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- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'
- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'Their kidding right?It looks rediculous, AND uncomfortable!I'll stick with my knee brace and cane,Thanks anyway!I think they are on the right track.Who thinks that being stuck in a wheel chair or a bed for that matter is healthy. The problem that puts you...
- Tags: Robots, Honda Motor Co., robotics
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device'
- A bit off topic, but pretty neat nonetheless: Honda has rolled out its second experimental walking device. The contraption is for folks that can walk, but have trouble supporting their weight. Given all those Baby Boomers will be hitting retirement age in droves Honda may find a market. ...
- Tags: Robotics, Honda Motor Co., Contraption, Robots, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Liveblogging Microsoft PDC keynote day three: Robotics and research
- Our cabal of bloggers from across a variety of pubs and sites is back again live blogging the Professional Developers Conference PDC day three keynote. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Blogging, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Can robots become our 'phriends'?
- A friendly collaboration between humans and robots is not always easy. Either robots work efficiently and far from humans in controlled environments, or they're equipped with lots of sensors to work along humans and not harm them. Now, a EU-funded project, Phriends -- short for 'Physical Human-Robot Interaction: DepENDability and...
- Tags: Robotics, Phriends, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- iRobot's Brooks starts worker bot company
- Even as iRobot won a wide-open contract with the Army, the company's part-time CTO, Rodney Brooks, left the company to start a new robotics firm, Cambridge-based Heartland Robotics. The new company is focused on industrial robotics, which logic would dictate would put...
- Tags: iRobot Corp., Robotics, Bot, Worker, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Intel's research into robotics
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner and Joshua Smith talk about advancements in robotics. The research involves dexterous robots with new sensory abilities. In the demo, Rattner grabs an apple from the grasp of a robot hand that can sense objects purely by changes...
- Tags: Robotics, Intel Corp., Robots, Emerging Technologies, Intel
- Videos 2008-08-22
- Collaborative Technology Prepares New Zealand Medical Robotics Innovator for Global Growth
- Smart Orthotics Limited is a New Zealand based technology company that has designed and developed a world-first 'Smart' disability aid that enables disabled users to walk by using patented robotic technologies. In order to complete the development of its robotic exoskeleton mobility aid and prepare for release to market, Smart...
- Tags: Robotics, New Zealand, Microsoft Corp., Product Development, Team Management, Robots, Collaboration, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites
- Case studies 2008-07-10
- Tech camp for kids
- Some kids prefer video games and computer programming to sports and nature, and the ID Tech Camps were created with that set in mind. CNET's Kara Tsuboi drops in on a summer session at Stanford University to watch these future tech masterminds hard at work on their summer vacations.
- Tags: Tech, Programming, Development Tools, Games, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, News, kara tsuboi, id tech camp, stanford, computer graphics, web, design, video, summer, camp, digital, final cut pro, robotics, science
- Videos 2008-07-09
- RoboGames: a fight 'til the death
- It's the Robot Fighting League's largest contest and CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi has a look at the action. Teams from Australia, Brazil, and elsewhere around the world battle for robot glory.
- Tags: Emerging Technologies, News, kara tsuboi, robogames, fort mason, robots, death match, robotics
- Videos 2008-06-16
- A snake-inspired robot
- On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, Penn., CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi dropped by professor Howie Choset's Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to see his latest creation, the Snakebot.
- Tags: News, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, snakeBot, carnegie mellon, howie choset, robotics, rescue, surgery, heart, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- Videos 2008-05-08
- Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkit
- Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkitI guess there is a Tie inMary Jo, I wrote about this on my Microsoft Dynamics AX blog back in 07/2007: http://dynamics-ax.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome-to-microsoft-robotics-studio-15.htmlAnyway when I wrote this I said: "Now I know this Microsoft Robotics Toolkit does not have a...
- Tags: Robots, robotics toolkit, Microsoft Corp., robotics
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkit
- If you're a business user who thinks Aibos and sumo robots are fun and cute but irrelevant to the enterprise-software world, read on. On April 9, Microsoft is delivering a first test release of the third iteration of its robotics toolkit, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008. The...
- Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Robotics Toolkit, CCR, Robots, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Robotics Manufacturer Automates Collaboration With Digital Note-Taking Program
- Autonomous Solutions ASI is the world leader in large vehicle robotics building innovative solutions for clients in industries ranging from agriculture to the military. To effectively manage these multi-million dollar projects, ASI needed a system of collaboration that would support open communication across geographic as well as organizational boundaries. Though...
- Tags: Robotics, Collaboration, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Groupware, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-04-04
- Gecko-inspired robots
- From their hands and feet all the way down to their tails, geckos are inspiring all sorts of robotics technology. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with UC Berkeley research scientists about how they're mimicking nature's gifts in high-tech ways.
- Tags: kara tsuboi, geko, geico, uc berkeley, science, robots, robotics, nanofibers, climbing
- Videos 2008-03-26
- Could robots become the open source hardware target?
- Most of you probably just glanced at yesterday's post about Texas Instruments supporting open source with its new OMAP chips, and if so you probably missed an important target market. Robots. (Picture from Willowgarage.com) The age of homebrew robotics has arrived. As with computing...
- Tags: Robotics, Texas Instruments Inc., Hardware, Quantity, Robots, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Japanese robots to earn $26 bln by 2010
- Japanese government estimates the national robotics industry could surge from about $5.2 bln in 2006 to $26 bln in 2010 and nearly $70 bln by 2025. by AM
- Tags: Robotics, Robots, Government, Vertical Industries, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-01
- 51% of robotics revenue in 2015 will come from entertainment robotics
- ABI Research forecasts that by the year 2015, processors, microcontrollers, sensors, and servos will reach a collective $12 bln in worldwide revenue. About 48% of component revenue can be attributed to task robotics, while 51% will come from the entertainment robotics segment. The remaining 1% to 2% is derived from...
- Tags: Revenue, Robotics, Entertainment, Robots, Emerging Technologies, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Marilou Robotics Studio 2008 (zip)
- Marilou Robotics Studio is a modeling and simulation environment for mobile robots, humanoids, articulated arms and parallels robots operating in real-world conditions that respect the laws of physics. In a realistic graphical environment, Marilou lets you create the hierarchy necessary for building and testing even the most complex assemblies from...
- Tags: Robotics, Environment, Marilou Robotics Studio, Robots, Research & Development, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-02-05
- This robot snake wants to dance with you
- According to a short article in The Engineer Online, a two-meter high robotic snake will be shown in April 2008 at the London Science Museum. This vertical snake has been designed as an interactive sculpture. It uses sensors to react to what are doing its viewers and 'dances' with them....
- Tags: Intention, Robotics, Sensor, World First, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-02
- Personal robots to generate $15 bln by 2015
- ABI Research forecasts that personal robotics market will be worth $15 bln by 2015. The entertainment robotics market saw blips like the low-cost Furby in the late 90's and the expensive AIBO in the early 2000's, and is now dominated by WowWee, but the emerging Ugobe (with its Pleo pet...
- Tags: Robotics, Robots, Emerging Technologies, site admin
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
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