Getting the robots-eye view (Video)
KCSpacePirates07 was kind enough to send in an interesting video captured from the view point of his son's robot participating in the Great Line Following Event in Kansas City.
’Getting the robots-eye view (Video)’ continues
The 'BrinBot' goes where some men have gone before… (Video link)
Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google, used a remote telepresence “robot” to participate in the recent Singularity University executive session. While the event was captured in this New York Times video, we have to say that we're pretty underwhelmed.
Many of us use remote video conferencing via Skype or other similar services. A few of us have been using global video conferencing since the early 1990's – though the lag and video hiccups back then made the experience barely tolerable.
The BrinBot appears to be an LCD monitor screen and camera stuck on a post mounted on a small mobile robot platform controlled by Brin and his cohorts over the internet. No new surprises, other than how wobbly the upper part of BrinBot seems to be, and how entranced other guests at the party were by it. You would think that industry executives and leaders would already be very familiar with the technology.
Robots Warm Up for Soccer (Video)
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RoboCup 2010 is ramping up in Singapore even as we speak, and while the energy and excitement can't compare to the human version, the eyes of robot enthusiasts and builders world-wide have shifted from South Africa to Singapore.
Yuki Nakagawa, our friend, robot mentor, and founder of RT-Corp is on-site, right in the middle of the action, and filing regular reports. Given her background with Asimo and other large sized humanoids, like Neko Tencho, she has a particular fondness for the "Adult Humanoid" RoboCup category, which explains her video above showing the warm-up practice session.
Robots accelerate genome research
One of the side effects of automating processes is that they can operate faster than we are able to deal with, at least initially. The Human Genome Project, just ten years old, is a good case in point. Made possible through the use of robotics and specialized scientific instrumentation, the project has generated a massive amount of data and information that companies are struggling to sort out and turn into practical and effective products.
Without the technology the project wouldn't have been possible, but a decade later some researchers, and companies that have invested millions are wondering when, and if, all the promise of the project will ever materialize.
Awaiting the Genome Payoff – NYTimes
Robot Messenger Predates Twitter by 70 years
BoingBoing turned up the 1935 “Notificator”, a 'robot messenger' that handled short text messages that users hand wrote on a strip of paper. Unlike Twitter, users had to pay to post their messages.
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