Category: Robots


Robots in space and other robotic developments

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May 26, 2011

Robotic technology is steaming ahead, to the alarm of, well, alarmists, and the delight of technophiles. What’s nice about robots is that they aren’t limited to any particular field or focus. So we get robots that help out with household chores, robots that help patients recover and recuperate, robots that act, robots that read and robots that go into space.

Yep, astrobots, or robonauts as they are more correctly named, are a reality. In March this year a quasi-humanoid robot arrived at the International Space Station where it will undergo a battery of tests to determine how robots react and perform in space. Its name is Robonaut 2, R2 for short, and it is the predecessor of what NASA hopes will be fleets of robots that will aid mankind space exploration.

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Robo-internet

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February 16, 2011

All around the world humans spend hours on the internet, scouring it for images, information or other people to connect with. In forums hobbyists share tips and hints with one another on building miniature aircraft or learning how to do ballet. The internet is a world where people can obtain and share any kind of information.

It’s a desire for knowledge that sets us apart from the rest of the species on earth. Our scientists, engineers, mathematicians and other specialists spend lifetimes on the quest for more knowledge, but what if we’re not the only ones? Celeste Biever of New Scientist reported a few days ago that a new World Wide Web for robots is currently under development in order for the machines to directly exchange information with one another.

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New storage facilities for bicycles

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November 29, 2010

A new underground parking space for bicycles was opened earlier this year in Japan. It’s easy to use and is an innovative step forward in alleviating congestion in areas where little space is available for parking.

The underground parking allows users to park their bicycles safely, and with just 17 seconds for retrieval time, picking up your bike is fast! Using an IC card the users denote which bicycle is theirs, allowing the transporter to locate the exact spot where the ‘target-bicycle’ is being kept. The bicycle is then retrieved by the transporter and brought to the surface in less than 18 seconds.

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Spectrum IEEE Takes Us Inside Kiva Systems’ Robotic Warehouse

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November 3, 2010

The robotic revolution has already begun as we spoke about the robot-bartenders in a previous post, and it seems the “takeover” has only just begun.

In a Youtube video, Spectrum IEEE allows us access into Kiva Systems’ Robotic Warehouse where human workers have become almost completely obsolete.

The robots of interest here are orange, close-to-the-floor systems that move inventory so that humans don’t have to. As time passes the system becomes increasingly efficient as it learns which items are more popular and which items are not.

They were created by Kiva Systems who are looking to reinvent the warehouse business using their neat robots. The idea is simple: a warehouse is equipped with lots of the Kiva Systems’ robots, and they move the inventory around instead of the humans doing the moving.

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Robot Bartenders

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September 14, 2010

If you make your money serving drinks you may be out of a job soon. Factory, assembly line and even domestic workers have been ousted and replaced by robotic versions of themselves. And now bartenders are at risk too.

RoboBar can work 24 hours a day, seven days a week and needs no lunch break. He (or she) won’t take leave, sick days, doesn’t require benefits or turn up for work late; in fact RoboBar is probably happy ‘sleeping’ in a storage closet or in the backroom.

You see, RoboBar is made of nuts and gears, metal and an LCD screen among other inner elements unseen to the eye.

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