This quadruped was clearly designed with the intent to show that robots are way too cute to pose a threat to humanity. In all likelihood, most robots will probably have sources of backup power, such as photovoltaic cells. Solar power technology, fueled by the fears of global climate change, has made huge advances in recent years, [...]
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Another incredible flying robot from Festo (Video)
Posted by Eric on November 26th, 2011
Festo has created yet another spectacular biomimetic machine, called Smartbird. (To skip to the flight part of the first video, go to 2:04) https://www.youtube.com/user/FestoHQ
Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN
Posted by Eric on November 15th, 2011
Boston Dynamics, creators of BigDog, LittleDog, and AlphaDog, have a new video of their impressive biped PETMAN: There is something familiar about it, I just can’t place my finger on it… PETMAN stayin alive: [BostonDynamics] via [Engadget]
Posted in biomimetic, biped, DARPA, defense, government, military / law enforcement, video 
Tags: biped, boston dynamics, petman 
No Comments »We all knew these were coming – agile, articulate robot spiders
Posted by Eric on November 15th, 2011
If the Worm-Bot can’t slither its way to you in time when you are trapped in a cave-in, perhaps this robot spider could get to you more quickly. (And who doesn’t want to see something like that coming at them when they are already scared and confused?) This spider body prototype is created using a [...]
Posted in biomimetic, domestic, featured, research Tags: 3d printing, biomimetic, Fraunhofer, rescue, robot, sls, spider No Comments »Robot Bill of Rights
Posted by Eric on September 30th, 2011
We create robots in our image, intentionally making them more and more like ourselves. Making them look more like us, act more like us, think more like us, be more like us. One day, they will be many times more intelligent than we are. If we are going to endow them with human traits, human appearance, [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, ethics, featured, future, government, law Tags: bill of rights, civil rights, Frank Capri, futurist, robots rights No Comments »Project “SyNAPSE” – Chips Mimic Human Brain
Posted by Eric on August 30th, 2011
IBM has unveiled a computer chip which it claims is inspired by the architecture of the human brain in its design, capable of learning through experience, finding patterns, generating ideas, and understanding the outcomes. “The scientists have built two working prototype designs. Both cores contain 256 neurons, one with 262,144 programmable synapses and the other [...]
Worm-bot WILL FIND YOU
Posted by Eric on August 30th, 2011
Based on the movements of the nematode worm, the Worm-Bot, or some future iteration thereof, may act as a rescue bot, able to crawl through rubble and deliver food, water, or medicine before humans can get to you. Or it may come find you for other reasons, depending on who sent it. But probably [...]
Dude.
Posted by Eric on August 2nd, 2010
Okay, this abomination is a new telepresence robot with skin. In other words, if you are having a teleconference with someone, this thing is supposed to add a “human” element to the proceedings. Ummm… I hope they didn’t sink a lot of capital into this idea. Although I’m sure it will be great fun in [...]
C.R.A.B. Police robot
Posted by Eric on July 30th, 2010
C.R.A.B. (Cybernetic Remote Autonomous Barricade) police robots are just a concept for now. They will probably be more than a concept soon. And why shouldn’t they? What could go wrong? Something like this? [yankodesign] via [slashgear]
Posted in AI, autonomous, biomimetic, defense, ethics, government, military / law enforcement, video, weapon Tags: c.r.a.b., crab, ed209, police No Comments »Army uses snake robots to form claw
Posted by Eric on July 28th, 2010
No video available at the time of this posting, unfortunately. The Army’s Robotic Tentacle Manipulator will likely be useful for rescue missions, diffusing IED’s and capturing humans working with the Resistance. On a related note, here is a single robotic snake being used as a tentacle, or elephant trunk: [Army.mil] via [Cnet] via [Gizmodo]
Posted in biomimetic, DARPA, defense, military / law enforcement, video Tags: claw, snake, tentacle No Comments »
