Humanoides.fr | Robots, Drones et Intelligence Artificielle Razor Robotics - Robot Guides for Beginners, Educational Resources, Careers Advice and much more! Inside the Mind of Futurist Ray Kurzweil: When Robots Rule the World (and Humans are Immortal) South By Southwest Interactive is a bubble of optimism; a haven of ingenuity that seems liberated from all the constraints, or cynicism, of daily life. There are conceptual talks here that forgo all notions of funding or commerce, to instead bask in the glory of the Next Big Idea. There are demonstrations where you can sense that you’re peering around the corner, at how people will be interacting differently with their computers – and their worlds – two or three years from now. And then occasionally there are presentations which send you spiraling through a time warp, glimpsing a vision of the future society that this conference seems to be moving towards each and every year, in increments that can be measured with every new app or software update. (MORE: Kurzweil Tells TIME — Humans Will One Day Be Immortal) The session opened with a monologue from Kurzweil, a rapid-fire summary of his widely-known beliefs in exponential growth, as far as technology and computing power is concerned.
G-code This page tries to describe the flavour of G-codes that the RepRap firmwares use and how they work. The main target is additive fabrication using FFF/FDM processes. Codes for print head movements follow the NIST RS274NGC G-code standard, so RepRap firmwares are quite usable for CNC milling and similar applications, too. There are a few different ways to prepare GCode for a printer. As many different firmwares exist and their developers tend to implement new features without discussing strategies or looking what others did before them, a lot of different sub-flavours for the 3D-Printer specific codes developed over the years. Introduction A typical piece of GCode as sent to a RepRap machine might look like this: The meaning of all those symbols and numbers (and more) is explained below. To find out which specific gcode/s are implemented in any given firmware, there are little tables attached to the command descriptions, like this one: Here means: yes Fully supported. experimental automatic no
sous reserve d'étude Plastic Pals - Robots who are fun to be with! Robot Voice Generator Circuit Schematic Circuit Diagram Those of you who imagine that a robot voice generator box would require a whole heap of ICs are mistaken; the ISD2500 ChipCorder family of ICs from Winbond contains almost all the necessary hardware in a single IC to record and playback audio messages. Included on the IC is a microphone preamp and AGC suitable for a low-cost electret type microphone, an output amplifier to drive a loudspeaker, memory, an oscillator, an A/D and a D/A converter. There are four basic models; 2560, 2575, 2590 and 25120, the numbers following 25 indicate the available recording time in seconds. Recordings are made by following this sequence: First switch S3 to record mode (a low on pin 27). Playbacks are made by following this sequence: Playback can be performed by momentarily toggling S1 and switching S3 into ‘play’ mode, now with each press of S2 the recorded messages will be sequentially played back. Robot Voice Generator Circuit Schematic
Les robots humanoïdes Il y a les androïdes, des robots spécialisés pour remplacer l'homme dans une tâche précise et répétitive, les robots jouets que l'on peut programmer, et les robots expérimentaux pour remplacer l'homme dans des environnement dangereux ou inaccessibles. Ils prennent la forme humanoïdes pour être plus proches de nous. La plupart sont ou seront commercialisés et feront bientôt partie du paysage. HRP 4C ou Ucroa Le dernier modèle d'une lignée de robots humanoïdes crées par l'Institut National de Sciences et Technologies Industrielles Avancées du Japon. Atlas de Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics, maintenant filiale d'Alphabet-Google, est déjà connue pour Big Dog, le robot de transport qui ne tombe jamais. Asimo HRP-3 Promet MK-II Kawada Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries et l’Institut National des Sciences et Technologies Industrielles Avancées du Japon. Manoi AT01 (Vidéo) Successeur de Kondo KHR-1, il mesure 40 cms et pèse 1,4 kg. Plen de Akasawa Robot de distraction de 23 cm pour 700 g. Nao Hubo
The Law of Accelerating Returns An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense “intuitive linear” view. So we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate). The “returns,” such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially. There’s even exponential growth in the rate of exponential growth. Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity — technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. You will get $40 trillion just by reading this essay and understanding what it says. Now back to the future: it’s widely misunderstood. The Intuitive Linear View versus the Historical Exponential View When people think of a future period, they intuitively assume that the current rate of progress will continue for future periods. The Law of Accelerating Returns
Tutoriel Robotique Ardui quoi ? Une carte Arduino est une carte électronique qui contient juste (pour simplifier) un micro-contrôleur, une puce que l’on peut programmer pour exécuter des actions et des broches pour y connecter ce qu’on veut. En gros c’est un cerveau vierge qui peut donc servir à piloter tout ce qu’on veut y connecter : moteur, éclairage, thermostat, appareil photo, capteur de luminosité, lance roquettes en mousse, etc. Bref à chacun d’inventer son projet. 2 points importants : le matériel ET le logiciel L'idée est d'utiliser la carte Arduino comme un ‘super’ composant dans des créations électroniques, des prototypes. Le prix, la simplicité de mise en œuvre et la communauté hyper active autour de ce projet en font une véritable réussite mondiale. Au départ ce système était destiné principalement, mais pas exclusivement, à la programmation multimédia interactive en vue de spectacle ou d'animations artistiques. Pour débuter La liste est simple - un ordinateur - un câble USB - un accès Internet Stop!
Tech and Internet Industry News - HuffPost Tech Your internet may be hurting your brain The brain is a wonderful creation and the internet is often used to enhance or complement the capacity and recall within our most important organ. Unfortunately, technology has made it possible for us to actually overload our brains through the speed and volume through which we’re able to multitask online. How many tabs are open on your computer right now? How many screens are you using? Is your iPad or smartphone close and do they have other things happening on them at the same time that you’re reading this? We live in a multitasking world where productivity and enjoyment are often gauged by how much we’re doing at once. Via: OnlineUniversities.com
tech Windows Phone 8.1 surprisingly great — Windows Phone 7 was Microsoft's belated entry in the smartphone wars, ushering in cool new design trends without making a huge impact on the business. Windows Phone 8 was a disappointment. But the first major point version is a big surprise, packing all the new features expected in its predecessor: "a magnificent smartphone platform," writes Peter Bright. — Rob • 16 The coming "cyberpunk" entertainment war — William Gibson's books often feature big, sinister corporations co-opting near-future technological wonders to uncertain ends. Rob Beschizza at 1:59 pm Tue, Mar 25, 2014 • 28 TempleOS is 100% open-source and 100% free of crufty 32-bit code, but "interpretation is tricky." Rob Beschizza at 7:56 am Tue, Mar 25, 2014 • 4 Debris sightings have drawn attention to a particular region, but choppy seas and rough waters deny a conclusive discovery. How to unDRM old iTunes songs — How to unhook all those apps with access to your data — Tech financiers fight —
Ray Kurzweil’s Tech Predictions Have Been Eerily Accurate The Wall Street Journal called him “the restless genius.” Forbes said he was “the ultimate thinking machine.” by Forbes magazine. Inc. Magazine proclaimed him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.” Author. Inventor. If you don’t know Ray Kurzweil, you should definitely read up on his Wikipedia page. At that point, you should be giving yourself a pep talk about how you can be as geeky cool as this guy.