This family-friendly humanoid robot designed by Aldebaran Robotics is also a multi-functional robot with features including microphones, HD cameras, Wi-Fi connectivity, Hi-Fi speakers, pressure sensors, a voice synthesizer and much more. It has made appearances at events including the Shanghai Expo in China with a synchronized dance routine, at Robocup participating with its own football team, in the UK teaching autistic children, and even demonstrating a stand-up comedy routine in December 2011. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#TajsM2ZH5iDAbyEE.99
This robot created by artist and researcher, Patrick Tresset, is a sketcher shaped like an arm that is able to draw portraits of people. It was primarily designed for Tresset’s “New Work” gallery installation which occurred in London in 2011. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#TajsM2ZH5iDAbyEE.99.
Another robot by Aldebaran Robotics, this emotional humanoid bot is designed to be able to assess moods, and interact with humans. It is able to shake hands, dance and display messages on the display screen on it’s chest. Read more at http://realitypod.com/2014/10/the-top-five-mind-blowing-robots-of-2014/#HQIHMayVl2ASCduX.99.
is composed of two snake-like machines that attach via magnets to a UAV. After being carried to the site by the quadcopter, snake bots can detach themselves, slip through the holes and cracks of a collapsed building, for instance, and slither to their destinations.
It was inevitable that funding for these projects by the US Military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) would lead to spin-offs finding their way into private startups. There are now at least another three companies developing exoskeletons for commercial use and the focus is on creating them to help people with spinal injuries. A Swedish company, Ekso Bionics, makes a 20kg titanium and aluminium suit that costs $100,000 a pop, which has helped several crippled individuals walk again for the first time.
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Looking for robotics on internet, we found this video from the New York Times. It presents the work of Matt MacMullen from Abyss Creations.
The video begins by presenting Denise, a character (AI) that says it dreams to understand the meaning of love and have a body to become the first sexual robot.
The creator considers himself an artist, and says that always want to carve womens and intends to incorporate artificial intelligence and robotics to their creations.
He highlights the two main points in this job; the AI and animatronic, as a challenge to creat a experience more realistic, that can truly envolve.
Matt understands that your robotic dolls, although rich in details, colors and textures are seen as dolls. He believes this is how it should be, keeping a distance of super realistic. He doesn't want his creations been a copy of real people, avoiding this way the uncanny valley (http://ift.tt/L6R05i). Or the point where people can react badly about the robot, that doesn't fit in something natural nor articifial for the human psyche.
His motivation is artistic, aiming to reach the point which people can develop some kind of emotional bounding as love, not only for robots that he builts, but for the character behind it.
The video ends with a teasing: "Do you want to look away? Or do you want to step closer? What do you want? What you are afraid of?
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Based on every horror/sci-fi movie I’ve ever seen, squishing an actual fleshy human brain into a robot would make it unstoppable. And probably evil. Sooner or later, I’m sure someone is going try it for real. Until they do, what’s almost as good is letting a robot borrow an actual fleshy human brain to help it balance and complete tasks requiring sensing and dexterity. It’s like teleoperation, except the user’s brain and body are controlling the robot directly, from inside a haptic suit.
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