Automation has become an integral part of human lives, when not so long ago, it had seemed difficult to create technology that could do the things said to be exclusively done by humans alone. Well, it had seemed difficult, but clearly not impossible, thus, modernization has paved way to the creation of things that can [...]
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Making Medical Decisions Through Computer Watson, What about Malpractice?
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Early in September, WellPoint, Inc. and IBM televised an agreement to use the Jeopardy! Award winning computer named Watson in helping doctors make medical decisions for their complex patients’ cases. This program, which is deemed to fully function by 2012, will begin its assistance through helping out nurses review treatment requests from medical providers. The [...]
Amazingly Cool Pancake Robot – Who Doesn’t Like Pancakes ?
July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Recently, the blog posted by Mexican Viking (not his real name) has made both the pancake and lego lovers come together. Well, it’s not only about enjoying a piece of pancake or playing with lego, but it’s all about a robot who cooks pancake with the aid of legos. Literally, its body and structure is [...]
Heineken’s Beer Robot – Every Man’s Best Friend
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Heineken’s Beer Robot! Ever since the beginning of civilizations, beer drinking has been part of social activities and gatherings. Beer is one of the most popular beverages in the world that is widely consumed by people from different walks of life. We can rarely see the presence of this alcoholic drink in the party-oriented society [...]
Can a Robot make decision ethically?!
November 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Robots and other machines equipped with artificial intelligence shoot military targets, distribute cash (think: ATMs), drive cars and deliver medication to patients, to name a few. If people performed these duties, they would be expected to behave in a certain way and follow moral and ethical guidelines. But what about robots? They can’t yet think [...]
WowWee’s Roboscooper – Sweeper Robot Inspired by Wall-E
August 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Most children would love to have a robot to do their chores, like cleaning their room. WowWee, makers of all sorts of cool toy robots and other electronics, has granted this wish with the Roboscooper, which is able to pick up things in a child’s room automatically. The six-wheeled robot is like a cross between [...]
Bina48 Robot Gets a Very Realistic Face of a Women
July 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bina48 is an interactive robotic head whose appearance and personality are based on those of a real woman, Bina Rothblatt. The bot was wrought by android wizard David Hanson of Hanson Robotics, known for its Einstein android. It contains 30 servomotors covered by rubber skin. Modeled after a real Bina, this robot head spent hours [...]
Watch MakerBot The 3D Printing Robot Video
July 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries (http://www.makerbot.com), building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home. Check out the below video of MakerBot The 3D Printing Robot, Our users have shown interest in:3d printing classes [...]
Robotinho Leads to Roomba QuadDrive by the German Museum in Bonn
June 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Robotinho was developed at the University of Bonn, and riding on the Roomba QuadDrive by the German Museum in Bonn, where he leads visitors on which it can enter even a bit. The curious robotic creation pictured below is called the Roomba QuadDrive, and hails from the University of Bonn’s Autonomous Intelligent Systems Lab. The [...]
Le Petit Prince – Robot that take care of Plants
August 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Le Petit Prince Robot may be the one of its kind, it is a extremely cute, mobile, plant-loving greenhouse robot that take care of the plants and support his fast vegetation. A Tube of Glass in the head of the robot is designed to store the plant. This Robot learn the optimal growing condition of [...]
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