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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.
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Category Archives: Robots and Health
Cognitive Skills for Rehabilitation Robots
Europe invests in cognitive skills for rehabilitation robots The European Commission has provided a grant for €780,800 to develop cognitive skills for rehabilitation robots being developed by CORBYS (Control Framework for Robotic Systems), a four year European project which began … Continue reading
Racing with Robots
Ready, Set, Joggobot! Running can be a challenging activity to get into and keep up. Whether it’s a friend or canine pal acting as a running buddy, the company often provides us with the motivation needed to push ourselves further … Continue reading
Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Huggable Robot
After a bad day, there’s nothing like a Hugvie If you’re a fan of bizarre robots, you’ve got to be familiar with some of Hiroshi Ishiguro’s work. As the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University in Japan, … Continue reading
Robotic Therapy Gets Paralysed Rats Walking and Running
These rats are back in action! Grégoire Courtine and his team at The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have been using a robotic harness and electro-chemical stimulation to get rats with damaged spinal cords up and running again.
Technology as Empowerment
Joanne O’Riordan’s Address to the UN On April 26, 2012, 16 year old Joanne O’Riordan gave a speech to the United Nations for Girls in ICT Day. Although Joanne was born with one of rarest conditions we know of, Total … Continue reading
Robot Companions
The goal is ambitious but there’s a motive behind it! The video above by Reuters features some of the robots that were on display at this year’s INNOROBO Conference in Lyon, France. A recent article in the BBC which featured … Continue reading
Helpful Healthbots
Robots as healthcare assistants and companions Healthbots is a joint research project being carried out by Bruce MacDonald and his team at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and the Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea. Together, … Continue reading
Nature Knows Best
Why it’s all about biomimetics Back in the 14th century, a man notorious for both his artistic talent and scientific ability, studied birds in an attempt to create a machine that was capable of flight. Today, Leonardo da Vinci’s endeavour … Continue reading
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