Robots Get Safer, Robots Play Soccer!

Jul 172011
 
Robots Get Safer, Robots Play Soccer!

The Sunday robot roundup! (it’s Sunday here – anthrobotic.com broadcasts from southern Japan) Okay, well actually I’m only rounding up two projects.  First is the serious:  Making Robots Safer – adding sensing technology and intuitive dexterity to working robots such as Nasa’s Robonaut 2 – which is nice.  And then the playful:  Virginia Tech’s Robot Soccer Team – entrants into the worldwide RoboCup soccer game [chose your own lame verb-pun: terminated, disassembled, reprogramed, hacked, etc.] the rest of the world’s teams in robo-soccer.  These robots and the women’s meatspace world cup team have revealed that, though we realize the enjoyment [read full post]

 July 17, 2011  Posted by at 7:51 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, NBI, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology

STS-135: Last Flight of Humanity’s Most Complex Machine

Jul 112011
 
STS-135: Last Flight of Humanity's Most Complex Machine

The final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis (not pictured above). And yeah, that whole complexity thing is debatable – you decide:  STS or LHC?  Here the Sagan Series celebrates the last flight of the American Space Shuttle Atlantis – a technologically and culturally unprecedented human achievement.  While terribly expensive and producing very little concrete advancement, it captured human imagination – it looked like a spaceship – our spaceship. Continue for Sagan Series 6 video, STS-135 image gallery, and private space venture stuff…

 July 11, 2011  Posted by at 12:45 PM Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology, Technology & Politics, Universe

Space Racing: – National Governments Benched and/or Losing Their Scholarships

Jul 042011
 
Space Racing: - National Governments Benched and/or Losing Their Scholarships

Without question, NASA, JAXA, ROSCOSMOS, and the ESA (with their Russian friends) are still making cool things to send into space.  Getting up into the various orbit levels, however, looks to become the specialty of nimble, well-funded private companies developing and operating cutting edge going-to-space technology – often at much lower costs, and with superior technology.  Which could be, you know, cool.  Read more… (Also noteworthy to point out that the U.S. Air Force is developing semi-autonomous space place robots that do stuff they won’t really tell us about, so government transportation to/from space is not exactly going away, just maybe… [read full post]

 July 4, 2011  Posted by at 9:20 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Military Robotics, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology, WarBots

Save the American Economy with Robotics & A.I. (and a Revolution in Energy Tech)

Jun 302011
 
Save the American Economy with Robotics & A.I. (and a Revolution in Energy Tech)

For quite a while now it’s seemed that these three frontiers were among the last areas of economic development with the potential to revitalize and sustain the U.S. economy (along with that of our good friend, Japan – where anthrobotic.com operates).  At least one of these three, robotics, is getting a small push by the newly announced Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. (VIDEO BELOW) Maybe, maybe our government can begin focussing not just funding but also attention and PR and accolades on the technological capabilities and potential of the United States.  There should be a massive national technology initiative, and maybe this [read full post]

 June 30, 2011  Posted by at 1:23 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Future Already Very Pending, Japan 日本 Tekk, Military Robotics, Multimedia, Robot, Robots in Space, Technology, Technology & Politics, Technology Law

WarBots – Robots & A.I. for War & Profit

Jun 222011
 
WarBots - Robots & A.I. for War & Profit

Is modern warfare becoming a really, really good video game? First some fiction: Archetype:  Trailer for an upcoming short film by Aaron Sims – explores the peril of transferring human consciousness to a machine – specifically a warbot – wherein the machine isn’t supposed to remember it’s former mortal self – but then does – and presumably havoc ensues. And Some Hyper-Real Warfare Video Games – AKA (in a way) U.S. Drone Aircraft: This piece is part commentary/review of a Japanese robot war video game, and part parable on the current state of robotics in warfare – which is far [read full post]

 June 22, 2011  Posted by at 10:53 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Multimedia, Robot, Robots in Space, Technology & Politics, Technology Law, WarBots

Space Shuttle Docked at ISS – Never Before Seen (UPDATE w/VIDEO!)

Jun 082011
 
Space Shuttle Docked at ISS – Never Before Seen (UPDATE w/VIDEO!)

NASA has added some HD video of Endeavor docked at the ISS.  One longs for space travel.  I hope images like this will inspire young engineers and pilots and spaceship makers to continue humanity’s push off the planet. ___________________________________________ Despite its age and relative obsolescence, the shuttle does look a lot like the future here.  Thus far, this is definitely the photo of 2011. Article and slideshow are here. [VIA PC MAG]

 June 8, 2011  Posted by at 8:32 AM Future Already Very Pending, Multimedia, Robot, Robots in Space, Technology, Universe
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