automation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 11The 11th International Conference on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'10) 24-28 August 2010, Paris, FranceImage by Puggles via (Read More)
Robotics & Automation:
=============================================CALL FOR PAPERSSpecial Issue on Assistive and Rehabilitation RoboticsImage via WikipediaJournal of Applied Bionics and BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis (ISSN: 1176- 2322)http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/11762322.asp==============================================Dear colleague,Yo (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. Amy Hopper, the play's director, cast one autonomous, military-grade flying robot a (Read More)
Engadget:
In a world where the Headtime scalp massager not only exists but presumably even sells, is it any wonder that assistant robots like this here fella are cropping up? While keeping the design somewhat generic in order to be able to adapt the bot to the particular circumstances where it is employed, the designers at Kawada Ind (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Some old-fashioned games simply don't need a 21st century makeover—like the wooden marble maze. Adding accelerometer control seems like a pointless endeavor. I mean, it's not the kind of game that should be played at a distance, and this custom-built board doesn't even have holes along the track. Although, I have to give (Read More)
Lifehacker:
The mere promise of Google Wave inspired a rainbow of potential use cases, but Wave's best real-world use boils down to this: it helps a group get things done together. Here's how to manage a group project in Wave. Note: If you haven't gotten your Wave invite yet, check out our invitation donation thread first (or, better y (Read More)
Gizmodo:
This just seems wrong. A U.S businessman claims he's been sitting on 3D scans from 1996, when MJ was aged 37. It's rumored the singer wanted a virtual or robot double, and this data, if real, would enable just that. You might remember that Jackson had once planned a 50-foot mecha with a moving face that shot lasers, but it (Read More)
Engadget:
The MIT Technology Review has unearthed a new laser-based 3D mapping robot that can produce results similar to those obtained from $100,000 systems at about a fifth of the cost. Funded by the US Army, researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have now demonstrated the Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Also on IBM's cat-sized-brain-simulation materials list: 143 terabytes of RAM, miles and miles of cabling, a million watts of electricity, 6675 tons of air conditioning equipment, and an acre of floor space. Cats: they're kinda dumb. They only seem smarter than dogs because they're not so friendly, and our society judges ki (Read More)
Popular Science - robots:
Adding a new wrinkle to the 'droid versus iPhone debate, a project at Keio University in Tokyo have created iPhone software specifically designed to control androids. More specifically, they've created an interface that puts control of a humanoid robot right at your fingertips."Walky" takes advantage of an iPhone or iPod's (Read More)
Engadget:
The MIT Technology Review has unearthed a new laser-based 3D mapping robot that can produce results similar to those obtained from $100,000 systems at about a fifth of the cost. Funded by the US Army, researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have now demonstrated the Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System (Read More)
Engadget:
While we're mostly concerned with covering the latest in gadgets and technology, there's occasionally some humble creations that spend months building up enough stream to finally break into the public's consciousness, and we'd be remiss if we didn't take notice. One such piece of magic is the Robolamp series of, well, robot (Read More)
Gizmodo:
A spillover from last week's Cyborg-a-thon, Wired has put together a list of the top ten cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine. As you can see in the sample videos above, sometimes we choose to make bionic monkeys and insects. Truly, it's the weirdest of the weird sciences. (Read More)
Robotics & Automation:
==============================================CALL FOR PAPERSSpecial Issue on Surgical RoboticsImage by thinkpanama via FlickrJournal of Applied Bionics and BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis (ISSN: 1176- 2322)http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/11762322.asp==============================================Dear colleague,You are k (Read More)