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IU-Purdue Research Team Advances in $2 M DARPA Robotics Challenge

Researchers from Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing are on a team that has advanced in the $2 million U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA Robotics Challenge to develop robots that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments.

18 Jul 2013

Robomotive Humanoid Robot Utilizes Neon-CLB PCIe Frame Grabber for 3D Structured-Light Imaging

BitFlow, the leading manufacturer of Made In America frame grabbers for machine and medical imaging, announced today that its Neon-CLB PCIe frame grabber is a key component of the 3D structured-light imaging system deployed in the Robomotive™ humanoid robot, jointly developed by Yaskawa Motoman, Beltech and Robotiq.

17 Jul 2013

New Model of KAIST's HUBO to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

The Humanoid Robot Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Rainbow Co., a spin-off venture company of the university, unveiled a new model of HUBO that will be entered in an international robotics competition scheduled later this year.

12 Jul 2013

Carnegie Mellon NREC Team Selected to Compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced that a team from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is one of six Track A teams chosen to compete this December in trials for the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

12 Jul 2013

People Express Positive Feelings Toward Robots That Provide Care

If you tickle a robot, it may not laugh, but you may still consider it humanlike -- depending on its role in your life, reports an international group of researchers.

9 Jul 2013

BRL Collaborates in Project to Develop Trustworthy Robotic Assistants

Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is part of a new £1.2million project which aims to ensure future robotic systems can be trusted by humans.

3 Jul 2013

New EPSRC Funded £1.2 Million Assignment on Human-Robot Interaction

Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is part of a new £1.2million project which aims to ensure future robotic systems can be trusted by humans.

2 Jul 2013

Computer Vision Algorithms Developed for Samsung’s Humanoid Robot to See and Map

Computer vision algorithms that enable Samsung’s latest humanoid robot, Roboray, to build real-time 3D visual maps to move around more efficiently have been developed by researchers from the University of Bristol.

2 Jul 2013

Robot Astronaut Kirobo to go to the International Space Station

Dentsu Inc. (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) announced today that the robot astronaut Kirobo will be aboard the Kounotori 4 cargo spacecraft that is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 4 this year.

26 Jun 2013

Robotic-Design Becomes More Cute and Emotional

Recent studies show the time of pure functional designs is over, even for robotic systems. According to a study published in 2012 by Hiroshima University, looking at cute images can enhance concentration and even promote more careful behavior. Furthermore, recent research results published by Leiden University Netherlands underpin the apparent trend of Japanese cuteness culture among the western societies.

13 Jun 2013