By Carlos Asmat & filed under Humanoids, Prototypes.
So far Robots have been programmed to avoid things when navigating in their environment. Sébastien Lengagne of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan developed a method for robots to use objects (which would otherwise be seen as “obstacles”) to their advantage. Instead of avoiding a small object, they could simply move it in order to […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Uncategorized.
In his recent trip to Japan, USA President Barack Obama had the pleasure to meet with HRP-4C (the robotic dancing Diva) and Paro (a robot baby seal). He also got to sit in the latest Toyota i-REAL personal transportation vehicle. Below you can see a video of the event. Note how noisy PARO can be. […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Humanoids.
HRP-4C, HRP-4‘s older sibling, did a nice dance demonstration along with some human fellows. The female robot comes from the well known humanoid robot family made by Kawada. Although the HRP-4C is by far the most human-like of the family, it still has a long way to go in facial expressions, motion fluidity and speed, and , most importantly hand-size proportions. […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Humanoids.
Kawada industries unveiled their next generation of humanoid robots. The HRP-4 is leaner (much leaner), more flexible, and faster than its predecessors. The new robot is 1.5m (~5 feet) tall and will sell for 300 000 $. Although this might seem expensive for the average robot enthusiast, it is actually a good price for universities and researchers. This is a step forward […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Domestic, Humanoids.
We are happy to announce that the PR2 from Willow Garage has a very good friend, the Kawada HRP2-JSK. Since robots do not have emotions (yet) or know the concept of friendship (yet), by “fiends” we mean that they can use the same open source code to perform the same tasks. This might not seem […]
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