Lockheed Martin has developed the SMSS robot pack mule, for supporting light infantry units. It can carry 1200 lbs, has a range of 125 miles, and can follow troops autonomously using LIDAR, IR and visual optics. If necessary, it can be driven manually. The SMSS is scheduled to be field tested in Afghanistan [...]
This robot arm doesn’t have much to do with armed robots.. but the failed attempts are pretty funny. And it does show that robots can be taught to do pretty much anything people want to teach them to do. So far this year, robots have been learning to play soccer, fetch beers, iron clothes, fold [...]
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No Comments »There has been a lot of chatter lately regarding the coming trend of using games for work, using games to get people to accomplish tasks. This is one such game, designed to gather data as people interact, which can be used later for modeling actual robot behavior. “The MIT researchers are encouraging as many people [...]
Posted in AI, autonomous, education, future, games, research, space, study, testing Tags: behavior model, game, mars, model, play No Comments »Kojiro is a humanoid created by the University of Tokyo’s JSK Robotics Laboratory. It was built with artificial bones, muscles, and tendons to mimic human body structure, making it theoretically lighter, more agile, and appear more natural, than more rigid robots. Full article at [spectrum.ieee]
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One aspect of robots that may escape the casual observer is their unreliability. As pointed out in the article linked below, robots are far from perfect, and sometimes fail at what might seem very simple tasks. (And we’re not talking about Pleo or Asimo here, but some high-end military and rescue robots.) Read the article, [...]
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Posted in flying, military / law enforcement, testing, video Tags: aerial, aircraft, chopper, drugbust, fire scout, robocopter No Comments »Oregon State University researchers say they have made an important fundamental advance in robotics which will enable them to have a more dynamic range of abilities, all while using less energy. Jonathan Hurst, an assistant professor of robotics and mechanical design at OSU, said, “If robotic locomotion is ever to achieve some of what we [...]
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