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Leap forward in brain-controlled computer cursors: New algorithm greatly improves speed and accuracy
Researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. 
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Futurists are theorizing that robots will be cultivated to give humans life-extending orgasms, and some suggest that the scenario could be here as early as 2050.
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What do you get when you mix Lady Gaga-esque/Steampunk fashion, Thriller-inspired dance music, a futuristic interface for controlling racing robotic greyhounds, and heavy product placement for vodka? Just the latest work by Carl Erik Rinsch, a commercial director who has mastered the art of storytelling with strong images, minimal use of words, and immersive, engaging style.
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Aldebaran Robotics, maker of the NAO robot, has released a recruiting video seeking “Europe’s best engineering talents” to help it build the next phase of the NAO dream team. The video titled “Shape the World” mashes up clips from movies (I Robot, Wall-E, Star Wars), commericals (Audi, Nike, Philips, Saturn) and even a video from Björk to profile the coolness of the robot world.
Francesca Loseille's curator insight,
May 28, 2013 7:41 AM
This commerical shows analogy, process, compare and contrast, ethos, and begging-the-quest fallacy. This commerical show how robots used to be and how they evolve and looks more human. Thungs at the emotion of people by showing diiferent kinds of robots and having them look more humane and fits in people daily lives
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Scientists have developed a robot that can be controlled through mind scans. They hope that the robot could be used to create avatars for people with locked-in syndrome or other conditions that do not allow for movement of the body. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Were you fooled by the machine? Listen to five audio clips and try to guess which piece of music was dreamed up inside the brain of a computer. Via Mário Florido
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Meet robo-squirrel. New technology in the emerging field of bio-robotics is helping biologists learn more about animal behavior. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Chung Changhyun and Motomu Nakashima at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a robot for testing water resistance and propulsion. More info: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32481
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Ah, robots. They're there to awkwardly, creepily hug your grandparents for you, let you sex them and make bad art, and now, they're here to see you in your final minutes of your life when no one else wants to. “I am the Last Moment Robot. I am here to help you and guide you through your last moment on Earth. I am sorry that your family and friends can’t be with you right now, but don’t be afraid. I am here to comfort you. You are not alone, you are with me. Your family and friends love you very much, they will remember you after you are gone.” More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics Via Artur Coelho
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EPFL researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems have created a bio-inspired flying robot that can withstand collisions with obstacles in its environment. A unique Active Recovery System allows the robot to pick itself back up after a collision and launch itself back into the air. Such a design could prove useful in exploring hard to reach areas, such as caves or irradiated nuclear power plants. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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This is the recording of the first flight of our iUAV performed in Granada. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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A robot that copies how cockroaches and geckos can disappear under ledges in the blink of an eye could lead to search-and-rescue droids with animal-like maneuverability, researchers say. Via Kalani Kirk Hausman
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Where are our mass-produced robot butlers already, the Rosies of our Jetsons families? Still a ways off, unfortunately, but here's the next best thing: 'Roboy,' a child-like service bot that researchers are billing as “one of the most advanced humanoid robots." Roboy, which the inventors are trying to create in nine months, is tendon-based, and it's modeled on people. Young ones, in this case. The idea is for it to help out with duties usually reserved for humans, depending on what the user needs. The robot, or at least similar robots, could help care for the elderly a la Robot & Frank, the researchers say. Roboy will also get so-called "soft skin," a layer of something to make it "safer and more pleasant." All of that sounds very human-like and, presumably, the team is trying to avoid the uncanny valley, that point where robots are just human enough to give us the creeps without passing for actual humans. The glimpses of Roboy we see right now are pretty charmingly cartoonish, so we'll have to wait and see just how the real-boy-versus-'bot balance plays out in the final version. The team, from the University of Zurich, is already five months into the nine-month project and planning on unveiling Roboy in March. In the meantime, you can check out the researchers' pagefor more info, and watch the promotional video above. It even has a sort of mad-scientist-ish Goethe quote! Via FutureCast
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Mind controlled android robot - CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory and the CNRS-LIRMM Interactive Digital Human group http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0199-d-en.p...
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The CHARLI series humanoid robot is developed as a research platform to study bipedal walking and autonomous behaviors for humanoid robots. It is designed to be ultra light weight (under 15 kgs) for safety and low cost. As the next generation of the CHARLI series humanoid robots, CHARLI-2 improves stability and speed in walking, intelligence and autonomy, and soccer playing skills. CHARLI-L2 is also designed to participate in the autonomous robot soccer competition, RoboCup, in the Adult size league.
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Read the full article here: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/05/smart-string-instruments-compose-and-perform-symphony.html Don't forget to subscribe!
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The Journal of Applied Social Psychology has just pubished a study that is both bizarre and profound. It reports on two experiments that show gender stereotyping extends to robots.
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University of Granada researchers have developed an artificial cerebellum (a biologically-inspired adaptive microcircuit) that controls a robotic arm with human-like precision. The cerebellum is the part of the human brain that controls the locomotor system and coordinates body movements.
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In this post we will talk about biologically controlled robots.
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Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy introduced i-SODOG, a smartphone-controlled, robotic dog, at this year's Tokyo Toy Show. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics Via vidistar, Artur Coelho
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A paper in 2009 by Sato et al. made some significant advances in the frontier of remote-controlled cyborg beetles. Specifically they were able to stimulate relatively specific neurons in these beetles to get them to initiate flight, and then were able to control the trajectory of the flying beetle by stimulating the muscles on either side of the beetle.
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Watch a video of a robotic Confucius in a steel cage, an installation part of a larger exhibition by international artist Zhang Huan on view at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai.
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If a computer can predict that someone was feeling frustrated correctly while another human gets it wrong then surely the computer is in some way better at understanding the frustration of the subject?
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