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Get a grip: Baxter demonstrates a simple manufacturing task at Rethink Robotics’ headquarters in Boston. About two months ago, a new employee arrived on the production line at Vanguard Plastics in Southington, Connecticut, a town that was once a hub of U.S. manufacturing but saw many of its factories disappear in the 1960s. The small manufacturer’s new worker, Baxter, is six feet tall, 300 pounds, and a robot. For a hulking machine, Baxter is remarkably expressive. A pair of eyes on the screen that serves as a face stare down as the robot picks up plastic components, look concerned when it makes a mistake, and direct its glance at its next task when one is finished.
This Robot Could Transform Manufacturing
'Most realistic' robot legs developed
6 July 2012 Last updated at 03:58 GMT Experiment footage showing the robotic legs in action - Courtesy Journal of Neural Engineering US experts have developed what they say are the most biologically-accurate robotic legs yet. Writing in the Journal of Neural Engineering, they said the work could help understanding of how babies learn to walk - and spinal-injury treatment. They created a version of the message system that generates the rhythmic muscle signals that control walking.
The Japan Robo-One competition is coming up this March at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan). The Robo-One events focus on bi-ped walking robots, though they often include lots of related technology and unique designs. As you might imagine, many of the robots resemble Gundam or Transformers.
Robo-One Competition
Last month, President Barack Obama announced the National Robotics Initiative , a major program to develop next-generation robots for manufacturing, healthcare, and other areas. The robotics community received the new initiative with enthusiasm, but some observers expressed concern about an expansion in automation, raising a perennial question in robotics: Do robots take people’s jobs?
Do Robots Take People's Jobs?
Company: Time Magazine Names the XOS 2 Exoskeleton "Most Awesomest" Invention of 2010
Last updated: 10/27/2011* Raytheon’s second-generation exoskeleton (XOS 2), essentially a wearable robotics suit, has been named one of the Best Inventions of 2010 by Time Magazine . The suit was unveiled for the first time in September during an event at the company’s Salt Lake City research facility.<a target="_blank" href="http://ad.ca.doubleclick.net/N3081/jump/mg_life.com/life/story;loc=theTop;loc=top;sz=468x60,728x90;dcopt=ist;kw=ron;kw=life;nk=print;pr=mg;ck=life;page=story;kw=mg;ord=28789310?"><img align="TOP" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" src="http://ad.ca.doubleclick.net/N3081/ad/mg_life.com/life/story;loc=theTop;loc=top;sz=468x60,728x90;dcopt=ist;kw=ron;kw=life;nk=print;pr=mg;ck=life;page=story;kw=mg;ord=28789310?" /></a> We’re sorry, the page you requested is not available. If you typed in a URL, please check the address and spelling.
Household robots move from science fiction to reality
