Robots And Tech: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

Humanoid Robots Playing Soccer, Part 2: How They Work

Humanoid Robots Playing Soccer, Part 2: How They Work

In July, the U.S. scored a major international soccer victory. While the nation was unable to bring home the Women's World Cup, Team DARwIn took first place in the Humanoid Kid Size competition at the 2011 RoboCup tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. The robots, whose name stands for "Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence," are a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Tech.

Penn Engineering team members who traveled to the competition included Stephen McGill, Seung-Joon Yi, Yida Zhang, along with Jordan Brindza, Ashleigh Thomas, Spencer Lee, and Nicholas McGill, who are undergraduate and graduate students in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory.

Robocup Junior 2013 Eindhoven soccer open LG Robots : AEIOU

Robocup Junior 2013 Eindhoven soccer open LG Robots : AEIOU

Robocup Junior 2013 Eindhoven soccer open LG Robots : AEIOU One of the few videos we took at Robocup 2013.
This is not the full game, it's only a clip from the first half,
I didn't see any point in filming the entire thing, as there were a lot of "outs" and
"damaged robot" issues.
More on our channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/jakrobotics
Teams: LG Robots vs AEIOU
Final score 4:4

Bionic Eye - Animation

Bionic Eye - Animation

Bionic Eye - Animation Animation of bionic eye being developed in Melbourne, Australia by the Bionic Vision Australia consortium.

Animation created by Parry Studios.

ProDigits: The world's first bionic finger

ProDigits: The world's first bionic finger

ProDigits: The world's first bionic finger Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, launches ProDigits, the worlds first powered bionic finger solution for patients with missing fingers. Now partial-hand patients have a dexterous powered solution to support their return to function and independence.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

First 3D Printed Hybrid Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Woman Walk Again

First 3D Printed Hybrid Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Woman Walk Again

A keen skier who was left paralysed from the waist down after an accident can now walk again, thanks to the world's first 3D printed hybrid robotic exoskeleton suit.
Three-dimensional printer makers 3D systems have been working with robotic exoskeleton maker Ekso Bionics to make a custom suit for test pilot Amanda Boxtel, who was paralysed in a fall on the slopes of Aspen, Colorado in 1992.
Despite being told that she would never walk again, the incredible video here shows that through using the Ekso-Suit, Boxtel was able to stand up and walk, aided by crutches.
Video courtesy of 3D Systems.

Walking Again with 3D Printed Exoskeleton

Walking Again with 3D Printed Exoskeleton

Walking Again with 3D Printed Exoskeleton Watch Amanda Boxtel walk again after years in a wheelchair using the 3D printed bionic exoskeleton by Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems.

Robots Aboard International Space Station

Robots Aboard International Space Station

Ames Research Center, MIT and Johnson Space Center have two new robotics projects aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Robonaut 2, a two-armed humanoid robot with astronaut-like dexterity, is currently undergoing onboard testing. The second is the SPHERES satellite, which recently got a smartphone upgrade that gives it eyes, ears and a sensor array. These robots could assume mundane, sometimes dangerous tasks: monitoring radiation, filter change-outs, some extravehicular activities

SCI-Arc/Caltech Engineering Video - 2011 Solar Decathlon

SCI-Arc/Caltech Engineering Video - 2011 Solar Decathlon

SCI-Arc/Caltech Engineering Video - 2011 Solar Decathlon What are the engineering innovations that the SCI-Arc/Caltech team built into the Compact Hyper Insulated Prototype home for the 2011 Solar Decathlon? Well, they show you...

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Descenso del Curiosity a Marte en alta resolucin (Nuevo)

Descenso del Curiosity a Marte en alta resolucin (Nuevo)

Esta pelcula del rover Curiosity de la NASA muestra la mayora de los frames de alta resolucin adquiridos por el Mars Descent Imager entre la expulsin del escudo trmico y la toma de contacto con la superficie de Marte. El vdeo, obtenido el 5 de agosto PDT (6 de agosto EDT), abarca los ltimos minutos tras dos aos y medio de viaje antes del touchdown (la toma de contacto) en el Crter Gale.

Puede ser odo el audio grabado desde el control de la misin narrando los eventos crticos.

Crdito: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=150964561

MIT teaches robots to adapt

MIT teaches robots to adapt

Most commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call pick and place tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another. General-purpose household robots, however, would have to be able to manipulate objects of any shape, left in any location. And today, commercially available robots dont have anything like the dexterity of the human hand.

At this years IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the premier robotics conference, students in the Learning and Intelligent Systems Group at MITs Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will present a pair of papers showing how household robots could use a little lateral thinking to compensate for their physical shortcomings.

Here we see MIT senior Annie Holladay demonstrate and describe how her algorithm helps the robot adapt by using both of its arms instead of just one.

Wall Climbing Robot! Boston Dynamics

Wall Climbing Robot! Boston Dynamics

Wall Climbing Robot! Boston Dynamics Welcome to Robot World.Please "subscribe" and "share" this video if you want to talk this topic with your friends!

Boston Dynamics Cheetah Robot

Boston Dynamics Cheetah Robot

Boston Dynamics Cheetah Robot Welcome to Robot World.Please "subscribe" and "share" this video if you want to talk this topic with your friends!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Honda presenta una nueva versin del robot Asimo

Honda presenta una nueva versin del robot Asimo

Honda presenta una nueva versin del robot Asimo Con nuevas capacidades, la nueva versin del robot Asimo de Honda sirve como ejemplo de la avanzada ingeniera de la empresa, al mismo tiempo que nos da una idea de hacia dnde se dirige la robtica para asistir a los seres humanos. Vdeos cortesa de Honda.

Advanced Humanoid 'Atlas' Robot Is Unveiled | Video

Advanced Humanoid 'Atlas' Robot Is Unveiled | Video

Advanced Humanoid 'Atlas' Robot Is Unveiled | Video Boston Dynamics developed the robot for DARPA. It will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in December 2013. Advancing the technology to assist humans in disaster response is the goal.

Darpa Robotics Challenge 2013: Boston Dynamic WildCat

Darpa Robotics Challenge 2013: Boston Dynamic WildCat

Darpa Robotics Challenge 2013: Boston Dynamic WildCat Demonstration of Boston Dynamic's WildCat robot.

Snake-Inspired Rescue Robots

Snake-Inspired Rescue Robots

Snake-Inspired Rescue Robots Robots can scale challenging inclines. More information can be found at http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/snake-inspired-rescue-robots/692.

Additional content at http://www.InsideScience.org

Monday, February 24, 2014

Improving Search and Rescue Robots

Improving Search and Rescue Robots

Improving Search and Rescue Robots Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubble environments could have helped rescuers after these natural disasters, but building such machines is challenging. Source: Georgia Tech

Helios Team Robots for Search and Rescue Mission example Hibot

Helios Team Robots for Search and Rescue Mission example Hibot

Helios Team Robots for Search and Rescue Mission example Hibot Robots for Search and Rescue robots Mission example (Tokyo Institute of Technology, HiBot, Kyushu University)

Rescue robot knows, um, what you mean

Rescue robot knows, um, what you mean

Rescue robot knows, um, what you mean Meet the plain-speaking robot that can help find wounded bodies. Find other cool robots here: http://www.newscientist.com/special/robots-on-TV-five-glimpses-of-future-machines

Freescale MakeIt Challenge, third place winner, search and rescue robot

Freescale MakeIt Challenge, third place winner, search and rescue robot

Freescale MakeIt Challenge, third place winner, search and rescue robot Tom Minnich presents his Freescale powered search and rescue remote controlled robot.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Rescue robot

Rescue robot

Rescue robot See http://smart-machines.blogspot.com

Rescue robot with debris lifting capability.

Valkyrie At Work

Valkyrie At Work

Valkyrie At Work Some tasks that Valkyrie has done in the past.

DARPA Robotics Challenge Day 1

DARPA Robotics Challenge Day 1

DARPA Robotics Challenge Day 1 This film marks the first day of Team Valkyrie's fight to win the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Valkyrie, robotul NASA

Valkyrie, robotul NASA

Valkyrie, robotul NASA Va prezint noul robot cu aspect umanoid creat de NASA pentru a-i ajuta pe astronauti in spatiu dar si pe pamanteni in cadrul unor operatiuni umanitare desfasurate in zonele afectate de dezastre naturale.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Old NASA footage of XB-70 Valkyrie

Old NASA footage of XB-70 Valkyrie

Old NASA footage of XB-70 Valkyrie Old NASA footage of the experimental XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber.

NASA's Valkyrie Robot (DARPA Challenge Dec. 20th)

NASA's Valkyrie Robot (DARPA Challenge Dec. 20th)

Meet Valkyrie, NASA JSC's DARPA Robotics Challenge humanoid robot. Learn more:

NASA has built a six foot two inch superhero robot that it names Valkyrie. Robots like this one ma NASA has built a six foot two inch superhero robot tha.

NASA has developed a robot that may be used to explore Mars before humans ever set foot on the red planet. Valkyrie was developed by a team of engineers at.

Meet NASA's superhero robot Nicknamed Valkyrie NASA's superhero robot Nicknamed Valkyrie Subscribe to U.S.News and World:

Another awesome humanoid robot has been built-- this time by NASA.

SpaceShipTwo's 3rd Powered Flight Soars To New Heights | Video

SpaceShipTwo's 3rd Powered Flight Soars To New Heights | Video

SpaceShipTwo's 3rd Powered Flight Soars To New Heights | Video Virgin Galactic successfully tested its vehicle again on January 10th, 2014 and reached 71,000 feet (21,641 meters) and a top speed of Mach 1.4. They are still on track to start commercial service later this year.

Line Tracer UM

Line Tracer UM

Line Tracer UM Line Tracer / Follower UM, State University of Malang.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Dynamic Virtual Fixtures, Raven Robot and a Balloon

Dynamic Virtual Fixtures, Raven Robot and a Balloon

Dynamic Virtual Fixtures, Raven Robot and a Balloon This narrated video shows how virtual fixtures can be used, with a surgical robot, to protect objects during teleoperation.

200 VEX IQ Robotics for Education from VEX Robotics

200 VEX IQ Robotics for Education from VEX Robotics

VEX IQ is a robotics platform designed to transform STEM learning for young students and their teachers. Students as young as 8 can jump right in and snap robots together using this intuitive, toolless platform while educators can utilise the free VEX IQ Curriculum to help teach them valuable lessons and skills that are needed in today's changing world. This curriculum will be tailored to the UK education system.

ROBO2020 Robot Race Fall 2013

ROBO2020 Robot Race Fall 2013

ROBO2020 Robot Race Fall 2013 Line following robots designed and built by 2nd year Robotics and Automation students at Conestoga College

Curiosity Rover Report (Feb. 14, 2014): Rover's 5K Run

Curiosity Rover Report (Feb. 14, 2014): Rover's 5K Run

Curiosity Rover Report (Feb. 14, 2014): Rover's 5K Run Curiosity logs 5K after a punishing trek over sharp terrain. To celebrate, JPLers put on their running shoes!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Highflying - Videology Ep. 3

Highflying - Videology Ep. 3

Awesome spaceship, robotics and simulation videos are featured in this episode of Videology. Oh, and a hungry jaguar.
SpaceShipTwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwm3leZu-O0
Jaguar attacks crocodile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNYwxDZ_pA
JPL RoboSimian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HFXO_qx5ZY
3D Printing - Mataerial
http://vimeo.com/55657102
Porsche 911 Roof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H7xSw7bEms
iRobot Scooba 450
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g-na7d-hEs
Muscle memory software
http://vimeo.com/79098420
Cell growth simulations
http://vimeo.com/82989945
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Engineering Update #41: Talking to your appliances

Engineering Update #41: Talking to your appliances

Engineering Update #41: Talking to your appliances

In this week's episode

-Communicating with your smart appliances
The LG HomeChat service allows homeowners to more or less talk to any smart appliances in their home from a cell phone.

-NASA's newest primate robot

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has added a new creature to their ranks with the Robosimian, a hi-tech robot designed to mimic the posture and movement of a primate.

-Google's Newest toy

Big news for Google this week, who just purchased the device company Nest for a cool 3.2 billion dollars.

DARPA Robotics Challenge: Toward a User-Guided Manipulation Framework

DARPA Robotics Challenge: Toward a User-Guided Manipulation Framework

We seek to create a user-guided manipulation framework for High Degree-of-Freedom robots operating in environments with limited communication to apply to the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Our approach consists of three elements: (1) a user-guided perception interface which assists the user to provide task level commands to the robot, (2) planning algorithms that autonomously generate robot motion while obeying relevant constraints, and (3) a trajectory execution and monitoring system.

La NASA disea un robot simio para salvar vidas

La NASA disea un robot simio para salvar vidas

Los ingenieros del Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JLP), dependiente de la NASA, y la Universidad de Stanford, disearon un robot para situaciones de rescate que tiene una forma hbrida entre araa y mono.

As, RoboSimian, como lo han bautizado, puede caminar a dos o cuatro patas, anclarse con sus dos tentculos traseros o manipular objetos con sus extremidades superiores.

No en vano, sus cuatro brazos articulados permiten al RoboSimian caminar en terrenos irregulares, retirar escombros, subir escaleras, abrir puertas o manipular una manguera, por ejemplo, operaciones con alto riesgo para personas, pero necesarias, a menudo, en catstrofes naturales, terremotos o incendios.

Estas acciones de simulacro de rescate fueron las que le otorgaron la quinta posicin en el concurso de robtica DARPA Robotics Challenge, de Florida, el pasado mes de diciembre.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Robosimian Demonstration -- DARPA Robotics Challenge

Robosimian Demonstration -- DARPA Robotics Challenge

Robosimian Demonstration -- DARPA Robotics Challenge UCSB ECE Professor Katie Byl and her team demonstrate their robot for the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

NASARoboSimian

NASARoboSimian

NASARoboSimian NASANASARoboSimian4

http://www.nikkei.com/video/

The Genome Question: Moore vs. Jevons with Bud Mishra

The Genome Question: Moore vs. Jevons with Bud Mishra

Google Tech Talk
March 27, 2012

ABSTRACT

It is often said that genomics science is on a Moore's law, growing exponentially in data throughput, number of assembled genomes, lowered cost, etc.; and yet, it has not delivered the biomedical promises made a decade ago: personalized medicine; genomic characterization of diseases like cancer, schizophrenia, and autism; bio-markers for common complex diseases;

Fema on-board starter

Fema on-board starter

Fema on-board starter This is a Fema on board starter that I have bolted to a Tartan 44cc twin glow motor all very old but has hardly been used.I purchased them separately and have now decided to mount them together in a Precedent T240 that's been gathering dust, Although it may be impractical, it will work and and just add to a part of my Aeromodeling history.
- Bert

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Belt Inspection

Belt Inspection

Belt Inspection http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/belt_inspection/

Autonomy & Control (RVCA)

Autonomy & Control (RVCA)

Autonomy & Control (RVCA) http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/rvca/

Hybrid Safety System

Hybrid Safety System

Hybrid Safety System http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu

CARGO_raw_laser.avi

CARGO_raw_laser.avi

CARGO_raw_laser.avi http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu

Monday, February 17, 2014

GPS-Free Positioning (MINT)

GPS-Free Positioning (MINT)

GPS-Free Positioning (MINT) http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/mint/

Cargo UGV

Cargo UGV

Cargo UGV http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/cargo/

Stress Testing Autonomous Systems: UGV Speed-Limit Vulnerability

Stress Testing Autonomous Systems: UGV Speed-Limit Vulnerability

Stress Testing Autonomous Systems: UGV Speed-Limit Vulnerability http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/stress_testing

Meet DRC Team MIT

Meet DRC Team MIT

Meet DRC Team MIT Learn more about Team MIT at http://www.theroboticschallenge.org/node/64

Sunday, February 16, 2014

2013 DRC Trials

2013 DRC Trials

2013 DRC Trials Wrap-up video for Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Carnegie Mellon University DARPA robotics team WRECS.

CHIMP Kneels and Stands

CHIMP Kneels and Stands

CHIMP Kneels and Stands http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/tartanrescue

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