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Timbuktu Chronicles: "The Future of Robotics is Swarms"

Timbuktu Chronicles: "The Future of Robotics is Swarms" | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Telephone FM transmiter, AKA phone bug - If you ever wondered how those phone bugs from spy movies work, here is the schematic for your very own. This simple FM transmitter uses a phone line to bo... 12 hours ago ...
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Military Robots To Patrol World Cup

Military Robots To Patrol World Cup | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
In effort to host "one of the most protected sports events in history," Brazil is enlisting 30 camera-equipped PackBots for added security.
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Movers and Makers: Drone Dudes

Movers and Makers: Drone Dudes | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Drone Dudes are a team of filmmakers and designers who use RC copters to capture stunning aerial cinematography. In this video we interview Andrew Petersen and Jeff Blank, who operate a radial octocopter capable of lifting cameras up to 12lbs.
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SOINN artificial brain can now use the internet to learn new things

A group at Tokyo Institute of Technology, led by Dr. Osamu Hasegawa, has succeeded in making further advances with SOINN, their machine learning algorithm, which can now use the internet to learn how to perform new tasks. The system, which is under development as an artificial brain for autonomous mental development robots, is currently being used to learn about objects in photos using image searches on the internet. It can also take aspects of other known objects and combine them to make guesses about objects it doesn't yet recognize.


Via Szabolcs Kósa, Martin Talks
Miro Svetlik's curator insight, May 3, 4:23 AM

Once that all AI's will be able to not only parse and recognize data from internet but also efficiently communicate with each other and share the results programmers will become obsolete. Well let's have a good time while it lasts.

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Latest Lego robotics kit can also 'talk' to iPhones

Latest Lego robotics kit can also 'talk' to iPhones | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Lego bricks are getting cozy with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit.
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Damn, I want one to play with.
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Pioneering flight of Robo Raven is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles

Pioneering flight of Robo Raven is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
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Coral-repairing robots take a step closer to reality

Coral-repairing robots take a step closer to reality | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
A team at Herriot-Watt University’s Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help it develop coralbots that...
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Veter - robot for researchers

Veter - robot for researchers | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Open robotics platform with ready to use hardware and software modules.
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Robots Mimic Ant Colony Behavior

Robots Mimic Ant Colony Behavior | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
The fact that robots can find their way through a maze without complex navigation strategies suggests the same is true for ants.

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Liquid Robotics Announces Wave Glider SV3

Liquid Robotics Announces Wave Glider SV3 | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
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It's a data center on the waves! Liquid Robotics today announced the introduction of the Wave Glider® SV3, the world’s first hybrid wave and solar propelled unmanned ocean robot. The Wave Glider SV3 incorporates the latest advancements in energy harvesting technology providing the ability to utilize both wave and solar energy for forward propulsion.


It's also even smarter, just like its parent company. Liquid Robotics has just closed $45 million funding round bringing the total from investors up to $85 million.

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Haptic Technology – The Sensitivity of Surgical Robots

Haptic Technology – The Sensitivity of Surgical Robots | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Haptic technology is breaking new and promising ground in the field of surgical robots. Learn more about haptics and how it is changing the idea of senses.
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Researchers develop tiny robots that mimic ant behavior

Researchers develop tiny robots that mimic ant behavior | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Simon Garnier and other researchers have used tiny robots called Alices to mimic the behavior of ants, something they say (RT @sugusiceruk: http://t.co/Kbol3eMHDx...
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Festo - BionicOpter

With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly. Just like its model in nature, this ultralig...
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Robotic salamander walks on land, swims in water

Robotic salamander walks on land, swims in water | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
The amphibious robot mimics the crawling and swimming movements of the salamander so that it can easily transition between land and water.
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Articles shows the amazing things robots can do now and possibly in the future.

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THOR Walking Test

T.H.O.R. (Tactical Hazardous Operations Robot) is a humanoid robot being developed at RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) at Virginia Tech for disaster...
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MIT Robots Can Assemble Your IKEA Furniture For You

MIT Robots Can Assemble Your IKEA Furniture For You | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
These robots can assemble your Swedish furniture, without even looking at the instructions (MIT Robots Can Assemble Your IKEA Furniture For You http://t.co/MoO5Se2VAX)...
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Intelligent Robots Will Overtake Humans by 2100

Intelligent Robots Will Overtake Humans by 2100 | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it

Some believe in a utopian future, in which humans can transcend their physical limitations with the aid of machines. But others think humans will eventually relinquish most of their abilities and gradually become absorbed into artificial intelligence (AI)-based organisms, much like the energy making machinery in our own cells.


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Tiny Robots Take Wing

Flies are some of the most agile and maneuverable creatures on Earth. While some technologies like airplanes and helicopters mimic the motions of flies, rese...
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Moratorium on killer robots sought, ignoring guided missiles

Moratorium on killer robots sought, ignoring guided missiles | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input 'should not have the power of life and death over human beings,' a new draft U.N. report says. ...
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The difficulty appears when you consider that a drone is more a slow-moving version of an automated munition of the type that has been applied to air/ground guided missiles and bombs since WWII. This is a cat that is well out of the bag, and bring called for by third world requests that everyone wait until they have the warbots too.

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Teachable robot helps assemble IKEA furniture

Teachable robot helps assemble IKEA furniture | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
A robotics group led by Professor Sylvain Calinon at the Italian Institute of Technology is teaching robots how to deal with real-world problems.
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Tech Gets ‘Touchy-Feely’ With Haptic Engineering

Tech Gets ‘Touchy-Feely’ With Haptic Engineering | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Technology can help users "touch" virtual objects and distant environments as though they were real and within reach.
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Phantom flying drone captures stunning, stable video

Phantom flying drone captures stunning, stable video | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
A new stabilization system for the Phantom remote-controlled flying drone helps it capture stunning landscapes and maneuver in tight spaces.

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NASA plans to lasso asteroid with robotic spaceship so astronauts can explore it, Fla. senator says

NASA plans to lasso asteroid with robotic spaceship so astronauts can explore it, Fla. senator says | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
NASA plans to lasso asteroid with robotic spaceship so astronauts can explore it, a Fla. senator says. (#robotics NASA plans to lasso asteroid with robotic spaceship so astronauts can explore ... - The Denver Chann...
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Giant robot jellyfish to patrol US coasts

Giant robot jellyfish to patrol US coasts | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
A 170 pounds, six-foot long robot jellyfish named Cyro is now patrolling U.S. coastal waters.
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Swarming Robots Could Be the Servants of the Future

Swarming Robots Could Be the Servants of the Future | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it
Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines.
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Artificial Intelligence | Robots and Robotics | Scoop.it

Robots are here to stay. They will be smarter, more versatile, more autonomous, and more like us in many ways. We humans will need to adapt to keep up.


Via Szabolcs Kósa
luiy's curator insight, March 25, 5:36 PM
New technologies, new moralities

Religious and other organizations will define and attempt to regulate the ways in which human treat humanoid robots, since they will be considered quasi-human, sentient creatures that must be treated with respect and not abused. Thus, the changing legal and social framework will deal with the proper use of robots by humans as well as the proper behavior of robots toward humans, and new sets of “post-Asimov” laws will emerge.

 

Finally, a few concluding thoughts. The rapid increase in the number and sophistication of autonomous systems, including humanoid robots, lead to dramatic changes in society. Robots will assume an increasing share of human work and responsibility, thus creating a major social problem with unemployment and the relations of humans and robots. I believe that new frameworks for these interactions will emerge within the next 25 to 50 years. If they do not, there may be neo-Luddite rebellions, in which humans will attempt to destroy large numbers of robots. Those of us who design, program, and implement robots have a major responsibility to assist in the creation and implementation of patterns of behavior and legal systems to ensure that robots and humans co-evolve and co-exist for the benefit of society.

 

Robots are here to stay. They will be smarter, more versatile, more autonomous, and more like us in many ways. We humans will need to adapt to this coming world.