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Ethics in "Lethal Robotics"
"This article provides the basis, motivation, theory, and design recommendations for the implementation of an ethical control and reasoning system potentially suitable for constraining lethal actions in an autonomous robotic system so that they fall within the bounds prescribed by the Laws of War and Rules of Engagement.
Submitted by nik on October 27, 2008 - 17:19.
Self Deploying Microgliders
"A hybrid robotic vehicle capable of deploying itself into the air and perform goal directed gliding"
http://lis.epfl.ch/?content=research/projects/SelfDeployingMicroglider/
Submitted by nik on October 21, 2008 - 17:54.
Pleo Hacking
"Instead of keeping the technology behind Pleo closed, Ugobe encourages the Pleo-community to work with Pleos hard- and software. So, here we present two tutorials to increase Pleos possibilities of interaction and orientation."
Submitted by nik on October 9, 2008 - 16:07.
Cosmos - a dynamically balancing robot prototype
The dynamically balancing robot prototype 'Cosmos' from WRUT in action.
Submitted by nik on October 8, 2008 - 18:51.
Toward a robotic companion design
"This report contains an overview of representative, modern designs of social robots and their components, that has motivated the specification of a robotic companion to be built within the LIREC project. Initially, the LIREC robotic companion should serve
Submitted by nik on September 29, 2008 - 21:24.
"Seiko-chan" the Unicycle Riding, Japanese Schoolgirl Robot
"Tokyo-based electronics company Murata yesterday unveiled a small humanoid robot that can unicycle forward and backward and is also able to stop without falling over."
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/24/little-seiko-japanese-company-devel...
http://www.murata.co.jp/new/news_release/2008/0923/index.html
Submitted by nik on September 25, 2008 - 12:26.
QRIO
"Our work suggests that touch integrated on the time-scale of a few minutes is a surprisingly effective index of social connectedness," Tanaka says. "Something akin to this index may be used by the human brain to evaluate its own sense of social well-being." He adds that social robots like QRIO could greatly enrich classrooms and assist teachers in early learning programs.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=could-robots-become-your
Submitted by nik on April 11, 2008 - 10:17.
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