Previous
Robotic Cars To Race From LA To Vegas
News Put simply, the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency (Darpa) will give $1m (£620,000) to the team whose robotic car drives itself the fastest from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, on an off-road course. By day, Seth Cabe is a manufacturing engineer...
[July 28, 2003, 13:11]
Nuggets: Fetch ! Sony's New Robotic Pooch
News No, not your flat mate but AIBO -- Sony's brand new robotic dog. Sony's tribute to Barbara Woodhouse It doesn't need feeding, crap on your carpet, chase your cat or bite your neighbour. A more sophisticated relative of Doctor Who's trusty companion...
[May 13, 1999, 13:03]
Distributed Robotic Target Acquisition Using Bluetooth Communication
White Papers The initial phase was used to demonstrate the application of Bluetooth communication for coordinated robotic search. This paper presents a distributed multi-robot system designed to solve a team-based search and destroy task.
[August 9, 2005, 0:00]
Google Sponsors Robotic Race To The Moon
News Google on Thursday announced it has sponsored the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon with a purse of $30m (£15m). The contest invites private teams from around the world to build a robotic rover capable of roaming the lunar surface...
[September 14, 2007, 15:12]
Diagnosis Of Complex Failures In Robotic Assembly Systems Using Virtual Factories
White Papers Robotic assembly systems are widely used in industry to improve the production task. However when they halt their operation due to a failure, it usually takes considerable time to diagnose the system.
[May 11, 2004, 0:00]
Sega Creates New Breed Of Robotic Dog
News Japanese electronics giant Sega has launched a direct challenge to Sony's position as the premier supplier of robotic dogs to with the creation of its own brand of computerised canine. The quaintly named Poo-Chi robot from Sega will scrap it out...
[January 19, 2000, 15:01]
Robotic Japanese Servant Unveiled
News Although this robotic creation reportedly missed its cue to appear on stage at Friday's official launch, it has already appeared on Japanese television riding a train and even shaking hands with its human masters.
[January 25, 2000, 6:09]
New Aibo To Lead The Way In Robotic Vision
News The software analyses image sequences, allowing it to detect motion for such jobs as tracking trajectories and calculating of time-to-contact for collision avoidance -- both features that would be particularly useful for a robotic dog such as Aibo.
[September 5, 2003, 16:35]
Mobile Emulab: A Robotic Wireless And Sensor Network Testbed
White Papers Simulation has been the dominant research methodology in wireless and sensor networking. When mobility is added, real-world experimentation is especially rare. However, it is becoming clear that simulation models do not sufficiently capture radio...
[August 17, 2007, 0:00]
TrueMobile: A Mobile Robotic Wireless And Sensor Network Testbed
White Papers Simulation has been the dominant research methodology in wireless and sensor networking. When mobility is added, the frequency of real-world experimentation becomes tiny. However, it is becoming clear that simulation models do not sufficiently...
[July 20, 2007, 0:00]
Odin And Hodur: Using Bluetooth Communication For Coordinated Robotic Search
White Papers This paper describes a multi-robot system designed to use Bluetooth wireless communication to solve the "Honeybee" task. The Honeybee task is a simple search and navigation problem that requires a "guide" robot to lead another "blind" robot to a...
[August 9, 2005, 0:00]
Robot Pet Creators Reach For Purrfection
News Cat lovers who may have felt left out by the recent craze for robotic dogs can now have their very own electronic version of their much-loved feline friend. A robotic creature called 'Tama' from Japanese company Omron will take on the likes of Sony...
[February 23, 2000, 10:56]
It's Techno Time At Toy Fair 2000
News Other trends include robotic dogs and digital music players. Then along came a brave new world of robotic dogs and Barbie computers -- and those plastic SUVs became about as high-tech as an eight-track tape.
[February 14, 2000, 9:24]
Toy Robots Do Your Bidding
News Lego, which first rolled out a robotic version of its popular building toy two years ago, has come up with some new versions this year. But Lego has also developed robotic products for younger children.
[February 15, 2000, 9:18]
Robot Orangutan To Simulate Human Learning
News Artificial intelligence expert Steve Grand has developed a robotic orangutan which he hopes will become the first machine capable of human-like thought and learning. Lucy, the robotic primate, will have an electronic "brain" of sorts, created by...
[August 30, 2000, 7:30]
Robot Dog Walks Into Fewer Walls
News Sony Electronics has bred the third generation of its Aibo robotic dog to be faster, smarter -- and floppy-eared. This latest generation design is a result of significant evolutionary advancements in robotic hardware and software, as well as our...
[September 5, 2003, 10:15]
'Minesweeping' Robot Keeps Carpets Clean
News The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has a new mission: to seek and destroy. IRobot came out with a new line of robotic vacuum cleaners on Monday that, according to the company, feature longer battery life, overall improved performance and an ability...
[July 13, 2004, 8:45]
Robot Race Draws Crowd
News More than 100 teams have applied to enter a robotic-car contest sponsored by the research wing of the Defense Department, prompting the agency to extend some deadlines. DARPA will award $1m (£0.59m) to the team of inventors that comes up with a...
[October 31, 2003, 8:25]
A Year Ago: Robot Pet Creators Reach For Purrfection
News Cat lovers who may have felt left out by the recent craze for robotic dogs can now have their very own electronic version of their much-loved feline friend. A robotic creature called 'Tama' from Japanese company Omron will take on the likes of Sony...
[February 23, 2001, 6:04]
Giving Robots The Gift Of Sight
News He's been working on robotic vision and navigation since the 1970s. Hans Moravec has completed work on a three-dimensional robotic vision system he says will allow machines to make their way through offices and homes.
[December 31, 2002, 9:21]
