Neuroscience
- Transrobotism
Image: the best-in-show bot at Robogames 07. When I blocked its path, it stopped moving forward and asked my name. I didn't answer but took this photo. Relationships with robots are examined in this interesting video (or listen to audio alone). ...
- What Do Children Make Of Robot Dogs?
Whether something is living or not is a crucial distinction, and it's one that children already understand by the age of five. What then do children make of the latest generation of robot pets - toys designed to be as "alive" as possible? It's...
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Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot, a Step That May Help Humans - New York Times More good work from the Nicoleilis group at Duke. Premotor movements of a walking monkey activate leg motions of a robot. The next step in this progression might be to balance...
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Robot nurses could be on the wards in three years, say scientists (with cute robot pic.)...
- P300-directed Robot
Human Thoughts Control New Robot A simple control scheme for a robot at University of Washington that can pick up objects based on user P300 signal when it passes one. Interesting cross-disciplinary work, but not tremendously advanced; simply a 'proof...
Neuroscience
Telerobot
It blinks and fidgets in its seat, moving its foot up and down restlessly, its shoulders rising gently as though it were breathing. These micromovements are so convincing that it's hard to believe this is a machine -- it seems more like a man wearing a rubber mask. But a living, breathing man.
But "Geminoid HI-1," as the robot is called, has another trick up its sleeve.
"Everyone, thank you so much for coming today," it says in polite but languid Japanese at an ATR demo Thursday, its lips moving to the sound. The voice is Ishiguro's, broadcast through a speaker inside his android double.
Potential robot bodies:
http://www.etek.chalmers.se/~almir/
http://www.plen.jp/
- Transrobotism
Image: the best-in-show bot at Robogames 07. When I blocked its path, it stopped moving forward and asked my name. I didn't answer but took this photo. Relationships with robots are examined in this interesting video (or listen to audio alone). ...
- What Do Children Make Of Robot Dogs?
Whether something is living or not is a crucial distinction, and it's one that children already understand by the age of five. What then do children make of the latest generation of robot pets - toys designed to be as "alive" as possible? It's...
-
Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot, a Step That May Help Humans - New York Times More good work from the Nicoleilis group at Duke. Premotor movements of a walking monkey activate leg motions of a robot. The next step in this progression might be to balance...
-
Robot nurses could be on the wards in three years, say scientists (with cute robot pic.)...
- P300-directed Robot
Human Thoughts Control New Robot A simple control scheme for a robot at University of Washington that can pick up objects based on user P300 signal when it passes one. Interesting cross-disciplinary work, but not tremendously advanced; simply a 'proof...