Microsoft’s Kinect has put robotics in the hands of the common man. The hardware is changing the robotics industry as new innovative applications for the product keep popping up.
President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Smart Vacuum Cleaning Robot from LG Electronics was successful in reaching the final round at the IERA Awards.
Zen Robotics has developed an intelligent recycling robot, which is able to segregate recyclable waste from garbage.
A New York hotel says goodbye to bellboys as a robot now gets your luggage. At Yotel the robot who handles your bags is the first of many high tech amenities that guests experience. The hotel’s ambience is just about as futuristic as it can get.
RoboDynamics has developed a personal robot, which they have named as Luna. The Luna robot does not have a humanoid form. RoboDynamics plans to begin shipping the Luna sometime later this year.
Is a robot going to take away Grandma’s job of making cookies? It sure seems that way when you see Bakebot at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence laboratory. The robot which was built by MIT graduate student Mario Bollini is a PR2 that can bake up a batch of cookies from scratch.
If James and Rosie are anything to go by personal robots are soon going to be cooking your breakfast and putting away your groceries. James is a product of the US robotics company Willow Garage and Rosie has been built by the Technical University of Munich.
Imperial College London Robotics Society students are gearing up for the finals of Eurobot. The team has already got through the initial rounds in UK in the international robotics competition. The team comprises of Leon Sim, Ben Homer, Asset Sarsengaliyev and supervisor Richard Inglis.
Aldebaran Robotics has raised $13 million in venture capital for its Nao Humanoid Robot. The majority of this funding has been provided by Intel Capital which is the hardware giant’s investment arm. The new funds will allow the company to develop its products in additional sectors such as health and social care.
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