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Robot babies

stepheng — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:57:12 +0000

IEEE Spectrum has a new chart up of different robots the mimic human babies and children in various ways (on capabilities vs. appearance axes). See IEEE Spectrum: Invasion of the Robot Babies (Infographic) for that and some other interesting links on humanoid robotics.

Of course, if you have time and access to the DVD, a good robot baby movies can be found in Robot Stories. Trailer below

Portraits In Posthumanity: Claudia Mitchell

stepheng — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:02:29 +0000

From the io9 posthuman newsfeed is a brief article looking a this form of muscle/nerve prosthetic. I’m constantly amazed by this kind of thing, and can’t imagine what it will look like in 10-15 years time. See Portraits In Posthumanity: Claudia Mitchell – Posthumanity – io9

Robot Ethics?

stepheng — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:07:58 +0000

A couple of related articles about encoding ethics into software:

Robots Teach Korean Students English

stepheng — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:05:20 +0000

Interesting article over at Robots Teach Korean Students English – Robots – io9 on the deployment of 1000s of robot language teachers to assist in the learning of English in South Korean schools and pre-schools.

I’m wondering why they’ve embedded this approach in a humanoid form, rather than through an animated avatar on the cellphone for example. Perhaps the physical presence of the robot creates a kind of relationality (e.g. authority figure) that a computer application couldn’t do?

Robot to work at rest home

stepheng — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:01:59 +0000

You see this sort of thing in the overseas press from time to time (after all it seems to be obligatory to run a robot story every week or so), but it’s not often you see a robot healthcare story in the NZ context. See Robot to work at rest home.

Teaching Robots To Be Human

stepheng — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:10:24 +0000

Interesting short interview on robots and creativity. See Teaching Robots To Be Human.

Cuddly robots?

stepheng — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:10:06 +0000

I’m thinking it looks too much like ALF, but an interesting application in therapeutic robots for children.

See Cuddly robot helps sick kids

World Builder – short film

stepheng — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:53:31 +0000

I thought this was very good – a virtual reality love story.

See YouTube – World Builder

Similar in some ways to Grek Pak’s Robot Stories.

Robot fish – wow!

stepheng — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:25:20 +0000

This looks interesting – really big robot fish being used as sensing devices. Shades of Stingray, perhaps?

See Robot fish detects pollution – technology | Stuff.co.nz.

For those of you who missed out on Stingray in your childhood, here’s a link to the TV show’s title sequence. (Always had a soft spot for ‘scifi’ submarine/underwater shows like Sealab 2020, Man from Atlantis, Stingray and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Though, somehow really didn’t get into seaQuest DSV)

Thinking about robots…

stepheng — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:34:22 +0000

See xkcd – A Webcomic – Parody Week: A Softer World.