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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent robot is helping to protect the UK's borders from criminals and terrorists. The robot, seen showing off its agility here, can also be fitted with heartbeat detectors as well as sensors to... [24 Jul 2008]
Artificial Intelligence - alive and kicking
News Although there are elements of AI technology in robots and unmanned drones used by the military in places like Afghanistan, Shadbolt said: "They are basically the lower level stuff and we've become pretty good at that. [10 Jul 2008]
An Experimental Study of Localization Using Wireless Ethernet
White Paper This paper studies the use of wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi) as a localization sensor for mobile robots. Wi-Fi-based localization relies on the existence of one or more Wi-Fi devices in the environment to act as beacons, and uses signal strength... [10 Jul 2008]
A Simulation Environment for Bluetooth Equipped Mobile Robots
White Paper The Bluetooth radio system is an ideal communications tool for lightweight autonomous mobile robots but little research interest has been targeted at this application. A highly adaptable mobile robot simulation arena providing an extensible... [09 Jul 2008]
Cooperative Exploration With Multiple Robots Using Low Bandwidth Communication
White Paper This paper considers the problem of exploring an unknown environment with a team of mobile robots. In this context it is assumed that the robots have only a low bandwidth communication link. In this paper, each robot approximates its representation... [08 Jul 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo This friendly face is a Dr Robot e-100 model that lives within a glass case at the R&D labs. Passing through the soothing blue glow of a giant neon tube sets the tone perfectly for outsourcer Satyam's R&D facility in Chennai, south-east India. [19 May 2008]
Bluetooth Based Proximity Sensing for Reactive Mobile Robots
White Paper The robot should be able to warn other robots about its situation in order to prevent further losses from the same potential failure. The Bluetooth radio system is an ideal communications tool for lightweight autonomous mobile robots but little... [16 May 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo You know the future has arrived when scientists bring together two staples of science fiction: lasers and robots. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Emory University School of Medicine believe they have found the answer to... [10 Apr 2008]
Killer robots terror warning
News Forget the cuddly C3P0 and R2D2 - the robots of the future may well share the murderous instincts of the Daleks, according to a robotics expert. More than 4,000 robots are already deployed on the ground in Iraq and by October 2006 unmanned aircraft... [28 Feb 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 01.02.08
Round-Up Podcast Funeral '2.0', email-free 'stress down' Friday, wearing slippers to work and a Rubik's cube-solving robot are all featured on the silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast this week. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by Julian Goldsmith, Tim... [01 Feb 2008]
Photos: Robots befriend roaches
Photo Research published in the journal Science used matchbox-sized robots to put roaches to the test. Researchers, led by José Halloy at the Free University of Brussels, used a roachy scent to trick the insects into thinking of the otherwise alien... [20 Nov 2007]
Photos: Robots race around 'Darpa city'
Photo Meanwhile, the robots from CMU, MIT and Stanford navigated the intersection without trouble. Darpa released more than 30 vehicles to simulate real traffic conditions for the robots in the Urban Challenge. [14 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment Tomorrow's robots - our invisible friends It's true what he's saying, but there's a kind of anti-reference to what he thinks will happen with AI.rather than Terminator-style robots" and then ".and provide opponents in computer games. [13 Sep 2007]
Systems Integrator Builds Affordable, Flexible Mobile Robot
White Paper When CoroWare executives saw the market potential for affordable mobile robots based on standardized components, they needed to move fast to get a working prototype to an industry trade show. The company chose Microsoft Windows XP Embedded over... [30 Aug 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Robots with guns
Comment Today the production of just about everything we eat, wear, use and interact with involves robots - a lot of robots! In the meantime the sci-fi industry, with Hollywood's help, has had a ball with robot-based stories such as Terminator, I, Robot et... [07 Aug 2007]
