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RoboCup 2008 Suzhou
The 12th RoboCup International Competitions and Conferences, RoboCup-2008 Suzhou was held on July 14th – July 20th, 2008, Suzhou, China. Over 300 teams from 30 countries took part in the game this year. RoboCup is an international robotics competition founded in 1993. The aim is to develop autonomous robots with the intention of promoting research…
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Hitachi humanoid robot can distinguish voices even when three people are talking to it at the same time
Hitachi exhibited its second humanoid robot EMIEW2 at the recently concluded Hitachi uValue Convention 2008. Hitachi light weight humanoid robot EMIEW2 weighs 13kg and can move on wheels as well as two legs. Sensitive 14 microphones are mounted on the head of the humanoid for enhanced voice recognition capabilities. The robot can distinguish voices even…
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ChemBots to sneak into your body and biodegrade once the task is finished!
Squeezable chemical robots designed to mimic caterpillars may one day be used to sneak through tight spots before expanding to 10 times their size, then biodegrade once the task is finished. The chembots could get into a building through a crack, explore a cave or crevice and dismantle an explosive. Or they might climb ropes,…
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Korean Develop micro-mini structures by pouring liquids containing self-assembling micro-mini components into them
A team of Korean researchers has successfully made a micro-mini computer keyboard with almost 70 100-㎛ components by pouring liquids onto boards. The team led by electrical engineering professor Kwon Sung-hoon of Seoul National University said Sunday that they made a super-mini Eiffel Tower, Greek shrine, and computer keyboard by cutting grooves into boards and…
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Robot POMI can express happiness, sadness, and joy!
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of Korea has developed a robot with four human senses such as seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling as interactive modalities. Named POMI (Penguin rObot for Multimodal Interaction), the robot can move the eyebrow, eye lid, eye ball and lips. It also uses various colors and formats of LED lights…
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Shenyang first Chinese city to employ a robot receptionist
The human-shaped robot developed by Siasun will soon have a job at the administrative examination and approval service center in Shenyang, the capital of the northeastern Liaoning Province, providing investors with help to get their business-related documents. The intelligent Chinese robot will nod head, wave hand, say hi, and communicate with visitors in Chinese. Measuring…
