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Category Archives: Robots and Society
Robots Get Social…
Creating hype on Twitter and other networks Twitter has reached over 500 million users, but of those, apparently only 140 million actually use it regularly. Now it turns out that some of these users may not even be real people, … 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
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
Fishing for New Ways to Monitor Water Pollution?
The SHOAL project develops robotic fish to help keep our waters clean! SHOAL is a European research project that aims to produce a network of robotic fish to monitor pollution in aquatic environments.The project is being lead by BMT Group … Continue reading
Up Next… Neo-Humanity?
Check out Russia 2045 Could we reach an age of cibernetic immortality? It’s a controversial question (to say the least) however, Dmitry Itskov is now making it loud and clear that he thinks the answer is yes and the Russian … Continue reading
Robots with Green Thumbs
Could blending living and artificial systems help make agriculture more eco-friendly? What started out as an undergraduate summer project at the Distributed Robotics Lab (DRL), part of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT, has now turned into … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Robots and Research, Robots and Society
Tagged Artificial and Living Systems, CSAIL, DRL, MIT, Robot Companions, Robotic Garden
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¨Turning thought into action¨ The Robotic arm moves a thermos filled with coffee towards Cathy Hutchinson’s mouth while she imagines carrying out this same motion with the very hand she has been unable to move for the past fifteen years.
Robots Get People Walking
Claire Lomas walks the London marathon with the help of a robotic suit In 2007, accomplished equestrian, Claire Lomas, was told that she would never walk again after a riding accident left her paralysed from the waist down. 5 years … Continue reading
Posted in Robots and Research, Robots and Society
Tagged Claire Lomas, exoskeleton, John Dawson-Ellis, London marathon, ReWalk, robotic suits
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Robots Monitor Prisons
A South Korean effort to reduce stress among corrections officers Prison guards often face high levels of stress due to under staffing, overtime and rotating shift work associated with their work. This often results in burnout, health problems, high turnover … Continue reading
Posted in Robots and Society
Tagged Asian Forum for Correction, Robot Companions, Robot prison guards, South Korea
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