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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 the Environment
This Bot Doesn’t Bite…
Check out this robot inspired by fleas! Scientists at Seoul National University (SNU) have recently created a robot inspired by tiny blood-sucking bugs: fleas! Pesky as these little insects may be, they’ve got an incredible physical ability that not even an … Continue reading
Robots That Smell
Biomimetic Robot from Vicky Vouloutsi on Vimeo. As humans, we may take our sense of smell for granted but for many of the other members of the animal kingdom, either land-roaming or water-dwelling, a keen sense of smell serves as … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Robots and Research, Robots and the Environment
Tagged NEUROChem, olfaction, Robot Companions, Robots that smell, silk moths
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A Bit of Bacteria Goes a Long Way
The U.S.’s Naval Research Laboratory powers mini robots with microorganisms All sorts of robots are used to help us explore outer space but bigger isn’t always better when it comes to extraterrestrial explorers. These machines require loads of energy and … Continue reading
Robot Companions for Citizens
An introduction to one of the FET Flagships The video above was presented by the Robot Companion for Citizens Flagship Initiative at a conference in Warsaw at the end of November. Robot Companions for Citizens is currently one of 6 … Continue reading
Robot Wave Gliders
4 robots have set sail to give us more information on our blue planet It’s a well-known fact that we know more about outer space than we do about our oceans here on earth. With only about 10% of our … Continue reading
A Robot who Really Does the Dirty Deeds
The University of Pennsylvania has a poop-scooping pal Formally the name of the project responsible for developing this robot is Perception Of Offensive Products and Sensorized Control Of Object Pickup but the acronym POOP SCOOP puts things more bluntly.
“Thinking” Robots
We’ve been thinking about them for a while… Hiro, a humanoid robot developed by professor Osamu Hasegawa at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has been proclaimed a ¨world first¨for its ability to ¨learn¨from its environment and research relevant information on … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Robots and Society, Robots and the Environment, Robots Around the World, Robots, Brain, Mind and Behaviour
Tagged Cognitive Robots, European Robotics Forum, FET Flagship, Hiro, Osamu Hasegawa, Paolo Dario, Robot Companions for Citizens, Thinking Robots, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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