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Like real human runner, this bipedal robot with knees called as MABEL has agility to run like human. This running robot is project at University of Michigan’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science that has a goal to create exoskeletons that enable wheelchair-bound people to walk again or that give rescuers super-human abilities, and [...]
The first appearance of this robot was in the Baka RoboCup 2007 competition. This robot may look like trash can with four crab-like legs which allow the robot to move around the room. This funny robot named as Push-kun or Mr. Push in English. Funny Mr. Push Robot can tell jokes to make audience laugh. Funny Mr. Push Robot can also play drum and this robot can perform action like throwing dice and catch the dice with its trash can body. Funny Mr. Push Robot’s design looks like one of the famous US comic character with big printed-star on its chest. The Funny Mr. Push Robot was created by Osaka-based Robot Force in order to create robot that could triger people to laugh when they interact or watch it.
This robot is one of the new solution for those who like to draw attention from consumers and audiences for their business. This robot has already been programmed and computerized to be functioned as an advanced interactive robot. This robot named Millennia and he is available to be hired as your spokesperson. The Spokesperson Robot Millennia is a robot developed by International Robotics. They developed their robot with great body movements, prgrammable feature where the master could programmed the robot just like what he desired, and operated by best entertainer. Moreover the Spokesperson Robot Millennia also has a quality of workmanship which completed with advanced intelligent motors and appropriate motion-control software.
This is the newest robotic invention from the land of robotic Japan. It seems that tsunami and earthquake cannot stop Japanese from their creativity in creating such innovation. It was shown up in the opening of Digital Content Expo which was placed at Tokyo. This artificial arms was able to make clapping sounds just like human makes such sounds with their palms of the hands. The developer called this artificial clapping hands robot as Ondz. The artificial clapping hands robot was made of skin-like material with aluminum as its bone. Ondz was designed by Masato Takahashi, he used his own hands to make the mold.
Sega and Hasbro manufactured a robot that cuold be a great companion ship for dance. This robot was an innovative dance partner solution for Japanese men. The 15 inch tall dance robot called as Automated Music Personality Robot or AMP. The Automated Music Personality Robot built to be sold in Japan and US for $754. In order to complete features for the dancing robot the manufacturers added stereo speakers to the robot. How do this Automated Music Personality Robot works? By using Automated Music Personality Robot owner easily could connect their iPod to the robot. Then the robot starts to roll and dance like a pro with LED lights flash.
It seems that this robot is a versatile robot developed by Mitsubisi Heavy Industries, this robot not only shown up in the ancient Osaka festival as greeting robot but also shown up as Japanese actor in a stage performance at Osaka University. The Wakamaru robot’s appearance in the stage claimed to be the first human-robot stage theater performance in Japan. Oriza Hirata, the playwriter, said that this play performance tells story about human and technology relationship. The performance entitled Hataraku Watashi or I, Worker in English plays a young couple that own two housekeeping robots. The problem started when one from the two housekeeping robots loss its motivation to work.
In 2009 a classic Manga story Tetsujin 28 has been adapted for a stage performence at Tokyo and Osaka. In this performance, Mamoru Oshii as the director included a 20 feet tall or appoximately six meters tall robot Tetsujin 28 into the stage. It was the replica of super robot in those Manga story, Tetsujin 28. This replica of giant 500kg robot was added into the stage and able to stand on its own foot. Mamoru Oshii the director used to direct such anime story. For example he was well known after directing anime story like Ghost in the Shell, Mobile Police Patlabor, and he was also well known for directing Avalon and other live-action projects.
Wired for War is the most recent book from P. W. Singer that brings robotics as main theme. P. W. Singer or Peter Warren Singer is a senior fellow and director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution. In his recent book entitled Wired for War Dr. Singer wants to tell people about the implication of robotics that used in war, politics, ethics, or law in present 21st century. In the first week of its release Wired for War book included into the New York Times non-fiction best seller list. Here in this book Dr. Singer writes about what is going to happen when science fiction becomes reality in the battlefield.
This could be a good book for your kids to read. This robot theme book is aimed for kids at 8-12 years old. Published by Puffin in 2009 this book entitled Dot Robot and it was written by Jason Brandbury. Jason Brandbury is a best-known face of technology in United Kingdom. He is a host of TV show called as The Gadget Show on Five and Royal Television Society award-winning children science show Gross! Moreover Brandbury also worked on writing science and technology for kids and adults in the last ten years. This Dot Robot book tells a story of four brilliant gamers from different places in the world fight the biggest criminal of the century.
We have know there is robot that capable of playing Indonesian traditional music instrument called Gamelatron. Here we have another robot playing music instrument named Shimon. Shimon is robot that capable of playing marimba. Shimon Robot Playing Music has a remarkable ability where this robot not only could play pre-programmed music but also actively able listen to other musicians and play together. The Shimon Robot Playing Music was built by Guy Hoffman from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He gave Shimon Robot Playing Music remarkable ability to respond to human musician. It is able to match the beat, sync, and themes of human musician.
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