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This blog explores the fields that embrace the development of an ecology of soft and sentient machines that will help and assist humans in the broadest possible sense to support and sustain our welfare.
You will find entries on biology, robotics, artificial intelligence, ecology, science-fiction, neuroscience... and many more that converge around questions like: what does it take to make our assisting machines sentient?
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Making Robots Social
Leading experts tell us how it’s being done Researchers look at human social intelligence from different perspectives but when it comes to integrating that into robots, social intelligence must be narrowed down to some key components.
DNA Robot Targets and Destroys Cancer Cells
Nanorobot mimics bevaviour of white blood cells to get the job done! DNA nanorobot from Wyss Institute on Vimeo. Upon identifying specific deviant cells, the tiny organic robot releases its payload of destructive material onto the cancerous target while well-functioning … Continue reading
irobot Takes the Roomba up a Few Notches
irobot’s new bot Ava is much more than vacuum ¨There’s a need for robots that can help people live independently…the number of people over the age of 65 is increasing dramatically,¨ explains the CEO of irobot, Colin Angle in an … Continue reading
Posted in Robots and Society
Tagged Ava, healthcare robots, irobot, Robot Companions, Roomba, Telepresence robots
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Emotion Reading Robots
Perceptive machines lend a hand in the real-world The robot featured in the picture is named Matilda and she also has a ¨male¨counterpart named Jack. Their creators at La Trobe University ( in partnership with Kyoto University and Japan’s NEC Corporation)
Canine (Robot) Companions
DARPA’s pup has been trained to follow the pack! Militaries around the world view physical exhaustion of their soldiers as one of their main challenges, since soldiers often have to carry loads of up 50kg on their backs through rough, … Continue reading
Boxie: The Chatterbox Bot
New research from MIT involves a cardboard box-like robot This cardboard box isn’t meant to be packed into a moving van! In fact, it’s not really a cardboard box at all but rather, a story collecting robot, of course. Meet … Continue reading
Demand for Domestic Bots
68% of participants in a market research survey think domestic robots would be useful Furthermore, the survey indicated that nearly half of that 68% would even take out a loan to buy one in the future! If you had a … Continue reading
Robot Revolutionizes Home Schooling
Learning from home may be the only option for some but robots can help fill some critical gaps Cris Colaluca is a 14 year old boy who is attending class at his local school for the first time in six … Continue reading
Those Blue Jeans Sound Like a C Sharp
Cyborg, Neil Harbisson listens to the music of colour Harbisson’s visual world is painted in black, white and shades of grey. A rare genetic condition termed Achromatopsia is what’s responsible for colouring his surroundings like the pages of a newspaper. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Montandon, colour through sound, Cyborg, Eyeborg, Neil Harbisson, Robot Companions
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