Honda Connects Brain Thoughts With Robotics

Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person’s scalp as well as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements. (March 31)

Instant Insanity – Computer Vision & Robotics

[Recorded: 1971] Over the last decades, computer vision systems have become increasingly capable of controlling robotic movement. One example of early research and development of computer vision and robotic systems was recorded at the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1971. This film shows a computer vision system and robotic arm solve the Instant Insanity puzzle, which has been around for more than a century under various aliases. It consists of a set of four cubes with one of four colors on each of their six faces. The goal is to arrange the four cubes in a row so that all four colors appear on each of the row’s four long sides. The order of the cubes doesn’t matter, but that simplicity is deceptive. There are 41472 different ways of arranging the four cubes in a row, so this is not a trivial task. The computer vision system first finds each of the four cubes by matching the visual edges to a prototype cube. In the case of a cube with only two faces visible, the arm turns the cube 45º so that three faces will be visible. The colors of the faces are then determined by reading in the scene again under three different color filters. The cubes are then turned over so that the three hidden back faces are visible to the camera and the process repeated. Once a solution is found the computer directs the arm to stack the blocks in the required order. Originally, this film was recorded without sound. A narration by Les Earnest and Lou Paul, of the Stanford …

SRI International Robotics

Several cutting-edge robotics technologies from SRI International, an independent research organization. As seen at RoboBusiness 2009…

NASA Announces High School Competition for Future Scientists, Engineers

NASA Announces High School Competition For Future Scientists, Engineers
NASA has announced a new contest challenging high school teams to design software for small satellites aboard the International Space Station. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., designed the Zero-Robotics investigation to inspire future scientists and engineers.

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Lecture 13 | Introduction to Robotics

Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. Professor Khatib shows a short video on Juggling Robots, then lectures on robotics control. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design. Complete Playlist for the Course: www.youtube.com CS 223A Course Website: cse.stanford.edu Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller: The Official OOPic Handbook

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Handbook provides a programming guide dedicated to the OOPic environment. Includes a CD-ROM with project and experiment code to be incorporated to customize your own projects, and a video of a fully OOPic-controlled robot. Softcover… More >>
Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller: The Official OOPic Handbook

FemiSapien’s Not Your Average Girl Robot

WowWee’s newest addition to their line of robots is a female robot. The WowWee FemiSapien Humanoid Robot is a dully interactive dancing robot and has the most life-like movements as compared to any other robot manufactured by WowWee. This female robot has her very own language that consists of emotive sounds and it can also sense different gestures that you make. It responds to sounds, and will actually respond to your touch as well. It has the unique ability to interact with and control other robots made by WowWee.

BYOR, Build Your Own Robot

The Time Is Right:

The field of hobby robotics is more exciting today than ever before. The day when you will have a humanoid, walking, talking robot in your home that will do your cooking and cleaning looms ever closer. Short of having a real robotic maid or butler, there are many other options that can be built today on just about any budget. If you really want to enjoy a fun, reasonably priced hobby, you should try to build your own robots. There are many reasons why it makes sense create a robot from scratch rather than buying pre-made ones.

Vision Robotics Corp: Autonomous Grape-Vine Pruner (Phase 1)

This prototype is the culmination of phase one of our development of a fully autonomous, robotic grape-vine pruner. This video summarizes our vision based mapping and actuation, demonstrates our current pruning capabilities, and documents our successful field demonstration for members of the grape and wine industry. We are currently in the process of securing investment for phase two of the project. For more information see the article in Wine & Vines: www.winesandvines.com Video production: Eugene Kozlenko

Hexbug Original – Colors May Vary

• Nano – Micro Robotic Creatures
• The robotic creature that behaves like a real bug
• Colors may vary
• Go online to register and track your Nano collection
• Additional bugs, track, habitats, carrying cases and more are available separately