Inside our right (and left) brains. Honda Commercial - Asimo. Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century. Beyond Gray Droids: Domestic Robot Design for the 21st Century workshop in Cambridge, UK on 1 September 2009 at HCI 2009 Overview: Each year, robots are entering domestic environments in increasing number.
By 2012, it's estimated that 7.8 million robots will be in domestic settings. These robots are intended to help with household chores, act as home health aids, and serve as companions and entertainers for people. Domestic robots present unique design challenges that are very different from those of industrial robots. Another challenge is with regard to presenting appropriate, dynamic interaction modalities that are inclusive of all users. A third design challenge is with regard to robot appearance. In order to start address these design challenges, it may be helpful to engage in several steps: Workshop Topics: This workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers interested in improving the design of domestic robots.
Workshop topics include: ...as well as other relevant topics. Outcomes: Home - Corporate - Aldebaran Robotics | Accueil. Overview. AIST's HRP4: Sci-Fi-Like Household Helper Robots Have Arrived. You've seen plenty of robots and androids in the news, but you've probably never seen anything as astonishing as HRP4, which promises to be cheap, powerful, and the most sci-fi-like bot built to date. AIST and Kawada Industries just revealed the new humanoid machine, and by making it look "athletic" they've also turned HRP4 into a real-world version of the fictional life-assisting robots you've seen in countless sci-fi movies (the older generation of 'droids in Will Smith's I, Robot movie for one). He's five feet tall and weighs just 86 pounds, including battery. Bipedal android robotics seems to have evolved swiftly enough that new machines don't need props like Asimo's chunky battery backpack.
Nevertheless, HRP4 has 34 degrees of freedom in movement, including full arm articulation and simple hand moves, which give it a grasping force of 1.1 pounds. Check out HRP4 in the video below--it's eight minutes, but worth it. Did you spot the potential here? Robot Violinist. Eythor Bender demos human exoskeletons. Hal 5 Exoscelleton. Hal walking assist. Domoticalinks.nl - Alle domotica links verzameld op een pagina. Domotica Home automation Link pagina.