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This unique publication presents comprehensive global statistics on service robots, market analysis, case studies and international research strategies of service robots.
The OLogic AMP will play your music, follow you around, and even hold your drink | The Verge
At this year's RoboBusiness Conference, OLogic showed off two robots designed to interface with your cellphone.
Video: Super-Realistic HRP-4C Humanoid Walks Like Human | TechCrunch
Most robots that are labeled “humanoids” still have a common problem: they can only walk in a slow, mechanical and chopping motion. Even HRP-4C, in my opinion the most realistic humanoid ever created, wasn’t an exception – until now. Even though she could sing and later even learned to dance, walking was never her strong suit (the first version couldn’t move her legs at all).Domestic robot to help sick elderly live independently longer
ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2010) — To enable elderly people to live at home as long as possible, a group of European researchers, coordinated from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), will link robots and 'smart homes'.
Nieuws - Pillenklok helpt medicijngebruikers
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Paro Therapeutic Robot PARO is an advanced interactive robot developed by AIST, a leading Japanese industrial automation pioneer.
Paro Therapeutic Robot
Lost robot crosses city by asking directions - tech - 13 May 2009 - New Scientist
Robots are getting better at finding their way around unknown areas, and making their own maps as they explore .
Tweenbots are human-dependent cardboard robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, they rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal. The Tweenbot’s success is dependent people’s willingness to step outside of habitual actions and engage with a technological object in the city space.
tweenbots | kacie kinzer
mental_floss Blog » Robot Orders Scone, Leaves Big Tip
Today’s completely true weirdness: a telepresence robot orders a scone from a coffee shop in Mountain View, California.
Today the Raytron company presents a small new robot named Chapit which is an “intelligent” companion helping you for some basic tasks like turning the light on or turning on electric or electronic devices (television… air conditioning system…)one of the biggest advantages of the Chapit is the capacity to recognize a man, woman or child without any programmation.