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A perfect Atom based pico-itx board for robotics
hardware; picoitx; atom

Axiomtek has announced the world's first pico-ITX SBC (single board computer) packing Intel's Atom processor. The PICO820 offers: 1.1GHz or 1.6GHz Z5xx CPUs, a SATA port, a VGA port, gigabit Ethernet and headers for four serial ports. With 3.9 x 2.8 inch (10 x 7.2cm) dimension, 5VDC power input, and a lot of interfaces ...this seems to be, at this time, the perfect choise for a x86 based robot.


Stanford's robotic helicopters teach themeselfs to fly
video; ai; robotics; helicopters; university; standford; uav

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly. The onboard A.I. "learn" by watching similar radio-controlled helicopters flown by an expert perform complex maneuvers. . The technique is known as “apprenticeship learning.” The result is an autonomous helicopter than can fly dazzling stunts on its own.


Gordon, a robot controlled exclusively by rat living brain tissue
news; article; robots; brain; rat;

Gordon is a robot that instead of a normal embedded controller has a brain composed of 50,000 to 100,000 active neurons. The researchers at University of Reading that have developed Gordon say it is helping explore the boundary between natural and artificial intelligence. The scientists are now looking at how to teach the robot to behave in certain ways, based on Gordon's ability to learns by itself.


Pittsburgh, the new robot country
robotics; pittsburgh; startups

Pittsburgh is emerging as the robotic answer to Silicon Valley. Thanks to Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) robotics program and city’s industrial past, Pittsburgh is becoming the country where next generation robot technology can be developed and grow.


Now robot Asimo can understand three voices at once
robots; article; asimo; speech_recognition; hark;

Hiroshi Okuno at Kyoto University and Kazuhiro Nakadai at the Honda Research Institute in Saitama have developed new software that enables the advanced humanoid robot Asimo to understand three voices at once. They presented their research at the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Pasadena. At the time, the software has an accuracy rate between 70 and 80 percent.


Wifibot.com shows a robot controlled by an Asus EeePC
video;robotics;eeepc;linux;xandros;wireless

Due to the small size (only 22,5cm x 16,4cm x 2,15), usb and wifi capabilities, Asus EeePc is perfect as controller for smart robots. Wifibot.com shows a robot controlled by EeePC with Xandros Linux and custom control software.


REEM-B Humanoid Robot, First preview on YouTube
news;video;robotics;humanoid;reem;reemb;palrobotics

REEM-B is a humanoid robot under development at the Pal Robotics (www.pal-robotics.com). According to the official website REEM-B will be officially presented at Adu Dhabi in April. This video on YouTube is a preview of the main features of this interesting humanoid prototype.


3.5 million robot workers in Japan by 2025
robotics; japan

A study of Machine Industry Memorial Foundation assumed that by 2025 a number equal to 3.5 million of robot workers will be taken up in Japanese society, particularly in areas of high labour demand. The study was published in Tokyo, with the participation of the Ministry of Economy.