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- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/444/) - Personality Enhancement AIBO-ware"AIBO Life"(ERF-210AW01) for "AIBO" ERS-210Required for AIBO "ERS-210" to have autonomous features, suchu as its own emotions, instincts, learning and growth. With this software, your AIBO will become your own companion. Furthermore, with the optional PC software "AIBO Fun Pack", you can enjoy activities such as checking the degree of your AIBO's Growth.The
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/443/) - Sony develops human-like robot Sony's new humanoid robot the SDR-3X, which can perform basic movements such as walking at 15 meters per minute, and changing direction, as well as getting up, balancing on one leg, kicking a ball and dancing.Sony develops human-like robotNew machine capable of kickin’ Aibo the dogREUTERS TOKYO, Nov. 21 — Sony
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/442/) - HONDA INTRODUCES "HUMAN" ROBOTOn Dec. 20, 1996 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. in Tokyo announced the development of the first robot capable of decision-making according to terrain conditions.The battery-powered robot, with two arms and two legs, is capable of changing direction according to conditions, as well as climbing stairs or slopes. It also can balance itself
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/441/) - HONDA "HUMAN" ROBOT SpecificationsMax. work weight5kgf per handRunning timeabout 15min.Weight210kgDegree of Freedom (DOF) Leg's DOF:6x2=12Arm's DOF:7x2=14Hand's DOF:2x2=4ActuatorsDC servo motors( Harmonic Drives)SensorsGyrometersG-sensorsSix axis force sensorson wrists and feetVision camerasTransmitterWireless ethernet modemBattery136V7Ah(Ni-Zn)
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/440/) - Honda Robot : Movies
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/439/) - HONDA HUMANOID ROBOT : CONCEPTIn 1986, Honda commenced the humanoid robot research and development program. Keys to the development of the robot included "intelligence" and "mobility." Honda began with the basic concept that the robot "should coexist and cooperate with human beings, by doing what a person cannot do and by cultivating a new dimension
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/438/) - Clear DB !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/437/) - Nanodot | Biped robots from Sony, Honda at Robodex 2000 Waldemar Perez writes "The latest developments in Robotics are truly impressive! This article found in EETimes shows some of the models presented at Robodex 2000. We are only years or months away from watching widespread robot use in entertainment and specialized tasks that are dangerous
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/436/) - :: ROBODEX 2000 :: ¦ Science Univ. of Tokyo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobayashi Lab.http://koba0005.me.kagu.sut.ac.jp/index.html FACE
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/01/435/) - :: ROBODEX 2000 :: ¦BANDAI CO.,LTD.http://www.roboken.channel.or.jp WonderBorgRobot is autonomous, walking insect shaped robot that can be easily programmed through WonderSwan. Based on the program, Robot move by its own decision, understanding the circumstances using 7 sensors. http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/borg/BN-1- An exhibition for reference -BN-1 uses Light sensors and infra-red rays to sense objects. Its also equipped with
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- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/431/) - Test screens plastics for use in efficient LEDs Test screens plastics for use in efficient LEDsBy R. Colin Johnson EE Times(01/30/01, 11:54 a.m. EST) SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah researchers have devised a test that lets engineers screen potential polymer materials to predict their efficiency as light-emitting diodes before they are fabricated into
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/430/) - Scientists working for NASA continue inventing strange and unusual mechanisms. The device I want to describe this week is called mesicopter. The name resembles the word "helicopter" and in fact a mesicopter is a kind of helicopter, but a very small one. The prefix "mesi" implies a design of intermediate scale, between microscopic systems and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/429/) - http://www.ctnews3d.com/zzz/59.html Researchers from the University of California are developing 'smart dust'; tiny electronic devices designed to capture large amounts of information about their surroundings while literally floating on air. This ‘dust’ will be designed to perform functions such as monitor the environment for light, sound, temperature, chemical composition, and a wide range of other information.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/428/) - FEED | Digital Culture - Simple Minds Day 1The robots arrive in the mail, two small Ziploc bags full of electronic parts. I tell myself that they will be more impressive when assembled. Still, they are clearly not the domestic robots of my dreams. After reading the instruction manual, my worst suspicions are confirmed. These
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/427/) - ZZZ online | Number 59 German company called microTEC is manufacturing micro submarines which hull is only 650µm in the diameter and their total length is 4mm. Such submarines became reality after the development of technology called RMPD (Rapid Micro Product Development). It uses a specific, focused UV laser polymerization technique to directly cure various
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/426/) - ZZZ online | Number 65 Many expect the coming age of robotics to provide us with super-intelligent, sentient robots, capable of making our beds and mixing our drinks. Others, such as Mark Tilden and Solarbotics, believe that such an age will never come, and instead work to simplify the production and function of robots.Tilden’s designs
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/425/) - E4 : Engineering From Design Engineering, 02 February 2001 In recent years, huge advances have been made in the design of androids. Most research has been directed at movement, specifically, walking using two legs. However, as we all know, there's a lot more to humans than our ability to walk around, and, while Honda's P3
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/424/) - Mes données sont stockées en 3D Accueil -> Techno Mes données sont stockées en 3Dpar Eric Lecluyse mis en ligne le 5 février 2001 Créée par Lucent, la société InPhase Technologies compte développer la prometteuse technologie du stockage holographique des données : les informations sont "imprimées" par des lasers dans un cristal de quelques centimètres de
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/423/) - Scientific American: News In Brief: The Smallest Robot Ever: February 5, 2001 ENGINEERING The Smallest Robot Ever Image: Randy Montoya/Sandia National LaboratoryImagine a remote-controlled swarm of roach-sized tanks storming into a building through the pipes and vents. Armed with the proper sensors, cameras and communication devices, these tiny tanks could seek out chemical weapons, mines
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/422/) - Scientific American: Technology and Business: Enter Robots, Slowly : September 1999 ENTER ROBOTS, SLOWLYFaster computing means some technologicalhurdles are fallingThe autonomous robots of science fiction have thus far failed to whir into everyday life: they are too clumsy and expensive for the home, hobbyists aside, and can be tolerated only for the most repetitive tasks
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/421/) - Free Newsroom EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES MOBILE ROBOT SALES EXPECTED TO REACH $17 BILLION BY 2005February 6, 2001 ActivMedia Research, LLC (www.ActivMediaResearch.com) - Today Mobile Robotics are where personal computers were in the early 1980s, poised for proliferation, with more than 1600% growth in units and nearly 2500% growth in dollars expected over the next five years.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/420/) - Battlebot: The future of sports? By Patricia JacobusStaff Writer, CNET News.com February 15, 2001, 1:50 p.m. PT Battlebot, billed as the next smash-hit geek sport, has launched a Web site featuring animation robots designed to, um, kick each other's bots.The Web site seems ideal for the geek, macho crowd that can't afford to build giant
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/419/) - Welcome to Battlebots.com :: Meet the Robots :: Robot Stats
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/418/) - Robots making robots, with some help.(Brief Article) Author/s: P.W.Issue: Sept 16, 2000To remind themselves how much better their final products could be, robot designers need only look in the mirror. Yet the exquisite biological machines they'll see there emerge from a blind self-replication process, called evolution, and not from a deliberate design effort. In the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/417/) - Geek.com Geek News - Flo the robo-nurse Flo the robo-nurse posted 4:50pm EST Fri Nov 03 2000 NEWSRobotic nurses could save the U.S. $100 billion dollars in medical and retirement costs caused by incorrectly taken medication. That's just one of the reasons that Professor Sebastian Thrun, director of the Robot Learning Lab at Carnegie Mellon
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/416/) - Geek.com Geek News - Robots that can kill Robots that can kill posted 5:04pm EST Thu Aug 17 2000 NEWSThe Thailand Research Fund unveiled five robots in Bangkok, including one "roboguard." The roboguard is equipped with a camera and sensors for movement and heat--it is also armed. The roboguard "can be programmed to shoot automatically
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/415/) - Plastique Man par Benjamin Cherrière mis en ligne le 16 février 2001 Une équipe de scientifiques américains a mis au point un nouveau plastique capable de se réparer automatiquement. De la peau artificielle aux missions spatiales, les applications s’annoncent nombreuses.Le plastique est-il un matériau d’avenir ? Oui semble croire l’équipe du professeur White, de l’Université
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/414/) - Sega humanoid robot can walk, 'talk' Sega humanoid robot can walk, 'talk' Sega Corp. subsidiary Sega Toys will begin selling in May a humanoid robot that is able to walk, dance and "communicate" with people through facial expressions, body language and messages that appear on monitors.The device, to be named BOT, will be the first
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/413/) - Robots with real muscles A robotic fish powered by real muscles could boost artifical limbs When Hugh Herr put his robotic fish into its tank, it swam off looking surprisingly lifelike. But a few minutes later, it was flagging-and eventually came to a complete stop. It wasn't faulty: it just needed a break. The reason?
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/412/) - Collection de printemps pour Aibo Collection de printemps pour Aibopar Sébastien Gesell mis en ligne le 26 février 2001 Quelques mois après sa sortie, l’ERS-210, alias Aibo, se décline en deux séries limitées pour fêter le printemps.SONY Les fans de la deuxième génération du robot-toutou Aibo, dont 46 000 exemplaires ont été déjà commandés, seront
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/411/) - welcome to Korea Herald!!_Infotech Korean robot pets to hit global markets Intz.com, a domestic Internet venture, has signed a deal with Tiger Electronics, a global leading toy vendor, to sell its robot pets based on artificial intelligence technology worldwide. Under the agreement, Tiger will have marketing rights over a pair of digital pets named "DiDi"
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/410/) - iROBOT Here are just a few of the uses of the iRobot-LE™ Home SentryKeep an eye on your home while you're away on business. Outsmart thieves with the iRobot-LE, by leaving a set of eyes at home, even when you're not there. Pet CareThe pooch stuck at home? If you're a pet owner, you can
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/409/) - R100 Specifications height: 440mmwidth: 280mmdepth: 280mmweight: 7.9kgbattery duration: 1.5 - 2 hoursbattery charge: 2 - 3 hoursnumber of commands recognized: about 100 phrasesnumber of spoken expressions: about 300 phrases[input]eyes: 2 CCD camerasears: 3 microphonestouch: sensorsenses your tap, stroke or pressultra-sonic sensors: 6 sensors around its bodyenvironmental sensors: measures temperature and ambient light[output]feet:- 2 drive wheels
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/02/408/) - NEC: R100 Personal RobotThe R100 can remember faces, understand spoken commands and respond verbally. SeesWith a pair of video-camera eyes, the robot can avoid objects while moving around the home. It can measure distances and recognize the people that it meets.HearsThe R100 has directional hearing. It will turn and look in the direction of the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/407/) - Nanodot | by MarkGubrud (gubrud@squid.umd.edu) on Wednesday November 29Biped robots from Sony, Honda at Robodex 2000 Honda has demonstrated a humanoid robot. It's shaped roughly like a human; it walks, a bit limberly, balancing nicely on its feet. It raises its hands and turns its head. In one video, it even turns a wrench. In
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/406/) - Trade Show :: US :: Acroname 2001 Robotics Expo EXPO 2001 is coming!Acroname Inc. is pleased to announce our 2001 Robotics Expo to take place on March 3 in Boulder, Colorado. The Robotics Expo is free and open to the public. This year's guests include NASA, the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, the Laboratory for Atmospheric
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/405/) - Trade Show :: Turkey :: Metu Robot Society METU Robot Society is the 1st and the Pioneering Robot Society in Turkey. We design and produce robots and robotic systems. Join us to learn more about robots, to design and manufacture intelligent robot machines within your area of interest, and make fun of it.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/404/) - SONY :: AIBO :: BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robot pets get domesticated This month Sony is planning to release software that lets owners generate their own programs for the Aibo. Owners will be able to work out sequences of movements for their Aibo or change how it reacts to being stroked, talked to or
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/403/) - ::: WANY ROBOTICS - La robotique pour tous ::: L'électronique de Pekee™ Intégrant les dernières technologies, Pekee™ est une plate-forme robotique complète et autonome dotée en standard de nombreux capteurs d’environnement. Pekee™ a pour vocation d’évoluer au fur et à mesure des besoins. Le bus OPP breveté lui permet de recevoir des cartes filles additionnelles.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/402/) - NEW :: PEKEE, Toute la robotique ludique :: Vous avez toujours rêvé de comprendre comment ça marche un robot et même un jour d'en construire un pour chez vous.Et bien vous êtes bien tombé. Le site Pekee met à votre disposition toute une série d'informations, de liens et d'articles sur la robotique et plus particulièrement
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/401/) - 01net. - Le MIT révèle son top 10 des technologies d'avenirTechnology Review, le magazine du célèbre Massachusetts Institute of Technology, vient de publier ce qu'il considère comme les dix technologies d'avenir.[...]Les robotsTechnology Review estime que les robots n'en seraient qu'à leurs premiers pas. En effet, ils sont pour le moment cantonnés dans une niche commercialele
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/400/) - MIT :: Technology Review - Magazine - TR10: Robot Design Robot DesignBy David Talbot Jorden Pollack Robot builders make a convincing case that in 2001, robots are where personal computers were in 1980—poised to break into the marketplace as common corporate tools and ubiquitous consumer products performing life's tedious chores. One big obstacle remains: It
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/399/) - SONY :: AIBO :: On Magazine.com -- Reviews : Look Out for the Trojan Dog Retooled version of the famous metallic mutt is sturdier, cheaper and packed with more features than its predecessor. Future add-ons will make it more than a toy.By Chris Taylor[...] the Sony strategy of convergence: seed the device using its attractiveness
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/398/) - BW Online | March 19, 2001 | Robots Robots They're beginning to walk, talk, and, yes, think like people. Is the age of the robo sapien just around the corner?It's 1996. Japan's economy is lurching toward recession. Instead of investing in a new generation of expensive industrial robots, Japan is shipping more production offshore to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/397/) - Robotics: Robots said more useful than petsJapan Times Mar 12 2001 3:31PM ETKyodo NewsElectronic robots are gradually becoming familiar companions among some Japanese families and hospital patients, offering them entertainment and peace of mind.AIBO offers its appendage to an unidentified women at a Tokyo department store.The robots vary from those that look like puppies to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/396/) - BusinessWeek Online | Robots | Photo Essay See a promotional video of the Sony Dream Robots in action.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/395/) - BusinessWeek Online | Robots | Photo Essay Kitano's Pino has neural-network circuits that will one day mimic the human brain.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/394/) - BusinessWeek Online | Robots | Photo Essay On the BeamMany of Mark Tilden's buglike robots (bottom) lack microprocessor "brains"- but can do tasks such as dusting or clipping the grass.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/393/) - TIMEasia.com | GizmoLand! | Miracle Of Life | 5/1/2000 - 5/8/2000 Miracle Of Life A Japanese research team gives TIME an exclusive inside look at the birth of "Pino,"a robot child By TIM LARIMER Tokyo For six months, the researchers on scientist Hiroaki Kitano's robotics team in Tokyo had been trying to create a baby
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/392/) - AI :: Tomy develops new robot that can hold conversation Tomy develops new robot that can hold conversation Toymaker Tomy Co. said Wednesday it has developed a robot with artificial intelligence that is capable of recognizing words in a conversational context.Tomy will put the robot, known as memoni, on sale for 18,000 yen in the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/391/) - Personal Robot PaPeRo In January 1997, we at NEC commenced the 'Personal Robot Project' to seek out the possibilities of developing personal robots for use in the home. After much research and development, we produced our first generation prototype, 'Personal Robot R100' in July 1999. R100 with its ability to recognize people, understand voice commands
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/390/) - NEC :: Personal Robot PaPeRo Papero Specificationsheight: 385mmwidth: 248mmdepth: 245mmweight: 5.0kgbattery duration: 2 - 3 hoursbattery charge: 2 - 3 hoursnumber of recognized phrases: about 650 phrasesnumber of speech phreses: about 3000 phrases[input]eyes: 2 CCD camerasears: 3 microphones for sound direction detection1 uni-directional microphone for speech recognitionpatting sense switch: senses your tap or press on
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/389/) - Personal Robot PaPeRo It's smaller, lighter and processes much improved performance capabilities.It's a stand-alone personal robot!Enhanced conversation capabilityCapability as a research platform[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/388/) - Robots Can Learn Much From High-Tech PlaythingsBy MICHEL MARRIOTTt the annual Toy Fair last month, the huge annual show in New York where the toy industry promotes its newest creations, robots were everywhere.Tiger Electronics, a division of Hasbro, showed off no less than two dozen interactive robotic toys that it plans to unleash next holiday
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/387/) - NEC :: Papero :: The Times Robot to counsel familiesFROM ROBERT WHYMANT IN TOKYOA TALKING robot clever enough to heal family rifts may sound like science fiction. But the makers of PaPeRo — Partner-type Personal Robot — claim that it can smooth things out when families are no longer on speaking terms. NEC, the electronics
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/03/386/) - Robodog :: ABCNEWS.com : New Robot Dog Called 'PC on Legs'Designer Nick Wirth shakes the paw of his creation, the RS01 RoboDog during its launch in London March 21. (Russell Boyce/Reuters) ‘PC on Legs’Robot Dog Can ‘Hear,’ ‘See’ and Read E-MailBy Jennifer P. SterlingMarch 21 — British designers today unveiled a robot dog that could
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/385/) - NEC :: PAPERO :: The Times Robot to counsel familiesFROM ROBERT WHYMANT IN TOKYOA TALKING robot clever enough to heal family rifts may sound like science fiction. But the makers of PaPeRo — Partner-type Personal Robot — claim that it can smooth things out when families are no longer on speaking terms. NEC, the electronics
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/384/) - RoboScience :: Robodog - Specification Domestic Quadruped Robot RS-01Main Specifications:Movable parts: 16 degrees of freedom (d.o.f)Legs: 3 d.o.f each x 4Head: 3 d.o.fTail: 1 d.o.fCPU: 32 bit, 266MhzStorage: 64 Mb RAM - 6 GB HDDComms: Wireless LANRobot OS: Windows®Host PC OS: Windows®Motion control: 2 x RS MCUSensors: Colour CCD camera Miniature audio microphone Accelerometer Rangefinder
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/383/) - SONY :: AIBO :: Obedience school, digital style By Richard Shim, ZDNNApril 13, 2001 4:21 AM PTFor Sony Aibo owners, obedience school has taken on a whole new meaning. The owners of the Aibo ERS-210--Sony's second-generation robot dog--can now program their pooches via the $500 Aibo Master Studio software suite. The software, released Thursday, is
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/382/) - U.S. News: The promises and perils of humanlike machines (4/23/01) The Age of Robots We're close to making humanlike machines. It's time to reckon with the promises and perils By Thomas HaydenThe millennium was still a half century off in the future when Isaac Asimov penned his sci-fi classic, I, Robot. So it must have
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/381/) - SEGA :: Sega unveils humanoid robotsSega unveils humanoid robotsPoo-chi finds a familySega Corp promotion girls Sanae Hagiwara (L) and Misaki Sato show off walking, talking, and emotionally charged humanoid robots at an unveiling in Tokyo Feb. 28, 2001. The C-BOT series of robots are equipped with emotion circuits, and are capable of expressing joy, love,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/04/380/) - NEC :: Papero :: Personal Robot PaPeRo, Movies and ImagesWant to see what the PaPeRo looks like? Find what you're looking for in the selection of a movie and images listed here.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/379/) - GENERAL :: Wired :: Robot Sites a Web of Deception By Robin Clewley 2:00 a.m. May. 1, 2001 PDTSince its earliest days the Web has been a feeding ground for the bizarre and the fetishistic -- with communities devoted to extraterrestrials, Charles Manson and bestiality. Seasoned Web surfers aren't surprised by much they encounter.But stumbling
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/378/) - KAIST :: AMI :: Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea KAIST Develops Humanoid Robot As a new generation of robots is being born for use at home and office, Korea is banking on the robot revolution and in its latest attempt to make a name for itself in the fast-growing
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/377/) - GENERAL :: TIME.com: TIME Magazine -- How 'Bout Them Bots?How 'Bout Them Bots? BY ANITA HAMILTONThey've trolled antarctica for meteorites. they've scoured the Titanic for sunken treasure. They've built cars and computers and helped perform open-heart surgery. Now robots are homing in on the final frontier: your living room. Long the stuff of Star Wars
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/376/) - GENERAL :: ZDnet :: Robots: Our helpers or replacements?Robots: Our helpers or replacements?Just one word: robots. That's the next big boom being buzzed about by the world's leading technology visionaries. "In the last millennium, we came to rely on machines. In the new millennium, we will become our machines," Rodney Brooks, director at the Artificial
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/375/) - GENERAL :: news.com.au - Display Story Page Cyborg coupleLONDON: Surgeons are preparing to create the first husband and wife cyborgs. In science-fiction, a cyborg is a human being whose body has been "enhanced" by technical means. Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University, and his wife, Irena, will have 5cm silicon chips implanted in
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/374/) - SONY :: AIBO :: Sony empowers Aibo pet robot to read e-mail By Paul Kallender , EE TimesURL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010507S0059TOKYO — Acknowledging that its prodigal robot pet did little more than talk back and eat batteries every couple of hours, Sony Corp. on Monday (May 7) unveiled software that will enable its Aibo robots to read
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/373/) - GENERAL :: FR :: Transfert La famille robotpar Sébastien Gesellmis en ligne le 7 mai 2001 Tomy va lancer au Japon une nouvelle gamme de robots jouets, les Dinkies, véritable petite famille interactive.La famille Dinkie de Tomy s´apprête à envahir le Japon. Les Dinkies sont des spationautes robots, chaque membre de la famille étant doté
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/372/) - BOOK :: ThinkGeek :: Robo Sapiens Evolution Of A New SpeciesVisit the book's companion web site: robosapiens.mit.edu "This is one of the most mind-stretching--and frightening--books I've ever read. It's also a tour de force of photography: the images reveal a whole new order of creation about to come into existence. No one who has any
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/371/) - GENERAL NEWS :: TIME ASIA :: Man's Best Makota Ishida for TIME Firms like TMSUK are promoting devices, such as this maid robot, to serve humans. In a land where people make pets of their gadgets, the root looks set to become the companion of the future By TIM LARIMER Tokyo Japanese personalize their machines.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/370/) - GENERAL :: MAG :: TIME asia Japan: Gizmo Nation Although technology brought the country to its knees during World War II, for the past 50 years Japanese have embraced the notion that salvation is to be found through technical innovation--and the world has benefited from their ingenuity • EXCLUSIVE! A pop-up manga cartoon titled Maruichi's
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/369/) - SONY :: AIBO :: New Colours To celebrate the second anniversary of the launch of the 1st generation AIBO ERS-110 on May 11th 1999, we have limited edition colours for ERS-210. They will be available in a choice of three metallic iridescent colours that change like a rainbow when you view them in different lights.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/368/) - thestar.com.my: Business News Creator of robotic dog sees robots becoming partners for humans TOKYO (AP) - Sony's robot master remakes man's best friend in plastic and microchips and hopes to imbue his machines with a sort of soul, their autonomy showing us something of our own minds. But Toshi Doi, the father of Sony's popular
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/367/) - MIT :: Dino :: Dinosaur Robots For Sale Matthew Herper, Forbes.com, 05.23.01, 3:00 PM ET NEW YORK - Clink. Clink. Troody, a small robot dinosaur, walks across Peter Dilworth's desk, jangling as if she has loose change in her pockets. Dilworth, Troody's creator, hopes the pigeon-sized robot will be mother to a whole race of
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/366/) - R2-D2, where are you? The robot's slow evolution By Zillah Bahar (IDG) -- Scientists have fantasized for decades about a future when robots will take over mundane household chores and give us more leisure time. Yet the types of robotic devices introduced to the market so far have typically been more about novel entertainment than
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/05/365/) - SONY | SonyInfo | News | Press Release To read SONY last press release, go there.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/364/) - Coming Soon to Your Home: Blaze-Battling Robots Anne Eisenberg New York Times Service Friday, June 1, 2001 NEW YORK To Jacob Mendelssohn, an engineering professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, the smoke detector is a fine piece of technology. But it is a limited one - while it can tell if a fire has
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/363/) - Tech watch: Robotics is a fast-growing field with big opportunities Sunday, June 3, 2001 Robotics is moving into its next growth phase. Last year, the industrial robot market totaled $1.4 billion, compared with $615 million in 1995. The United States ranks third in robot sales, behind Japan and Western European countries (Germany leads). But, according
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/362/) - Motorola and Flashline Demonstrate the Ultimate Wireless Lego Robot Robots, Reuse and Java(TM) Technology Unite in a Wireless Environment At JavaOne(SM) 2001 Developer Conference SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Using a mobile phone to remotely control a robot might sound like science fiction, but it's a reality that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Flashline will
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/361/) - Misc. Links: Personal Robots and Toys Personal Robots Sony - AIBO / SDR(Sony Dream Robot) Honda - Humanoid Robot P3(Asimo) TMSUK - TMSUK04 ATR Media - Robovie LEGO - ROBOLAB NEC - Personal Robot R100 SOGO KEIBI - Guard Robo Toys Takara - ROBOPAL Series / AQUAROID TOMY Co. - Dog.com BANDAI - WonderBorg/ BN-1
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/360/) - Reality bytes Broadcast: June 7, 2001 Reporter: David Smith From the Daleks to R2-D2, the creators of science fiction have invented robots which can think like humans. Stephen Spielberg's new summer blockbuster - Artificial Intelligence - is no exception, with its heart-warming tale of a robot child who longs for love. But it seems the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/359/) - Go away, dear Kismet; you're not my kismet By Patricia Pearson Tourists now visiting Boston can pop into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, if they're so inclined, and check out an exhibit called, "Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT." Among the other mechanical marvels on display is Kismet, a sociable humanoid robot who
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/358/) - Some pictures : SONY / SDR
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/357/) - Some pictures : TMSUK / TMSUK04
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/356/) - Some pictures : Maidrobot
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/355/) - Some pictures : Honda / Asimo
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/354/) - Memoni robot : ICON : News Please don't cry lady, you'll destroy my CPU. Saturday, March 17, 2001 Japan's toy giant Tomy has paid an employee to pretend she's talking to their new communication robot Memoni, and she (the employee, not the robot) isn't happy about it. The robot is equipped with a 32-bit processor
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/353/) - Aibo présente la météo par Sébastien Gesell mis en ligne le 11 juin 2001 Pour son deuxième anniversaire, le chien Aibo vient de se voir offrir un portail web-TV. © sony / Transfert Né le 11 mai 1999, le chien robot Aibo a fêté son deuxième anniversaire. Une occasion marquée par la commercialisation d´une série
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/352/) - Android World By Ian Stokell, Newsbytes SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 13 Jun 2001, 10:48 AM CST There's something strangely fascinating about Android World! An android is a robot that looks like a human being, and there's plenty of interesting pictures on this site, along with lots of information about androids and projects trying to make
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/351/) - Robotory :: Photo Album New Feature in Robotory : you can browse Robotory's Photo Album !!
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/350/) - The real-life future for A.I. robots By Jim Krane ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK, June 21 — In Steven Spielberg’s new science fiction movie “A.I.,” humans build robots in their own image, using them for companionship, sex and as surrogate children. Disturbingly, the robots begin to express human emotions, to love, to dream. Outrageously far fetched?
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/349/) - Robots march forward - both on screen and off June 24, 2001 By Jim Krane, Associated Press technology writer NEW YORK - In the new science fiction movie "A.I.," humans build robots in their own image, using them for companionship, sex and as surrogate children. Disturbingly, the robots begin to express human emotions, to love,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/348/) - Mobile Robots Start Rolling In 2001! Peterborough, NH - ActivMedia Research LLC www.ActivMediaResearch.com - Today Mobile Robotics are where personal computers were in the early 1980s, poised for proliferation, with more than 3,500% projected growth in units and nearly 2,500% projected growth in dollars over the next five years. Mobile robot sales are expected to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/06/347/) - Could it be? Will robots ever evolve to the point of possessing human emotions, like the one in Spielberg's "A.I."? Some experts say it's more a question of when rather than if. By Peter Mucha INQUIRER STAFF WRITER This weekend, when Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence opens, moviegoers may wonder when scientists are likely to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/346/) - The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: Kubrick wanted real robot as star of 'A.I.' By Mike Szymanski Zap2it.com HOLLYWOOD - The late Stanley Kubrick wanted to build an actual robotic mechanical boy in order to make the movie "A.I. Artificial Intelligence." The reason? The ultra-meticulous director feared a real boy would grow up too fast
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/345/) - Expert: Robots may not be able to feel emotions, but some can show them By Byron Spice Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reid Simmons has created a robot that negotiates campus hallways, and a spacefaring robot that charted its own course to a distant asteroid. He has designed robots to operate autonomously. He has taught robots to work
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/344/) - TORNADO-INSIDER.COM - News - Giotto, The Human-eyed Robot 29 June 2001 9:01 By Luca Fornovo Robots will see with human eyes and on mobile phones will display live, high-definition images, at a low cost. The promise of these revolutions in the world of robotics and mobile communications is made by Giotto, a special sensor conceived
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/343/) - Dances with Robots: Science News Online, June 30, 2001 The military is betting millions that technology can turn soldiers into superhumans Peter Weiss The legs of an aluminum skeleton hang from Homayoon Kazerooni's backpack, its feet bolted to his boots. The lanky metal framework is part of an experimental robot, powered by a chain saw
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/342/) - Expert urges people to think differently about our robot allies By SACHIKO HIRAO Staff writer While the robot craze that has gripped Japan may give the impression that our future mechanical friends will resemble humans or animals, Takeo Kanade thinks otherwise. Director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Kanade predicts that
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/341/) - PINO the Humanoid Robot Reasons for Designing the Humanoid Robot What reasons are there for designing the humanoid a robot? Existing humanoid robot research centers on either the development of a humanoid machine from a mechanical engineering approach or, conversely, an analytic machine by which the mechanisms of thought ? or intelligence can be simulated
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/340/) - e-Newspaper: Record Searchlight - Redding.com News SHNS Science & Technology Me and my robot ... Tom Kisken Scripps Howard News Service Adonis dances the Macarena to show how robots can simulate human movement. Goggle-eyed Kismet is programmed to express lip-clenching anger and eyebrows-arched surprise. And University of Southern California researchers work on teaching robots teamwork
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/339/) - Today's Cyborgs Get An Eyeful elcom.co.uk - 7/4/01 Thad Starner is lying flat on his back on his office couch, staring at the ceiling. Don't bother him. He's working. A fascinating article giving a view of the future from USA Today. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/338/) - Will robots ever learn to love? The film A.I. has sparked a debate on artificial intelligence, so Roger Highfield asked leading researchers if man could build a machine with emotions. A robot under development by Dr Stefan Schaal's team at the Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab, University of Southern California [...][***]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/337/) - Honda P3 One of the great challenges of the future is the development of concepts for mobility beyond the street, in the immediate, natural environment of human beings. Not until a robot is able to move in this environment will it one day be a true aid to human beings and earn the attribute of
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/336/) - ASIMO 2 [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/335/) - Humanoid Robot H6 Perception-Action Integrated Humanoid Robot : H6 Human-shaped robots are well-suited for operating within environments designed for real humans. In order to provide an experimental research platform for full-body integrated sensing and control, the prototype Humanoid Robot "H6" is currently being developed at the JSK Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. [...] Specifications
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/334/) - Biped Robot Database Biped Robot Research in the World Here is the list of research sites which have intensive biped research project. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/333/) - Is there a market for luxury robotic pets? Reuters July 13, 2001 5:21 AM PT NEW YORK--Caring for a real dog can be expensive, but the latest generation of robo-pups will set you back $200 or $1,500--somewhere between some folks' weekly food bill and monthly rent or mortgage payment. Despite a U.S. unemployment rate of
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/332/) - Tiger Toys Data Center i-Cybie [...] He uses 16 separate motors to control hundreds of actions with moveable head, tail, legs and mouth. Intelligent sensors allow i-Cybie to avoid obstacles and prevent walking off the edge of a surface. Advanced Voice Recognition Technology allows i-Cybie to respond and react like a real dog. Senses night
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/331/) - Spy-Cye Technology Spy-Cie maps indoor area where you want to be but can't, and takes you there to hear and see Spy-Cye is a PC controlled personal robot. It's ten pounds heavy, sixteen inches wide and will run around your area as you drag it on screen with your mouse. It communicates to your PC
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/330/) - TNR Online | TRB From Washington: Only Human by Andrew Sullivan Post date 07.19.01 | Issue date 07.30.01 In one of the creepiest scenarios in Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick's new movie A.I., there is something called a Flesh Fair. In this sci-fi fantasy, human beings have developed technology so refined that they can create
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/329/) - The Times :: Cheeky role for 7in robot BY LAURA PEEK THE world’s first interactive wireless robot was unveiled yesterday and at £49.99 looks likely to become a popular gift at Christmas. Ir-V, also known as Internet Robot Project V, is the first toy that can be controlled at the click of a mouse without
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/07/328/) - Aibo to protect Smithsonian - Tech News - CNET.com By Richard Shim Special to CNET News.com July 18, 2001, 1:20 p.m. PT [...] Amanda Pehlke of Seattle donated her Aibo, named Toshi, to the Smithsonian because its represents the first robot that found its way into American homes. Toshi will be placed in the robotic
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/327/) - Ananova - New doll 'has real feeding and sleeping patterns' A new toy doll which it makers claim has realistic skin, senses and reflexes has gone on sale in the UK. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/326/) - Like a Child, `Smart' Robot Learns Gradually August 17, 2001 07:40 CDT [...] According to Knight Ridder Newspaper, that's the way John Weng, a robotics expert at Michigan State University, is teaching a robot to learn like a child, to obey spoken commands, trundle down a hall, find and pick up toys with its mechanical
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/325/) - Japan Today Japan News - Japan's Leading International News Network :: Robot industry gets boost Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 19:00 JST TOKYO — The government plans to launch a project to foster the robot industry, viewed as a possible dynamo for economic growth, in fiscal 2002 with subsidies and related legislative measures, government officials
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/324/) - NATIONAL POST ONLINE | Columnists | Columnist Story :: Robot dog requires nurturing. Too bad $2,300 virtual pet simulates the real thing's neediness Rebecca Eckler National Post TORONTO - I haven't seen the movie A.I., so I had no idea what to expect yesterday when I headed out to pick up "AIBO," my very own
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/323/) - The Globe and Mail: Breaking Business News :: Sony's breeders rear Aibo 2 By JACK KAPICA Globe and Mail Update The new version, which Sony unveiled Tuesday in Toronto, is also lighter than its predecessor, has more sophisticated software to demonstrate a wider range of emotions, more motors (13 of them running 20 joints) for
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/322/) - Ananova - Professor invents 'skiing robot' Story filed: 11:50 Friday 24th August 2001 A Japanese engineering professor claims to have invented a skiing robot which can perform somersaults and mid-air twists. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/321/) - Boston Globe Online / Business / Robots to wear By Scott Kisner, 8/27/2001 `We put people in robots.'' That isn't the official slogan of Yobotics, a South Boston company spun off from one of MIT's best-known robotics labs, but it might as well be. It's a phrase that captures the most promising new direction in
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/08/320/) - Computerized pets become some people's best friends (8/29/2001) BY SHANNON TAN Knight Ridder Tiger Electronics' i-Cybie, a robot dog, is hitting the shelves following the successes of other ``intelligent'' toys such as Furbies, Tamagotchis, a host of cyberpets such as Sony's Aibo, and Hasbro's crying, crawling, singing, My Real Baby. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/319/) - Next-generation Lego robots Updated Invention System makes programming easier By Brian Bergstein ASSOCIATED PRESS [...] So the chance to make my own robot at home with the new version 2.0 of the Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System sounded awfully appealing. Mindstorms, recommended for ages 12 and up, uses the familiar Lego interlocking plastic blocks that
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/318/) - Sony unveils new robo-pups to play with Aibo (9/04/2001) BY JAN PASCHAL NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) Move over, Aibo. Make room in your robo-kennel for two playmates -- Latte and Macaron, the new robotic Aibo puppies unveiled on Wednesday by Sony Electronics Inc.'s unit, Entertainment Robot America. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/317/) - CNET.com - News - Investor - News - Story Sony unveils new robo-pups to play with AIBO 9/4/01 9:00 PM Source: Reuters By Jan Paschal [...] In Japan, where Sony Corp. plans a similar "birth announcement" for ivory-colored Latte and charcoal gray-colored Macaron, there will be a marketing twist. [...] [same article as below]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/316/) - Ananova - Age of humanoid robots is nigh, says expert Story filed: 17:03 Monday 3rd September 2001 An android expert says walking humanoid robots with legs and arms will be part of society by the year 2050. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/315/) - ||| AIBO Homepage ||| Say hello to the new AIBO LM series! LATTE & MACARON are the latest AIBO Entertainment Robots. They are your new robot companions with the ability to communicate with their four senses touch, sight, hearing and balance. For AIBO, it's main unit is just body without heart. In that case, AIBO
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/314/) - ||| AIBO Homepage ||| AIBO "ERS-311 / ERS-312" -Mode indicator -Horn light -Head -Stereo microphone -Distance sensor -Color camera -Speaker -Paw switches -Back light -Pause button -Tail switch Mass Approx. 1.5 kg (3 lb 3 oz) (including the battery pack and the "Memory Stick") Dimensions Approx. 177 ' 280 ' 240 mm ( 6 '
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/313/) - Sony sees a robot family in every home Jan Paschal Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 20:00 JST NEW YORK — Instead of a chicken in every pot, Japan's electronics giant Sony Corp. sees a robot family in every household. [...] Now Sony is revving up to sell two new AIBO playmates — ivory-coloured Latte and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/312/) - Ananova - Fujitsu to unveil miniature humanoid robot Story filed: 13:38 Monday 10th September 2001 Fujitsu has announced the development of a miniature humanoid robot for scientific research. [...] The diminutive robot - which stands at less than 50 centimetres tall - can also be used to develop systems that simulate movement on two legs.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/311/) - Ananova - Robot mimics movement of humans Story filed: 20:03 Monday 10th September 2001 Scientists in Japan say they've developed a robot that can observe and imitate the movement of humans. The robot, called DB, watched a one-metre-long stick being balanced vertically on the palm of a hand for about 20 seconds. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/310/) - Miami Herald: Robot learns one step at a time Like small child, smart machine develops slowly BY ROBERT S. BOYD Knight Ridder News Service Published Wednesday, September 12, 2001 [...] Instead of stuffing its computer brain with elaborate instructions, like Big Blue, the IBM chess champion, Weng teaches his robot a few basic skills and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/309/) - CNN.com - Fujitsu debuts humanoid robot - September 12, 2001 Fujitsu debuts humanoid robot September 12, 2001 Posted: 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) By Martyn Williams (IDG) -- Fujitsu's latest robot is ready to stand on its own two feet. On Monday the company began selling a two-legged humanoid robot designed to serve as a
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/308/) - Fujitsu Introduces Miniature Humanoid Robot, HOAP-1 Tokyo, September 10, 2001 Fujitsu Automation Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that they have jointly developed a new miniature humanoid robot, named HOAP-1(*1), designed for wide application in research and development of robotic technologies. Fujitsu Automation will begin domestic sales of the robot from today and hopes
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/09/307/) - Robots aid New York rescue workers BBC News | SCI/TECH Monday, 17 September, 2001, 15:20 GMT 16:20 UK [...] Three small experimental robots are being lowered into gaps between collapsed buildings to assist in the recovery of bodies. The robots carry cameras and specialised sensors that can detect body heat or coloured clothing amid the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/306/) - ASIMO SPECIAL SITE Play with Asimo in 3D !!
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/305/) - Ananova - Dancing robot set to star in pop video Story filed: 17:24 Friday 21st September 2001 A dancing Japanese robot is set to star in the video for Number One by dance artist Playgroup. Playgroup supremo Trevor Jackson is better known for his remix work for artists like Massive Attack as The Underdog. Number
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/304/) - PCWorld.com - Bluetooth Robots to the Rescue Kuriko Miyake, IDG News Service Tuesday, October 09, 2001 "Morph", a 13.6-inch tall wireless humanoid device, could be used as part of recovery missions in disaster areas. A project team sponsored by the Japanese government has joined electronic component maker Murata Manufacturing in developing what the company claims
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/303/) - Humanoids2001 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots November 22-24, 2001 Waseda University International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan http://www.humanoid.waseda.ac.jp/Humanoids2001/
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/302/) - Ananova - Inventor creates robotic guide dogs Story filed: 14:06 Saturday 13th October 2001 A Japanese inventor has created a robot 'guide dog' to help visually-impaired people get around. The dog uses video cameras and sensors to avoid obstacles. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/301/) - ABCNEWS.com : A Cat That Doesn't Need a Litter Box A Japanese Company Creates a Robotic Cat By Edmund Klamann T O K Y O, Oct. 16 — Japan's biggest toymaker pioneered the world's first virtual pet, the Tamagotchi, and the nation's most famous electronics maker rolled out the No. 1 robot dog, Aibo. Now
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/300/) - Ananova - Fur-covered cat robot promises to be a real pet Story filed: 13:37 Tuesday 16th October 2001 Omron has developed a fur-covered cat robot imbued with artificial intelligence. The makers say it can recognise its own name and develop a unique character. NeCoRo will cost about £1,050 when it launches in Japan next month.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/299/) - Japan Today Japan News - Japan's Leading International News Network Omron lets robot cat out of the bag Edmund Klamann Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 09:30 JST [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/298/) - Middle managers replaced by robots by 2051 But will anyone notice the difference? Tuesday 16th October 2001 1:45pm Offices will disappear and robots will replace middle-managers within the next 50 years. The prediction comes from the entry that won the '50 Years of Business Computing' competition organised by the National Computing Centre. In her study,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/297/) - Robotory's Photo Album New pictures in Robotory's Photo Album : Atuko H6 Honda Kawada Isamu NeCoRo Sony That's all for today !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/296/) - OMRON - NeCoRo Internal sensors and primary operational parts Characteristics 1) Responds to human movement/emotions 2) Has feelings and desires, and its personality will adjust to its owner 3) Remembers its name and acknowledges its name when called 4) Synthetic fur gives it a feline appearance, so it feels natural to treat it like a
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/295/) - Yahoo! News - Reuters Photo - The Pod, SONY / TOYOTA REUTERS/Toyota/Handout A new vehicle called "the pod", developed by Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and electronics giant Sony Corp, will smile, frown and cry, not to mention take your pulse and measure your sweat. The car is seen in an undated handout photo. It has
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/294/) - News: Linux robot man treks into Europe By Graeme Wearden ZDNet (UK) October 25, 2001 8:09 AM PT Japanese scientists are planning to demonstrate a walking, Linux-operated, humanoid robot at an open source event in Italy next month. The bipedal H7 robot is around 137cm tall (54 inches), and weighs 55kg (121 pounds). It has
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/293/) - ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - Linux-based humanoid robot set for Euro debut 12:52 Thursday 25th October 2001 Graeme Wearden The top attraction at November's Open Source Expo in Milan is likely to be a human-shaped robot - running RT-Linux - that can walk unaided [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/10/292/) - Robotory - H6 = H7 For H7, look at H6 pictures : it's the same !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/291/) - International robot sales boom 12:27 AEST Wed 31 Oct 2001 AP - Sales of industrial robots have risen to record levels and they have huge, untapped potential for domestic chores like mowing the lawn and vacuuming the carpet, according to a UN report. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/290/) - Sony Dogs Aibo Enthusiast's Site http://www.aibohack.com Courts: The company uses a controversial law to stop owners from altering the robotic pet. Some consumers balk. By DAVE WILSON and ALEX PHAM, TIMES STAFF WRITERS Sony Corp. is using a controversial U.S. law aimed at protecting intellectual property to pull the plug on a Web site that
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/289/) - Ananova - Experts discuss ideas for robot festival Story filed: 06:21 Thursday 1st November 2001 Academics and robot experts are looking to the future at a gathering to discuss the development of the UK's first robot festival. [...] Plans are well under way for RoboFesta-UK, which takes place in 2004, and is expected to attract
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/288/) - Specs ASTAR - ATUKO Specifics ASTAR-NO1 Specs * Body * Head * Leg x 2 * Arms x 2 Freedom of Motion * Head - 2 DOF (Degrees of Freedom) * Legs - 3 DOF * Arms - 3 DOF * Hand - 1 DOF * Foot - 2 DOF * Total 20 DOF Built-In
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/287/) - ATUKO - ASTAR NO1 - Features More info...
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/286/) - The Register Sony's next gen Aibo dogs hit market By James Watson Posted: 08/11/2001 at 15:11 GMT Sony has showed off its third generation Aibo robotic dog. Canine V3 features more sensors for interaction, more LEDs for a wider emotional range, new behavioural patterns and upgraded control software. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/285/) - A Programmable Dog That Will Bite Back November 8, 2001 By LISA GUERNSEY http://www.us.aibo.com/ When Sony came out with its first four- legged Aibo robot in 1999, a lot of people thought that it was awfully cute. The latest Aibo, officially called ERS-220, is designed to look a little more menacing. Its eyes flash and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/284/) - Aibo transforms from poodle to bulldog - Tech News - CNET.com By Reuters November 7, 2001, 12:00 p.m. PT NEW YORK--Only time will tell if he's truly bad to the bone. But the newest incarnation of Aibo, unveiled on Wednesday by Japan-based consumer electronics giant Sony, is designed with more virtual male hormone running through
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/283/) - SONY :: ERS-220 More info: http://www.aibo.com/exp/main.html. More pictures: Robotory's Photo album.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/282/) - thestar.com.my: Business News Japanese automaker Honda shows upgraded walking, talking robot TOKYO (AP) - Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. on Monday showed an upgraded version of its walking humanoid robot Asimo that can recite programmed phrases and maneuver on stairways better than its predecessors. [...] Honda is prepared to rent up to about 10 robots
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/281/) - ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - 'Asimo' robot becomes more human-like 15:37 Monday 12th November 2001 Reuters Honda's humanoid robot, which can be started up in four minutes, is to be a receptionist at IBM Japan Honda has refined its human robot "Asimo" to gracefully walk down stairs, respond to human commands and even
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/280/) - Wired News:: Robots: It's an Art Thing By Brad King 2:00 a.m. Nov. 12, 2001 PST Eighty years after they were first introduced to the world, robots and humans now exist side by side. The symbiotic relationship between the two has inspired a new generation of art -- and scientific research -- that examines where
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/279/) - ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - Robotic system can make other robots 08:59 Thursday 31st August 2000 Reuters American study produces robotic system that can generate 'offspring' Cheaply produced robots that can perform mundane chores may be a step closer thanks to American scientists who have made a robotic system that can for the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/11/278/) - Authorities will use robot to open letter sent to Sen. Leahy By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- Desperate to preserve evidence that might identify the source of lethal anthrax attacks, government scientists will use a small robot to open a suspicious letter addressed to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a senior law enforcement official said
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/12/277/) - Space News Robotic Insects Developed for Mars Exploration December 3, 2001 08:00 CDT Scientists are looking to insects in developing a flying robot that could greatly enhance any exploratory missions on Mars. The thin Mars atmosphere, composed mostly of carbon dioxide and lacking oxygen for combustion, provides an inhospitable environment for conventional aircraft and helicopters.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/12/276/) - vnunet.com Sony Aibo 4 It's a dog's life. RRP £1,320.00 By Jason Jenkins [06-12-2001] We have looked at Sony's Aibo twice before and have been impressed each time. Aibo is a robot that can respond to commands, interact with its environment and develop a limited personality based on its experiences. [...] The mouth is now
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/12/275/) - Business 2.0 - Web Article - Robot eats slugs to generate power By CNET News.com Staff, December 12, 2001 By Graeme Wearden Scientists are close to releasing a commerical model of a slug-hunting robot that is powered by the slimy creatures it catches. The four-wheeled SlugBot uses image sensors to tell the difference between slugs,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2001/12/274/) - Robots - Royal Institution Have a look to this web site ! Video (RealPlayer): http://www.channel4.com/ [...] Anatomy of an Android investigates the way robots have been developed to assist humans. But as the level of sophistication of these robots rockets ahead are we humans being left behind? The machines we have designed and built are
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/01/273/) - Robodex 2002 The ROBODEX Executive Committee formally announced today that ROBODEX 2002 will be held. This will be an exposition of robots as partners for human beings-personal robots that embody state-of-the art robotics. The Expo will be held March 28 to March 31 (Thursday to Sunday) in 2002, at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Yokohama
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/01/272/) - SONY | Robot Box About SONY, AIBO ERS-220, ERS-2100, and RoboCup2001 .
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/01/271/) - Ananova - Nasa tests Mars robot builders Story filed: 16:38 Thursday 10th January 2002 The first construction workers on Mars may be robots. Nasa has been testing a team of rovers which work together to lift heavy objects into place over rough terrain. Each machine thinks independently so it can react to its partner's movements,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/01/270/) - news.telegraph.co.uk - Robot stars 'will be the top earners by 2010' By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent Filed: 18/01/2002 IN an age when the manufactured celebrity has become commonplace, scientists made a grim prediction for the future of showbusiness yesterday. By 2010, the world's highest earning actor, pop star or model will be a synthetic "celeb-bot",
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/01/269/) - BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robot toys are tops Monday, 28 January, 2002, 13:43 GMT Bionicles have captured childrens' imaginations Remote-controlled robot creatures have scooped best toy award at the UK annual Toy Fair in Docklands, London. Bionicles are made by Lego and come with their own website, which tells the tale of their fight
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/268/) - Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Where Berlin goes to forget: welcome to the robo pub John Hooper in Berlin Saturday February 2, 2002 The Guardian The bartenders in the club on the corner of Münzstrasse are all just under seven feet tall. One serves wine and spirits; another, beer. The third will provide you
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/267/) - Bots Battle, Breed in A.I. Test By Michelle Delio 2:00 a.m. Feb. 7, 2002 PST Smart robots equipped with energy-sucking fangs and big appetites will soon be locked in a struggle for survival as they attempt to create their own civilization. In an experiment that sounds like a science-fiction film plot but is actually as
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/266/) - A robot revolution is coming your way By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY 02/11/2002 - Updated 01:09 AM ET PHOENIX — The demographers may miss it, but brace yourself for a big-time population explosion soon. The newborns are not human, but they experience emotion, and they reason. Nor are they pets, but they provide companionship
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/265/) - Wired Magazine Issue 10.03 It's Alive! By Jennifer Kahn Read the rest on newsstands now - complete content available online March 12, 2002. From airport tarmacs to online job banks to medical labs, AI is everywhere.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/264/) - La Recherche - CONTENTS N° 350 - FEBRUARY 2002 SPECIAL SECTION “The new robots” >>>DESIGN Epoch of neuroscience by Jean-Jacques Slotine Do you know about the ascidian, the little marine sea squirt? It uses its brain to move, and then calmly digests that organ when it is no longer needed. Attracted more than ever to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/263/) - Honda's robot opens NYSE trading on Valentines Day Thursday February 14, 10:16 AM EST ©2001 Reuters Limited. NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - He's not quite a love machine, but on Valentine's Day the first non-human to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange put as much heart into it as he
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/262/) - New Zealand News - Technology - Robo-roach to eat up the dirt 26.02.2002 By SIMON COLLINS Every home in First World countries will have its own cockroach-shaped robot to do the housework within 20 years, says a new New Zealand research team. The three-person team of robotics experts moved en bloc from South Africa's Natal
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/261/) - Chicago Tribune | `Nervous' toys, kind of dumb, are enlivening robotics Like animals, they respond by sensors to environment By Barnaby J. Feder New York Times News Service Published February 25, 2002 Mark Tilden recalls being a lonely child, repeatedly uprooted by his family's moves around Canada. He took comfort in his gift for constructing
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/02/260/) - Designers Take Robots Out of Human Hands By ANNE EISENBERG February 28, 2002 Those battling robots on television may look fierce and formidable, but they are simply the digital successors to the Wizard of Oz, with humans pulling the levers — or joysticks — behind the scenes. It's a lot trickier to create robots that
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/259/) - K-Team :: Koala Robot Koala is a mid-size robot designed for real-world applications.[...]capable of carrying larger accessories, Koala has the functionality necessary for use in practical applications (like sophisticated battery management), rides on 6 wheels for indoor all-terrain operation, and sports stylish bodywork for attractive demonstrations. [...] These products have been used across a variety
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/258/) - Ananova - Child-sized robot goes on display Pino, a child-sized robot, has been shown off at the Science Museum in London after a 10,000 mile flight from Japan. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/257/) - No Robots in Robot Bar By Steve Kettmann 2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST BERLIN -- A tiny automated bar in Berlin's hip Mitte District has attracted attention far and wide, thanks to an Internet posting this month urging people "(to) visit the Automaten Bar to have a drink served by a robot." One small
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/256/) - vnunet.com Pentagon in search for robot GIs By Nick Farrell [07-03-2002] Exterminate! The US Army is on the hunt for a private contractor to build war droids. Dubbed 'Future Combat Systems', the robots will be used to deploy sophisticated weapons in war zones to limit human casualties. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/255/) - NASA :: The Personnal Satellite Assistant (PSA) The Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) is a robotic assistant for astronauts working in space. The PSA is about the size of a softball and has sensors for measuring gases, temperature, and air pressure. Also, the PSA is able to perform video conferencing and can communicate with electronic support
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/254/) - ZZZ online | Number 120 [...] Troody is (or was, I guess) a two-legged robotic replica of a Troodon dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, checking in at a hieght of 45 cm (about 18 inches - the robot not the dino) at the hips when standing , about 1.3 meters (about 4 feet) from tip
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/253/) - ROBODEX2002 | News ROBODEX2002 Schedule REMINDER - The ROBODEX Executive Committee formally announced today that ROBODEX 2002 will be held. This will be an exposition of robots as partners for human beings?personal robots that embody state-of-the art robotics. The Expo will be held March 28 to March 31 (Thursday to Sunday) in 2002, at Pacifico
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/252/) - Sony, Honda animated on robots' role - Tech News - CNET.com By Reuters March 19, 2002, 4:55 AM PT It's a question anyone might ask about a potential live-in partner. Should your household robot be cool? Or practical? For consumer electronics giant Sony, which on Tuesday unveiled the sleek and diminutive SDR-4X that can sing
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/251/) - Sony robot sings, dances and isn't cheap March 19, 2002 Posted: 10:58 AM EST (1558 GMT) Sony's SDR-4X can remember people's faces and even dance disco, but it's an expensive toy -- costing as much as a luxury car. TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The newest Sony Corp. family member has a photographic memory, an extensive
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/250/) - Ananova - Sony unveils singing, dancing robot © AFX News Story filed: 11:19 Tuesday 19th March 2002 Sony Corp said it has developed a robot which walks, sings and dances, and can recognise images and sounds. SDR-4X is a 60 centimeter-high entertainment robot with arms, legs and a head. It is still in its development
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/249/) - A movie : SDR-4X walking
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/248/) - Sony Global | Press Release Sony Develops Small Biped Entertainment Robot With Ability to Adopt Its Movement to a Variety of Situations and Offering Rich Communication. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/247/) - Prototype "SDR-4X" : Main Specifications CPU: 64 bit RISC processor (x2) Main Recording Device: 64MB DRAM (x2) Operating System: Aperios (Sony's original real time OS) Robot Control Architecture: OPEN-R Control Program Supplying media: 16MB Memory Stick Joint Degrees of FreedomNeck: 4 degrees of freedom, Body: 2 degrees of freedom, Arms: 5 degrees of freedom (x2),
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/246/) - Robot Guard Dog Unveiled Last Updated: 12:38 UK, Tuesday March 26, 2002 A prototype of a robot guard dog, which could revolutionise security in homes or offices, has been unveiled in Japan. The four-legged robot can roam through buildings under the command of a security control centre or homewowner, to check the building is secure.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/245/) - Japan's Sanyo creates robot guard-dog 25 March 2002 1903 hrs (SST) 1103 hrs (GMT) Japanese consumer electronics maker Sanyo Electric has created a robot guard-dog that can challenge burglars and take pictures of them with a camera fitted in its nose. It has been refered to as a utility robot. "Our robot is connected to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/244/) - KYODO NEWS Sanyo unveils security robots Mar. 25 OSAKA, Japan Sanyo Electric Co. unveils two models of a prototype security robot March 25. The robots, jointly developed with venture business Tmsuk Inc., have a built-in sound sensor enabling users to control their moves via mobile phone and a built-in camera to capture images of their
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/243/) - Japan Today Japan News - Picture Of The Day - Humanoid robot "Posy" Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at 09:30 JST Humanoid robot "Posy," jointly designed and developed by Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI) Japan and robot designer Tatsuya Matsui, is unveiled in Tokyo Monday.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/242/) - Robodex: Humanoid robots strut their stuff Thursday 28 March 2002 Robodex 2002, the world's only exhibition devoted to entertainment robots, begins today in Tokyo. This year's Robodex not only focuses on robots for entertainment, but robots that can co-exist and work in a human society. These include robots that educate kids, assist people who need
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/03/241/) - BBC - Science - Robot World - Gallery Explore Robot World's collection of images and video featuring some of the most amazing robots ever invented. See these intelligent automatons in action! Find out how they work and what they do from the inventors who designed them. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/240/) - Daily Yomiuri On-Line We, robots Tony Lee Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer [...] For most people, this is the very stuff of science fiction, but for 26 robot companies and research centers strutting their stuff at Robodex 2002, robots are the new wave. Some hope to get in on the ground floor of young markets, or
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/239/) - Are robots key to Japan's New Economy? - Tech News - CNET.com By Reuters April 2, 2002, 8:45 AM PT By the end of the decade, the people who disarm bombs and search for survivors after a disaster may no longer need to put their lives on the line. A machine, possibly made in Japan,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/238/) - ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - Humanoid robot goes to work on Linux 16:08 Friday 22nd March 2002 Graeme Wearden HRP-2P is significantly more agile than R2-D2, and its creator Kawada says it will be good for more than just entertainment - this robot is designed to do useful work. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/237/) - Robots Are Us: The Mystical Side of Science (and Fiction) Jeremy Smith, AlterNet - April 12, 2002 [...] Robots are no longer science fiction metaphors or wish-fulfillment fantasies. According to the United Nations' World Robotics 2001 survey, there are at least 750,000 units in operation around the world building cars, vacuuming floors, and mowing lawns.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/236/) - Technology News The Race Towards Robotics April 18, 2002 08:30 CDT Domestic robots have long been in the making, but who will emerge as the Bill Gates of robotization? Evolution Robotics in California recently stepped forward. They plan to release an operating system late this year that will bring household robots one giant step closer
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/04/235/) - Guardian Unlimited Observer | Review | Carry on, Nurse Robot Sunday April 21, 2002 The Observer [...] Humanoids, as they are also called, we learnt on Discovery: Robots are a new generation of robots which will, in time, be able to interpret our moods, recognise our tone and react accordingly, unlike the three-quarters of a
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/234/) - WEB ALERT! eEye Digital Security Macromedia Flash Activex Buffer overflow VIRUS WARNING Release Date: 05/02/2002 Severity: High (Remote code execution) Systems Affected: Systems with Flash Activex OCX Version 6, revision 23 (Possibly older versions) This includes most installations of Windows. Description: All users of Internet Explorer are potentially affected because this is a Macromedia signed
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/233/) - Chicago Tribune | For some, robot dogs are nearly real thing By Eric A. Taub New York Times News Service Published May 6, 2002 LOS ANGELES -- Diane wasn't well. Sadly, she was suffering from DHS. Her owner, Harry Brattin, placed a white muffler around her neck and separated her from the rest of his
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/232/) - ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - Sony lets Aibo off the lead 10:06 Tuesday 7th May 2002 Reuters In a change of policy towards independent developers, Sony is to release software that allows Aibo owners to modify their electronic pets Who says you can't teach an old robotic dog new tricks? As of next
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/231/) - Sony breeds new Aibo May 15, 2002 12:15 PM PT David Becker Sony announced a new addition Wednesday to the litter of Aibo robot dogs. The Aibo ERS-31L will sport a new look, similar to a pug or bulldog, and include new features such as digital photo-taking capability, 200 new behaviors and a 75-word vocabulary.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/230/) - infoSync : Sony shows new, cheap AIBO By: Jørgen Sundgot, Tuesday, 21.05.02 20:27 GMT If you thought Sony's AIBO robots were nifty toys before but couldn't afford their hefty price tags, Sony's new bulldog slash pug-impersonator AIBO ERS-31L might be for you. As part of the celebration to commemorate the third anniversary of the first
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/229/) - ||| AIBO Homepage ||| SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2002 SONY'S AIBO ENTERTAINMENT ROBOT CELEBRATES THIRD ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY Orders for the Robot Will Be Accepted Over the Internet, Telephone and at Select Retail Outlets As part of the celebration to commemorate the third anniversary of the AIBO ([ERS-110]) Entertainment Robot, originally
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/05/228/) - Transforming a laptop into a robot - Tech News - CNET.com By David Becker Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 22, 2002, 9:35 PM PT LOS ANGELES--Sure, Aibo the robot dog is cute, but can he fetch you a beer? Grabbing a brewski from the fridge is just one of the real-world tasks promised by Evolution
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/06/227/) - Plustech Walking technology The walking forest machine is Plustech's best-known innovation. The goal of product development was a machine that has the best possible working stability and minimum impact to the terrain. The walking machine adapts automatically to the forest floor. Moving on six articulated legs, the harvester advances forward and backward, sideways and diagonally.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/06/226/) - The Guardian - News - Story - Robot fails to find a place in the sun By Martin Wainwright The Guardian Published Thursday June 20, 2002After four months of entertaining humans, Gaak the predator robot yesterday did what all the best robots do in science fiction: he copied his masters' most basic instinct and made
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/06/225/) - News: Are you ready for angry robots? By Guest Writer ZDNet Australia June 21, 2002, 10:20 AM PT By Ed DawsonImagine a "friendly fridge" that could have its own personality, or a child's toy that would do more than imitate feelings. An Australian company called Mindsystems has devised an Artificial Intelligence system for simulating human
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/06/224/) - Soccer Robots Compete for 6th Annual RoboCup By Bijal P. Trivedi National Geographic Today Published June 17, 2002(RoboCup Photo Gallery) Robots of all shapes and sizes kick off in an international soccer tournament this week with nearly 200 teams from 30 nations battling it out in a domed stadium in Fukuoka, Japan—not the World Cup
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/06/223/) - Scientists give language lessons to robots By Robert S. Boyd Mercury News Washington Bureau Published Sun, Jun. 23, 2002"I hope a year from now I can tell it: 'Look out for that trash can' or 'Let's go through that door.' I don't want to be holding the robot's hand,'' he said. In five years, Oates
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/222/) - Robot servants--sooner than you think Geek.com News Published Fri, Jun. 28, 2002 10:53am ESTSony's Aibo robot and Honda's Asimo robot lines have proven that there is at least some level of acceptance of robots in the home. Now the question becomes when will those robots wash windows and trim hedges? In the suburbs of Tokyo,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/221/) - Robots hardly cricket By Robert Craddock News.com.au July 18, 2002Somewhere in cricket-crazed England an electronics company has spent a six-figure sum to invent the game's version of Cyclops, the beeping robot that makes tennis line calls. The thinking is the new gadget will intervene when bowlers overstep the crease and deliver a no-ball. A beep
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/220/) - At the crossroads of terror: Inside the clandestine operations center where the CIA tries to anticipate what al-Qaeda will do next By Douglas Waller/Langley, with reporting by Christopher Preston/Washingon Europe.cnn.com Published July 1, 2002CIA scientists are investigating exotic supercomputer programs and artificial intelligence that might help analysts link hundreds of thousands of names, places and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/219/) - Showcase for digital entertainment By Jonathan Fildes News.bbc.co.uk Saturday, 20 July, 2002, 08:43 GMT 09:43 UKWant to know how the characters in Star Wars Episode II were created, find out how computer games will change the way we use computers? Or how a robot called Lewis could be your wedding photographer? Well, then Siggraph 2002
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/218/) - Democrat & Chronicle: UR robot to strut its stuff By Matthew Daneman Democrat and Chronicle (July 23, 2002) — Toting a food tray, the server came to a stop, stared at Tom Kollar's face and offered a snack. "Hello, my name is Mabel. Would you like an hors d'oeuvre?" [...] Mabel's small, wheeled base is
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/217/) - New robot has basic social skillsJUDY LIN Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 6-foot-tall robot that courteously steps aside for people, smiles during conversation and politely asks directions shouldn't be blamed for being too eager to please. [...] The robot, named GRACE (short for Graduate Robot Attending Conference), will wander a symposium on artificial
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/216/) - Movies and pictures from Robodex 2002 event : have a look here : http://www.robots.org/.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/07/215/) - Farting Robots and Shitting Ducks The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars by Margaret Wertheim I'VE SIGNED THE PETITION, SIGNATURE NUMBER 134,042, so clearly I'm not the only one mourning the passing of Futurama. Though,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/214/) - Robots learn to fly "New Scientist" 9:30 17 August 02 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Learning how to fly took nature millions of years of trial and error - but a winged robot has cracked it in only a few hours, using the same evolutionary principles. Krister Wolff and Peter Nordin of Chalmers University
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/213/) - Robots need culture says Sony Scientist "ZDNet" Robots need culture says Sony scientist 15:57 Friday 16th August 2002 Matthew Broersma A researcher says that the next wave of robots will be able to interact with one another, form their own languages and evolve new kinds of intelligence Luc Steels, a professor at the University of
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/212/) - TECHSPLOITATION: Artificial Intelligence "AlterNet.org" Annalee Newitz, AlterNet August 5, 2002 Abnormal technology. Science fiction writers love to speculate about the abnormal psychology of robots. That's the pathos of the robot - designed to have the perfect mind, it nevertheless malfunctions and becomes a calm-voiced, sociopathic HAL, or a tragically doomed rebel like the replicants in
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/211/) - A new robosoldier goes to war "Christian Science Monitor" USA > Military from the July 31, 2002 edition In Afghanistan, a new robosoldier goes to war The 'war on terror' is a testing ground for new technology By David Buchbinder NARIZAH, AFGHANISTAN ? A squad of heavily armed American soldiers lines up single file outside
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/210/) - Dean Of Invention: A wheelchair that climbs stairs? It's just one product of Kamen's idea factory. By Pradnya Joshi Staff correspondent April 29, 2002 You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is." [...] "We celebrate
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/08/209/) - eMuu Project A salient feature of the ambient intelligent home of the future will be the natural interaction between the home and its inhabitants through speech. An embodied home character, such as eMuu, could be the social entity necessary to provide natural dialogues. This character would have to be able to utilize the full range
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/09/208/) - In Our Image: Why do we keep making robots that look like us?By Jim Goldman, Tech Live Silicon Valley bureau chiefPosted August 30, 2002Tech TV.com NewsJust like humans, they come in all shapes, sizes, and attitudes. Tall and slender like C3PO; short and squatty like R2D2; evil like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey; childlike
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/09/207/) - Frequently Asked Questions About the Meaning of Life By Eliezer S. Yudkowsky Published 1999 and updated 2000 The Low BeyondWhat is humanity's place in the cosmos? The same place held by all the other technology-using species now briefly living on or around the ten billion trillion (1) stars in this Universe: Our role in the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/10/206/) - ER1 From Evolution Communication Dept Evolution Robotics announced that the ER1 personal robot system will be available in retail stores in time for the holidays. In connection, Evolution Robotics has planned over 200 demos of ER1 across the U.S., where curious consumers, robot hobbyists and journalists are welcome to get to know ER1 up close
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/10/205/) - ElectricNews.net:News:Americans turned off by robots Friday, October 04 2002 by Ciaran BuckleyAmericans could turn against robots, after it emerged that the machines designed to be low-cost servants are increasingly taking the place of older workers. These findings are contained in a new report, by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which reports a
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/10/204/) - Google Search: robots NEW tool : it's now possible to search news sites with Google. After www.moreover.com, www.daypop.com, or www.newsisfree.com, Google provides quite powerfull tool to search very last news (few minutes). Have a look!
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/10/203/) - Cell phone controlled robot unveiled Japan's Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a new robot for the home, the MARON-1, which can be remotely controlled by a cell phone to operate home electronic appliances or monitor household security. The ambulatory prototype robot is equipped with a wide range of functions, including telephone, camera, remote control, timer and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/10/202/) - News - FUJITSU MARON-1: Main Specifications Dimensions: 32 x 36 x 32 cm Weight:5 kg Operable parts:2 powered wheels (left, right); 1 rotating arm; 2-way movable camera head (pan, tilt). 5 degrees of freedom Sensors:1 Infrared sensor/emitter (for operating electronics by remote); 2 cameras, 1 proximity sensor User interface:1 touchpad; 5 menu keys; 2 function
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/11/201/) - tmsuk and Sanyo Electric Reveal New and Improved 'Banryu' Home-Robot Tokyo (JCNN) - tmsuk Co., LTD., (pronounced "temzack") a small robotics firm from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Sanyo Electric (TSE: 6764), have developed an improved version of their home-robot Banryu. The two companies wish to finalize the design and details and to commence the marketing
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/11/200/) - Ananova - Dino-robot promises mobile assistance Sanyo have unveiled a dinosaur-shaped robot home-help. Banryu can be controlled remotely using a mobile phone. It possesses infra-red, sonic, temperature and odour sensors to detect problems when the owners are away. It can also move at speeds of up to 15 metres a minute. The robot has been
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/12/199/) - Robots offer engineers room for creativity By David Lammers, EE Times Dec 9, 2002 (2:26 PM) URL: http://www.electronicstimes.com/story/OEG20021209S0065 San Francisco - Twenty years ago, Tsugio Makimoto, then a Hitachi, Ltd. Semiconductor manager, delivered a keynote speech at the 1982 International Electron Devices Meeting about how robotics would play a role in semiconductor fabs, largely to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2002/12/198/) - Honda Unveils Improved Humanoid Robot By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press posted: 03:45 pm ET 11 December 2002 TOKYO (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. may have come up with the most attentive and perhaps honest car dealer ever in its child-size walking robot Asimo. The 1.2-meter (4-foot) tall machine, which first went on sale two years
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/02/197/) - Spider-bot joins NASA’s robotic zoo Network of tiny bots could fan out over Mars The 7-inch high spider-bot has six legs and feeler-like antennas. By Tariq Malik SPACE.COM Jan. 29 — Engineer Robert Hogg’s spider sense is tingling, but he’s no superhero. His spider sense comes from an insect-like robot with a leg up on
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/02/196/) - Honda's Giant ASIMO Robot to Tour U.S. January 28, 2003 Honda's Giant ASIMO Robot to Tour U.S. Godzilla Rumored To Be Moving Toward NYC For Epic Showdown In Central Park (Just Kidding, Honda) By Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine ASIMO, Honda's four-foot tall walking robot wonder, has arrived on US shores to kick off a nationwide,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/02/195/) - Robots for the masses By Ed Frauenheim Jan. 9 — A start-up company says it has developed a navigation system that is cheap enough to bring robots to the mass consumer market. Pasadena, Calif.-based Evolution Robotics said its technology that lets a robot determine its position relative to its environment is based on wheel sensors
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/194/) - Robodex 2003 Official : Robodex.org. Sony, Fujitsu, Honda, ...
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/193/) - The Japan Times Online Sanyo, tmsuk to set up robot firm OSAKA (Kyodo) Sanyo Electric Co. and venture firm tmsuk Co. said Wednesday they will jointly establish a company to sell and maintain robots. The new Tokyo-based venture, called tmsuk Sanyo, will begin selling a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot named Banryu, according to the companies. Banryu
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/192/) - The Japan Times Online Kansai robots on march amid Astro Boy hoopla By ASAKO MURAKAMI Staff writer OSAKA -- The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, is witnessing a surge in visitors ahead of the April 7 "birthday" of Astro Boy, the humanoid robot for which the late cartoonist is probably best known.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/190/) - The Register Fujitsu preps Linux-based robot By Tony Smith Posted: 28/03/2003 at 12:15 GMT Fujitsu has launched a humanoid robot - based on a real-time version of the Linux operating system. The HOAP-2 is driven by an Intel Pentium III running at 700MHz. It is half a metre high and weights 7kg, and is scheduled
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/191/) - Betterhumans :: News :: Humanoid Robot Can Quickly Learn Movement and Coordination Humanoid Robot Can Quickly Learn Movement and Coordination Betterhumans Staff [Friday, March 28, 2003] A new humanoid robot has been unveiled that uses a neural network to quickly learn movement and motor coordination. Called HOAP-2, the robot is the next-generation of the HOAP
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/189/) - Robots become family friends AFP - Japanese scientists are trying to make robots part of the family rather than automated servants -- by improving their ability to communicate with their human owners, according to exhibitors at the Robodex 2003 robot fair in Japan. This year's fair, in the port city of Yokohama, has been dominated
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/04/188/) - Robotory's Photo Album Update A lot of new pictures coming from Robodex web sites!
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/05/187/) - ABCNEWS.com : What Defines a Machine as a Robot? The Meaning of Robots What Defines a Machine as a Robot? By Lindsey Arent, Tech Live April 23 — To you, that boxy thing in your kitchen that sprays soap and water on your dirty dishes and is decorated with plastic buttons may look like a
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/05/186/) - Military robots to get swarm intelligence 12:21 25 April 03 NewScientist.com news service A battalion of 120 military robots is to be fitted with swarm intelligence software to enable them to mimic the organised behaviour of insects. The project, which received funding this week from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is aimed
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/05/185/) - Wired News: Giving Robots the Gift of Sight By Leander Kahney Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58846,00.html 02:00 AM May. 15, 2003 PT An e-business consultant from the United Kingdom claims to have invented a breakthrough mechanized vision system with a wide range of potential applications, from robotics to handwriting recognition. Patrick Andrews, managing director of Break-Step Productions,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/05/184/) - Sony takes leash off robot dog | CNET News.com By David Becker Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 19, 2003, 10:27 AM PT Electronics giant Sony announced new software Monday that will allow Aibo owners to control the robot dog via e-mail commands. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/05/183/) - Wired News: Working Remotely, Robots in Place Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58961,00.html 02:00 AM May. 26, 2003 PT PALO ALTO, California -- How would you feel about sitting across a conference table from a robot remotely controlled by a colleague who could not make the meeting? Fears of severe acute respiratory syndrome and terrorism, combined with drastically
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/182/) - Robots may yet morph from science fiction to fact June 3, 2003 BY MARK BROWN SUN-TIMES Robots were supposed to make my life easier. George Jetson promised me as much, in so many words, when Astro wasn't busting me up with a well-timed: "Ruh-roh." Even for those who didn't take their cues from cartoons, there
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/181/) - Silicon.com - Robots - the more human the better, study finds Winston Chai writes for CNET News.com Mon 2 June 2003 10:06AM BST "Sometimes people are afraid of robots," says researcher. Funny that. Imitation is not just the best form of flattery - it's also good interface design. A study shows that talking computers that
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/180/) - Forward::JOB (US) ActivMedia Robotics is seeking help in developing robust, practical mobile robot applications. We are seeking hard-working, intelligent applicants in either of the following areas: ROBOTICS RESEARCHER World-class PhD roboticist with extensive experience in 3D mapping and outdoor navigation using GPS and other positional sensors as well as range sensors. C++, Linux. Experience with
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/179/) - RobotsLife.com - Tadahiro Kawada [old but interesting interview] Tadahiro KAWADA, Director, Kawada Industries - Aircraft and Mechanical Systems Division Kawada Industries is the company that built the HRP-2P (HRP-2-prototype, showed left and below). This robot, presented for the first time at the end of March 2002, is an anthropomorphic, biped machine. It has been developed
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/178/) - IHT Article Print Page 'Sociable' robots react to the surrounding world NYT Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Q&A: Cynthia Breazeal Cynthia Breazeal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is famous for her robots, not just because they are programmed to perform specific tasks, but because they seem to have emotional as well as physical reactions to
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/177/) - CBC News: Prototype robots on display in Halifax Last Updated Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:36:23 HALIFAX - Researchers at a Canadian conference on artificial intelligence showed off a moody robot on Monday that is able to learn simple tasks and interact with humans. ERIC has an animated "face" that looks upset when a bright light
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/06/176/) - Wired News: The New Pet Craze: Robovacs Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59249,00.html 02:00 AM Jun. 16, 2003 PT Just as owners of robot pets like Sony's Aibo develop emotional attachments to their mechanical companions, people are acquiring similar feelings for their robot vacuum cleaners. The two leading robovac manufacturers -- iRobot and Electrolux -- report that owners
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/07/175/) - Robot shark gives aquarium a buzz The robot shark is operated by remote control The world's only robotic swimming shark is moving into an aquarium in Devon, along with four live sharks. The two metre (6 ft 6 in) long creature, called Roboshark2, will spend up to three years alongside sand tiger sharks at the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/07/174/) - Japanese scientists invent dancing robot Story filed: 11:04 Thursday 17th July 2003 Japanese scientists have developed a dancing robot that can follow a human dancer's lead. Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge, leader of the Tohoku University team that developed the robot, says future versions will be able to move in sync with humans. The MS DanceR (Mobile
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/07/173/) - I, Robot Release Date: July 16, 2004 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Alex Proyas Screenwriter: Jeff Vintar, Hillary Seitz, Akiva Goldsman Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, Aaron Douglas Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller [...] Plot Summary: Based on the classic story collection by famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, "I, Robot" will concentrate
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/172/) - Wired News: How Robots Will Steal Your Job By Joanna Glasner Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59882,00.html 02:00 AM Aug. 05, 2003 PT Listening to Marshall Brain explain the future as he sees it, it's relatively easy to suspend disbelief and agree how plausible it is that over the next 40 years most of our jobs will be
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/171/) - Robots … start your engines! posted 9:07am EST Tue Jul 29 2003 - submitted by Matthew The mission: to get a vehicle from Los Angeles to Las Vegas over a grueling off-road course. The contestants: a bunch of amateur/professionally built robot-controlled vehicles. This forms the basis of the coming DARPA Grand Challenge, run by the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/170/) - Demo: Teachable Robots By Rebecca Zacks July/August 2003 Like any proud parent, Michigan State University computer scientist Juyang Weng has a lot to say about what sets his little ones apart from their peers. Traditional robots, he explains, must be specially programmed for new tasks. And you just can’t teach them much. Sure, they can
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/169/) - Help Net Security Robot 'guard dog' sniffs out Wi-Fi holes Posted by Mirko Zorz - LogError Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 1:43 PM CET A strange two-wheeled creature was skimming through the halls of the Alexis Park Hotel on Sunday -- a robot that sniffs out network vulnerabilities. Created by two members of a loose association
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/168/) - VOANews.com: "Robot Challenge: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work Rosanne Skirble Washington 04 Aug 2003, 22:37 UTC Several years ago the American Society for Artificial Intelligence issued a challenge: Build a robot that can operate like a conference goer. The robot, dropped off at the meeting site had to make its way to the registration desk,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/167/) - Russia Joins Humanoid Robot Race Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. By Angelina Davydova Special to The Moscow Times A St. Petersburg company last week unveiled ARNE and ARNEA, the only Russian humanoid robots in existence. The robots are male and female. Each is 123 centimeters tall and weighs 61 kilograms. They are capable of walking independently
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/166/) - Linux on a mission / SRI teaches robots how to communicate Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, August 7, 2003 ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle It took two robots five minutes, more or less, to locate a penguin at Moscone Center on Wednesday. Granted, any idiot -- human or animatronic -- could have found a penguin
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/165/) - Daily Yomiuri On-LineReport from Silicon Valley / Robots set to invade the household By John Jerney / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Some people call opera the grandest of the performing arts. According to these people, opera has it all: music, singing, theatrical performance, and occasionally even some dance. In the world of technology, the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/164/) - TCS: Tech - Robot Economics By James D. Miller 08/19/2003 Will robots steal all our jobs? Although today's robots may lack the intelligence God gave ants, robots of the future might perform many 'human' tasks. Economics shows, however, that humans needn't fret over robot-induced redundancies. [...] Robots can't steal all jobs, but to prove this
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/163/) - The Japan Times Online :: 30-year robot project pitched Researchers see tech windfalls in costly humanoid quest The Japan Times: Aug. 20, 2003 Japanese researchers in robot technology are advocating a grand project, under which the government would spend 50 billion yen a year over three decades to develop a humanoid robot with the mental,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/162/) - MORPH 3 MORPH 3, a 38-cm-tall humanoid robot, tries to stand after being laid on its back during an experiment at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture. ERATO Kitano Project Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Tetsuo Tawara, Yu Okumura, Masaki Shimomura and Hiroaki Kitano1 1 ERATO Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project Registration information: Data
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/161/) - Ananova - Talking robot will be special guest at state reception Story filed: 15:42 Thursday 21st August 2003 A talking robot will be the special guest when the prime ministers of the Czech republic and Japan sit down to dinner at a state reception in Prague. The robot - named Asimo - will join the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/160/) - Herald Sun: Japan to market 'robot suit' [21aug03] From correspondents in Tokyo 21aug03 JAPANESE companies are preparing for the commercial launch of a ``robot suit'' that helps aged or physically disabled people walk, get up the stairs or seat themselves to relax without a chair. Trading house Mitsui and Co. and some 30 other Tokyo
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/159/) - A Learning Robot: Adam in Eden More correctly, this is Adam (ADAptive Mobile robot) in Eden (EDucational ENvironment). Adam is a learning robot developed at Monash University in Australia. The Melbourne Herald Sun tells us more in 'Current research gives Adam a charge.' In an attempt to further the development of home robots, Associate Professor
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/158/) - Robotic 'William' and 'Mary' cruise campus Both Mary and William are taken across campus as the robotic researchers teach the devices to recognize various objects. Thursday, August 21, 2003 By BRIAN WHITSON THE (NEWPORT NEWS) DAILY PRESS WILLIAMSBURG - It might be a bit surprising the first time you encounter 'William' and 'Mary,' who have
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/157/) - RoboSapien Announce Mark W. Tilden Robotics Physicist BEAM robotics is entering the humanoid race with its own 14-inch high, slightly-more-affordable walking machine. It'll retail for about $80, has 67 built in functions, speaks international "caveman", reconfigurable touch and sound reflexes, and features nested programming functions. The "RoboSapien" (from WowWee Toys) uses resonant non-linear dynamics instead
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/08/156/) - MIT leaps to solution of walking-on-water mystery AUGUST 6, 2003 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—MIT researchers report in the Aug. 7 issue of Nature that they now understand how the insects known as water striders skim effortlessly across the surface of ponds and oceans. In addition, the researchers created Robostrider, a mechanical water strider that uses the same
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/155/) - Australian IT - Robot pets take off in Asia (Sholto Macpherson, SEPTEMBER 02, 2003) Sholto Macpherson SEPTEMBER 02, 2003 HUMANS have always wanted pets, but many baulk at the responsibility of walking and cleaning up after a dog once it has grown out of puppyhood. Although robotic pets lack a heartbeat and a wet tongue,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/154/) - Sony licenses optical technology for robots - The Economic Times REUTERS[ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2003 11:25:53 AM ] LOS ANGELES: Robotics technology company Evolution Robotics Inc. on Tuesday said it had licensed its visual-recognition software to the unit of Sony Corp. that produces the Japanese conglomerate's Aibo robots. Privately held Evolution Robotics, based in Pasadena,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/153/) - Sony Launches Third Generation AIBO Entertainment Robot Futuristic Floppy-Eared Canine Offers More Functionality and Utilitarian Features SAN DIEGO, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Entertainment Robot America (ERA), the division of Sony Electronics Inc. (SEL) responsible for the iconic series of autonomous AIBO(R) Entertainment Robots, announced today that it is delivering a highly-evolved, floppy-eared, third generation robotic
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/152/) - Sony to unleash new AIBO robo-dog : HindustanTimes.com
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/151/) - Sony Global | QRIO It is the product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamics technology. An entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy. Its name is QRIO. QRIO can gather information and move around on its own accord. QRIO not only walks on two legs, it can also manage
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/150/) - Sony Dream World [...] Making a worldwide debut in the robotics area is the latest AIBO robot, the ERS-7, which boasts a charismatic new design and advanced levels of connectivity and functionality. The prototype biped robot the 'QRIO' is making its European debut, an artificially intelligent device that adapts its performance to its environment and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/149/) - ERS-7 PRESS RELEASE For more information, please contact Sylvia Shin Corporate Communications Europe Sony Europe GmbH tel: +49 30 2575 5156 fax: +49 30 2575 5174 email: Sylvia.Shin@eu.sony.com www.sony-europe.com/presscenter In addition, for any queries about Sony in your respective country, please contact your local Sony PR office corporate communications europe 3rd Generation Of Sony’s Entertainment
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/09/148/) - Makimoto links IC future to next-generation robots By Ron Wilson, EE Times Sep 23, 2003 (5:03 PM) URL: http://www.electronicstimes.com/story/OEG20030923S0068 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Concealing very important thinking beneath the veneer of a humorous lunchtime speech at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference here on Tuesday (Sept. 23), Sony Corp. corporate advisor Tsugio Makimoto suggested there is
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/147/) - You're all clear, virtually, says Dr Robot - www.smh.com.au October 3, 2003 A US hospital has taken on a 1.5-metre tall interactive robot as a new staff member. It is designed to give patients remote access to their doctors. Dr Robot looks like an oversized vacuum cleaner and has a video screen for a head.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/146/) - ajc.com | News | Robot vacuum cleans, empties and recharges without human intervention By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany -- Let's face it: you have to be just a little lazy to use a $1,500 robot to vacuum a one-bedroom apartment. But how sweet it is to stroll barefoot across spotlessly clean wood floors,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/145/) - Globetechnology Robots to visit Ontario Science Centre TORONTO, Oct. 1 — Visitors to the Ontario Science Centre will be able to see leading-edge robot demonstrations and join competitors from across Canada and the United States in robot games while winners of an on-line contest will be able to participate in exclusive family-oriented robot-building workshops. The
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/144/) - The Wichita Eagle | 10/01/2003 | Really, who doesn't need a hip-hop dancing robot? BY HEATHER LANDY Fort Worth Star-Telegram DALLAS - Neiman Marcus unveiled its 77th annual Christmas catalog Tuesday, proving that not every retailer is worried about stocking enough bargains for the holiday season to attract price-conscious consumers. Neiman's 'ultimate fantasy gift' this
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/143/) - FOXNews.com Neiman's Noel: A $400,000 Pair of Robots Wednesday, October 01, 2003 By Suzanne Kapner NEW YORK — For the couple who have everything, here's a Christmas gift straight from 'The Jetsons': His-and-hers robots that can answer the door, help with the groceries and even read bedtime stories to the kids. [...] The robots -
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/142/) - The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper Seoul to coordinate robot R&Dplans The Korean government will draw up a comprehensive plan to promote the nation's robotics industry this year, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced yesterday. The Science Ministry will also coordinate the research and development plans separately developed by various ministries.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/141/) - The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper Fledgling robot industry aims to fly high By Kim Hyun-chul This is the third of an 11-part series analyzing the 10 government-designated next-generation industries that are to propel Korea's growth in the next decade. The articles will run every Monday and Thursday. - Ed. simonkim@heraldm.com [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/140/) - Animalistic robots ready to unleash by Chris Walz Pentagram staff writer Photo by Robbin Cresswell Chris Prahacs walks a Robotic Hexapod, a biologically inspired robot with six rotating legs, over a pile of rocks during the Lackland Force Protection Battlelab Exposition last month at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The 30-pound roach-like robot also
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/139/) - Gizmo :: Adult-sized, His and Hers home robots Looking for some entertaining, hassle free housemates whose personality you can program yourself? These interactive, remote controlled, multifunctional robots were designed and built by International Robotics and feature on-board computers that can be fully programmed for communication or automated 'performance' sequences. The adult-sized pair are part of
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/138/) - EE Times - E-textiles, robot 'skin' among advances at IEDM By Chappell Brown EE Times October 10, 2003 (4:23 a.m. ET) HANCOCK, N.H. — The upcoming International Electron Devices Meeting will explore the range of potential applications for crystalline organic semiconductors. The technology occupies an intriguing niche between high-performance silicon and low-end amorphous silicon or
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/137/) - Japan Corporate News Net : CEATEC Japan 2003: From Sumo to the Martial Arts, a New Generation of Compact Robots Fights it Out at CEATEC Japan Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 10, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - Enormous advances are being made in compact robot development, particularly humanoid robots, so mobile and graceful in motion that they
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/136/) - New Scientist: Martial arts robots hit Asian tech fair 17:00 13 October 03 NewScientist.com news service HOAP-2 stamps the ground like a sumo wrestler (Image: CEATEC) Humanoid robots capable of performing somersaults and complex martial arts moves were demonstrated at Asia's largest electronics and computing fair in Tokyo on Saturday. Visitors to CEATEC 2003 (Combined
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/135/) - Ananova - 'Emotional' robot goes on display Story filed: 12:54 Thursday 16th October 2003 A pioneering robot capable of showing emotions is to go on public display for the first time. The machine, called eMo, will greet and interact with visitors to Birmingham's Thinktank from October 25. As well as expressing a range of emotions
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/134/) - Home invasion fuels robot explosion Tuesday, October 21 2003 by Matthew Clark In the first six months of the year, there was a 26 percent jump in demand for robots as more of the machines were employed in industry and in homes. According to a new report from the UN Economic Commission for Europe and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/133/) - CIOL : News : A robot for every home? Worldwide robot sales in the first half of ’03 were up by 26%, says a survey. 50,000 household robots are already in operation, and a tenfold increase is expected by '06. CIOL Bureau Wednesday, October 22, 2003 BANGALORE: The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/131/) - Carnegie Mellon Will Induct Four Robots into Newly Established Robot Hall of Fame Monday October 27, 4:46 pm ET PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame(TM) in a ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10. The robots
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/132/) - Carnegie Mellon Will Induct Four Robots into Newly Established Robot Hall of Fame Monday October 27, 4:46 pm ET PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University will induct four robots into its newly established Robot Hall of Fame(TM) in a ceremony at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center at 8 p.m. Monday, November 10. The robots
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/130/) - ScienceDaily News Release: People Are Robots, Too. Almost Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Date: 2003-10-29 People Are Robots, Too. Almost Popular culture has long pondered the question, 'If it looks like a human, walks like a human and talks like a human, is it human?' So far the answer has been no. Robots can't cry, bleed
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/129/) - Nine-eyed robots are go Nine-eyed robots are go ROBOTS should have eyes in the back of their heads as well the front. Researchers in the US say a robot's navigation skills could be vastly improved by giving it 'omni-directional' vision. A robot on the move must be able to sense whether it is travelling in
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/128/) - 'Companion' robot represents the future in nursing home care 10/28/2003 6:40 PM By: Kristi Nakamura The new face of nursing home caregivers has rolled into the Silverado Senior Living Center in Cypresswood. It's called the Companion, and California-based InTouch Health is hoping this robot will alleviate the country's shortage of doctors and nurses by allowing
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/10/127/) - TCS: Tech Central Station - Robot Rights By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Published 10/29/2003 Robots are people, too! Or at least they will be, someday.' That's the rallying cry of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots, and it's beginning to become a genuine issue. We are, at present, a long way from
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/11/126/) - Kurt3D - An Autonomous Mobile Robot for Modelling the World in 3D by Hartmut Surmann, Andreas Nuechter, Kai Lingemann and Joachim Hertzberg Kurt3D is an autonomous mobile robot equipped with a reliable and precise 3D laser scanner that digitalizes environments. High quality geometric 3D maps with semantic information are automatically generated after the exploration by
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/11/125/) - Technology Review: Segway Robot Opens Doors Technology Research News November 11, 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have crossed a robotic arm with the bottom half of a Segway to make a robot named Cardea that can traverse hallways and push open doors. Cardea, named after the Roman goddess of thresholds and door pivots, is
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/11/124/) - iRobot's Robots Clear Land Mines And Clean Your House [...] Most fascinating is a product called Swarm. In a room, 16 small, square robots on wheels are scattered on the floor. Each one has three lights on top resembling a traffic light--red, yellow and green. The point of the Swarm project is to be able
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/11/123/) - Gizmo::Robots show off at CEATEC Tuesday November 11, 2003 The fledgling home robotics market is set to become a multi-billion dollar global industry over the next decade and many of the technologies that will underpin the coming revolution - like those showcased last month at CEATEC Japan 2003 - are already with us. Several leading
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/12/122/) - Technology News: Japan's Robot Developers Go Linux By Jan Krikke www.LinuxInsider.com, Part of the ECT News Network December 3, 2003 Japan's preoccupation with consumer robots is largely driven by economic imperatives. It has an aging population, declining birthrates and a looming labor shortage, which means that the development of a standard robot platform could simply
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2003/12/121/) - Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: Robots the new jogging companions? Thu 18 December, 2003 08:03 By Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) - He may not be able to give you a run for your money but one quick step for Sony's Qrio humanoid robot is one big step for robots in general.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/01/120/) - Toyota to develop workman humanoid robot by 2005 Time is GMT 8 hours Posted: 30 December 2003 1445 hrs TOKYO, : Japan's top car maker Toyota will develop a humanoid robot designed to help factory workers and provide assistance in nursing care and rescue operations. Toyota will announce details of the project in January and
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/119/) - AP Wire | 02/01/2004 | Giving robots a human face Posted on Sun, Feb. 01, 2004 MATT SLAGLE Associated Press DALLAS - With her sparkling blue eyes, wispy eyelashes and demure smile, Hertz is the center of attention wherever she goes. If you're lucky enough to meet her, try to ignore the tangle of wires
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/118/) - Feature Article: Yoshihiro Kuroki: Dancing with Robots LINDA GEPPERT THE DANCERS STAND MOTIONLESS at their positions and the room grows quiet. But as the music starts, they begin to move, bending, turning, and waving their fans gracefully as they perform a traditional Japanese dance. Yoshihiro Kuroki watches in silence, occasionally making notes. But as the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/117/) - newsobserver.com - Personal robots: Looking technology in the eye By LORI VALIGRA, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (CSM) - In a decade or so, people may not have to tidy their house, clean up after the dog, or even nag their spouse to do chores. A friendly, human-like robot will take care of routine tasks, and it
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/116/) - Robots get friendly | csmonitor.com | Robots get friendly Robots are acting more like people. Will our attachments eventually become too strong? By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Later this month Valerie will go on duty behind the reception desk at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Sciences. Besides
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/115/) - Japan Today Japan News - Japan's Leading International News Network Sony to stop selling AIBO robots at retailers Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 05:08 JST[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/114/) - The future of intelligent robots | CNET News.com From Knowledge@Wharton Special to CNET News.com February 14, 2004, 6:00 AM PST With the rovers Spirit and Opportunity sending messages from Mars and rekindling discussion about the future of U.S. space discovery programs, what is the state of the robotics industry in general? [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/02/113/) - Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: Local Venture Company Develops What's Called Home Robot Advances in technology are now seeking to add to the safety of life at home. A local venture company has developed the so-called home robot designed to keep house while no one's home. The robot named
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/112/) - Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - High-Tech Japan co. unveils walking robot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, March 2, 2004 · Last updated 5:50 a.m. PT Nuvo, a prototype of a human-shaped walking robot developed by a Tokyo-based ZMP, walks on the stage while showing its back during a press unveiling in Tokyo Tuesday, March 2, 2004. The
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/111/) - JCN Japan Corporate News Network - Toyota Announces Overview of "Toyota Partner Robot" - Robots to Be Unveiled at Expo 2005, Starting March 2005 Mar 11, 2004 Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203) (NYSE: TM) www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html From the Japan Corporate News Network Tokyo, Japan, Mar 11, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/110/) - :: Xinhuanet - English ::: Toyota to commercialize humanoid robot by 2010: report www.chinaview.cn 2004-03-11 09:28:35 TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Toyota Motor Corp. aims to commercialize humanoid robots around 2010 by establishing a section specializing in their development early next year, a major Japanese business daily reported Thursday. The leading automaker will consolidate the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/109/) - Ananova - Toyota unveils trumpet-playing robot A trumpet-playing robot has made its musical debut in Japan. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/108/) - asahi.com : Sony to breathe life into robots at new lab The Asahi Shimbun Imagine a robot that can speak the lingo so well you'd be hard-pressed to distinguish it from the ramblings of a flesh-and-blood human being. Now imagine it was only five years from now. That's one of the goals Sony Corp. will
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/107/) - BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | A Grand plan for brainy robots By Nick Dermody BBC News Online Wales Day trip from home: Steve Grand takes Lucy to his lecture On a good day, Lucy can tell a banana apart from an apple. And that's handy skill to have if you are an orang-utan.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/03/106/) - Wired News: Robots Invade San Francisco By Lore Sjöberg 02:00 AM Mar. 23, 2004 PT Over 400 robots rolled, walked, climbed and strutted their stuff at the first Robolympics this past weekend in San Francisco's Fort Mason. Engineers and school kids, coming from as far away as Korea and Belgium, brought their creations to compete
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/06/105/) - Brain learns like a robot: Scan shows how we form opinions. Scan shows how we form opinions. 10 June 2004 TANGUY CHOUARD Researchers may have pinpointed the brain regions that help us work out good from bad. And their results suggest that humans and robots are more alike than we may care to admit, as
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/06/104/) - The origin of 'robot'? Czech it out Dan Kincaid The Arizona Republic Jun. 10, 2004 12:00 AM QUESTION: Where do the terms 'robot' and 'robotics' come from? [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/06/103/) - STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: Inventor builds robot with personality 22 June 2004 Mark Tilden believes robots have an image problem. The Daleks from Dr Who and R2D2 from Star Wars have a lot to answer for. 'They've always been so serious. And because they've been
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/06/102/) - seniors : Japan : a robot designed to help people to walk [TheMatureMarket.com] Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at Tsukuba University in Japan is starting to commercialize a robot designed to help people with weakened leg muscles to walk smoothly. The Robot Suit detects electric currents produced when people move their leg muscles. They then help
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/06/101/) - Wired 12.07: The Humanoid Race Machines are getting more and more like the rest of us. A piece-by-piece guide to the globe's most advanced bots. Issue 12.07 - July 2004 By Robert Capps It was an astounding request. A year ago, neuroscientist Mitsuo Kawato called on the Japanese government to commit 50 billion yen ($446
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/07/100/) - Vehicle to autonomous biped robot conversion for the Mini Cooper r50. I first had the vision to build a robot while working as an engineer on the old Mini Coopers in the late 1960s. There were no real robots at the time of course, so it was purely science-fiction. But I always believed a robot
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/07/99/) - http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/07/98/) - Mini Cooper Robot : Be sure, this is a fake!! It's an Ad for Mini Cooper / BMW : good idea, really!! ;-)
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/07/97/) - CRI NEWS New Skin Makes Robot Sensitive 2004-7-2 20:53:21 CRIENGLISH.com Scientists in Japan are devising an electronic skin that could give robots a sensitive touch, just like human beings. Scientists in Japan are devising an electronic skin that could give robots a sensitive touch, just like human beings. The skin is made from a sheet
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/07/96/) - Nagoya robot developer to release 'Hello Kitty' robot Monday July 12, 5:12 PM Robot developer Business Design Laboratory Co. on Monday unveiled a 'Hello Kitty' robot to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the popular feline character developed by Sanrio Co. Business Design, based in Nagoya, will release the robot on Hello Kitty's birthday on Nov.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/10/95/) - The Korea Times : Network-Based Robot to Debut Intelligent Robots Will Serve Customers at Post Offices Next Year By Kim Tae-gyu Staff Reporter From late 2005, two kinds of sophisticated network-based robots will greet people when they pay a visit to Korean post offices according to a grand scheme of the government. A 1.5-meter tall
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/10/94/) - Akihabara Newss: WPC Expo 2004 JVC J4 details Posted by Daimaou le 21-10-2004 07:30 We already talked about this BT robot, but found out at WPC 2004 that the fingers are also controllable... cool! [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/93/) - iFBot Posted by Daimaou le 29-11-2004 15:08 iFBot is a robot for lonely Japanese senior citizens. Stuffed animals and dolls don't talk back (not too mention they're a bit silly at that age), so here's a solution for old people looking for a friend that can react to movement and that can get in touch
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/92/) - iFBot Official Site - Press release (japanese) ??????? ???????????? ??????????????? ????????? [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/91/) - iFBot - Gallery
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/90/) - ASIMO II Honda Reveals Technologies Next-Generation ASIMO TOKYO, Japan, December 15, 2004 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the development of new technologies for the next-generation ASIMO humanoid robot, targeting a new level of mobility that will better enable ASIMO to function and interact with people by quickly processing information and acting more nimbly
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/89/) - Honda Worldwide | HDTV | ASIMO ASIMO (II) Videos !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/88/) - Robotory: "Honda Reveals Technologies Next-Generation ASIMO" : Photos Gallery !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2004/12/87/) - Giant robots in the backyard Published: December 22, 2004, 4:00 AM PST By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com In the back of Carlos Owens' southern Alaska yard, an 18-foot-tall steel robot is taking shape in the dim light of the winter afternoons. The 26-year-old Owens is an Anchorage-area steelworker by day. In his own
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/01/86/) - Tech Digest: Meet Robosapien's big brother (ulp) Last year at CES we got our first glimpse of the Robosapien, that kung-fu kicking, farting robot that become top of every 12 year old's Christmas wishlist. This time round Robo’s creators Wowee have gone completely bonkers unveiling three new models including, wait for it, Robo’s big brother,
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/01/85/) - Robosapien Gets Major Makeover By Lance Ulanoff Inside CES 2005 Robosapien, the monkey-like 'robot' that's been, well, wowing crowds since 2003's Comdex and last year's Consumer Electronics Show, is about to get a major update and some cool new friends. Wow Wee, a company launched by former JPL robotics physicist Mark Tilden (he also worked
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/02/84/) - New Robots Walk Like HumansBy Robert Roy Brittand Tariq Malikposted: 17 February, 2004, 2 p.m. ETWASHINGTON D.C. - In what could be described as one small step for a robot, but a giant leap for robot-kind, a trio of humanoid machines were introduced Thursday, each with the ability to walk in a human-like manner.Each bipedal
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/02/83/) - New Robots Walk Like Humans
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/02/82/) - Introduction of Human Type Robot, “HUBO” A team led by professor Oh Jun-ho of the Mechanical Engineering department at KAIST held its first public demonstration of a walking human type robot called HUBO in the school’s Taewoolguan yesterday after three years of research. HUBO is shown bending 10 fingers with primary school children. During the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/03/81/) - Technology News Article | Reuters.com Japan's Hitachi Wheels Out Fast-Moving Humanoid Tue Mar 15, 2005 05:13 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Pal and Chum look a little bit like first-graders on wheels, chatting up a storm and racing around the room. For Hitachi Ltd., Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate, they are the next generation of humanoid
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/03/80/) - Akihabara News "Height 130cm Weight About 70kg Quickness Maximum acceleration 4m/s2 High speed 6 km/h in maximum running speed"
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/03/79/) - HITACHI"EMIEW=Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate"
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/04/78/) - Build your own robot head for $600 - Engadget - www.engadget.com / Posted Apr 25, 2005, 3:40 PM ET by Ryan Block Looking for something a little more interesting than an HDTV or a digital camera or two to spend that fat tax return on? Perhaps you’d like to try the $600 homebrew android head
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/04/77/) - Chinese Scientists Create Facial-expression RobotBy UPI Apr 24, 2005, 22:31 GMTSHENZHEN, China -- Chinese scientists have announced the creation of the country's first human-shaped robot able to make facial expressions.The robot, the culmination of 2 years of research at the Harbin Institute of Technology's Robot Engineering Technology Center, was unveiled in Shenzhen.The scientists named the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/04/76/) - Photos: Renaissance robots | CNET News.com The prototype model of a chair robot called 'WL-16 II' is unveiled in Fukuoka, Japan, on Thursday. The two-legged robot is aimed at enabling people in wheelchairs to go up steps or move heavy goods on uneven land. [...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/04/75/) - Photos: Renaissance robots - page 3 | CNET News.comCredit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty ImageDancers drive Toyota Motor's human-controlled walking robot 'I-foot,' which measures 2.36 meters high, weighs 200 kilograms and can walk at a speed of 1.35 kph.[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/74/) - Advanced Robotics E-Symposium - AdRob 2005 - 6 July 2005 The International Federation of Robotics is hosting the 1st International Advanced Robotics Web Conference. This groundbreaking 'e-vent' is designed to stimulate global knowledge sharing amongst professionals who have an interest in/are involved with personal robotics, mobile robotics and service robotics. The online nature of the
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/73/) - New Scientist Technology - Bionic suit offers wearers super-strength 09 April 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition John Boyd A ROBOT suit has been developed that could help older people or those with disabilities to walk or lift heavy objects. Dubbed HAL, or hybrid assistive limb, the latest versions of the suit will be
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/72/) - Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power - Yahoo! News Tue Jun 7,10:14 AM ET TOKYO (AFP) - Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a 'robot suit' that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs. 'Humans may be able to mutate
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/71/) - Robotory's Photo Album Update ! HAL 3 & 5 !
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/70/) - HAL: "Robot Suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)" Univ. of Tsukuba We developed the exo-skeleton type power assist system to realize the walking aid for the gait disorder person. At the present time, HAL-3 is state of the art power assist system in the world. Some sensors such as angle sensors, myoelectrical sensors, floor sensors etc.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/06/69/) - Exoskeletons
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/07/68/) - Akihabara News: "RoBoCup 2005 : the pictures and the video!"
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/12/67/) - Akihabara News - The Enon robot at the service of AEON customers
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/12/66/) - Akihabara News - The ZMP Robot on video (IREX 2005)
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2005/12/65/) - IREX 2005 = 2005 INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2006/02/64/) - Sony AIBO Europe - Official Website - AIBO News[...]Following the Sony Corporation FY05 3Q announcement, the production of AIBO Entertainment Robots will be discontinued as of end March 2006. As for the sales activity, we will discontinue the sales of AIBO once all remaining stock runs out.[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2006/04/63/) - New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Speedy robot legs it to break record19:00 05 April 2006NewScientist.com news serviceTom SimoniteA two-legged robot that walks at record-breaking speed has been developed by researchers from Germany and Scotland."RunBot" is the fastest robot on two legs – for its size. At 30 centimetres high, it can walk at
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2006/04/62/) - Akihabara News - FT, the Robot WomanHere's another robot from the Kyoto University... so after Neon, Chroino, T-28 and Vision from TeamOSAKA, here's the FT or Female Type. It weighs 800g, it's 35cm tall and has 23 degrees of freedom.http://www.robo-garage.com/robo/ft.html
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/01/61/) - Honda Asimo takes a nasty fall - EngadgetPosted Dec 11th 2006 2:12PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: RobotsHonda Asimo takes a nasty fall...
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/01/60/) - Akihabaranews.com : ROMI, the Roeen robotROMI, the Roeen robot...
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/01/59/) - RoboboaSnakes On A Plane! Roboboa is the snake that loves to party. Along with the Roboquad, Robopanda, and Flytech Dragonfly, it was announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics show and you can see a short video of it below.[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/01/58/) - High T3ch Magazine: Robotic Arm Rideposted by MistaPrimeMinista on 01.29.07 @ 3:08 pm[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/02/57/) - Flytech Dragonfly[...]You can order the Flytech Dragonfly online at Radio Shack’s web site. Radio Shack currently has exclusive distribution for the Dragonfly but reports indicate that other retailers will be selling it too some time in the near future.[...]Features: * Flaps its wings like a bug and does not use propellers for main thrust *
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/02/56/) - Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progressVivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progressCredit: USC Information Sciences Institute[...]Wei-Min Shen of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute recently reported to NASA significant progress in developing 'SuperBot,' identical modular units that plug into each other to create robots that can stand, crawl, wiggle and even roll. He illustrated
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/03/55/) - Android shows off people-lifting skills ::: Pink TentacleIn a public demonstration held in Tokyo on March 28, a human-sized android showed off its weightlifting skills by successfully picking up a 30-kilogram (66-pound) package from a desk and lifting a 66-kilogram (145-pound) humanoid doll out of bed.[...]
- [Akihabaranews.com : OSU ROBOTO, the guiding robot](https://www.robotory.com/2007/05/akihabaranews-com-osu-roboto-the-guiding-robot/) - Akihabaranews.com : OSU ROBOTO, the guiding robotThe clients of the TAMANOIZU company (specialized in vinegar) may be surprised the next time that they are invited to visit the production plant, see by yourself...[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/06/53/) - Child robot makes debutThe Yomiuri ShimbunA child-sized android stands up with assistance.A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency's research and development team is based.The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one
- [DigInfo : PC and Phone Controlled Walking Robot](https://www.robotory.com/2007/08/diginfo-pc-and-phone-controlled-walking-robot/) - DigInfo : PC and Phone Controlled Walking Robot"PC and Phone Controlled Walking Robot"System Akazawa has demonstrated PLEN, a small bipedal walking robot 23cm tall and 700g in weight, using a Macbook Pro. Also controllable using a USB connected PC or Bluetooth-enabled cellphone handset from mobile phone carrier au, the robot has 18 diarthrodial (or freely
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2007/08/51/) - SYSTEC AKAZAWA PLEN"PLEN"
- [Loving the Machine: Humanoid learns to point, bow](https://www.robotory.com/2007/10/loving-the-machine-humanoid-learns-to-point-bow/) - Loving the Machine: Humanoid learns to point, bowHumanoid learns to point, bow A full-size humanoid robot that can communicate with natural human gestures and demonstrate some AI chops has been developed by Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.[...]
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2008/03/49/) - BigDog
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2008/09/48/) - Murata Seiko-chan robot rides unicycle ::: Pink TentacleMurata Seiko-chan robot rides unicycle
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2008/09/47/) - Murata's new balancing robot loses a wheel, gains a trick - EngadgetMurata's new balancing robot loses a wheel, gains a trickby Tim Stevens, posted Sep 24th 2008 at 7:04AM
- [Photos: Robots at CEATEC 2008 ::: Pink Tentacle](https://www.robotory.com/2008/10/photos-robots-at-ceatec-2008-pink-tentacle/) - Photos: Robots at CEATEC 2008 ::: Pink Tentacle
- [Japan's Good Design Award Winners | BusinessWeek](https://www.robotory.com/2008/10/japans-good-design-award-winners-businessweek/) - Robot Suit HAL-5 Japan's Good Design Award Winners | BusinessWeek
- [Photos: Robo Japan 2008 ::: Pink Tentacle](https://www.robotory.com/2008/10/photos-robo-japan-2008-pink-tentacle/) - Photos: Robo Japan 2008
- [Really small robot](https://www.robotory.com/2008/10/really-small-robot/) - Toyology: Really small robot makes iSobot look AmazonianReally small robot makes iSobot look Amazonian
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2009/03/42/) - HRP-4CThe girlie-faced humanoid boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models.
- [](https://www.robotory.com/2009/05/41/) - Meet Nexi, the Media Lab's latest robot and Internet star - MIT News OfficeDavid Chandler, MIT News OfficeApril 9, 2008A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Called
- [Kondo bot battles rage in Japan, vision of humanity's imminent destruction crystallize](https://www.robotory.com/2009/05/kondo-bot-battles-rage-in-japan-vision-of-humanitys-imminent-destruction-crystallize/) - Kondo bot battles rage in Japan, vision of humanity's imminent destruction crystallizeby Joshua Topolsky, posted May 10th 2009 at 4:16PMYou may be familiar with the modular line of Kondo robots sold in Japan [...]
- [Tone-deaf robots teach each other to sing, passionately butcher a Happy Birthday rendition](https://www.robotory.com/2009/06/tone-deaf-robots-teach-each-other-to-sing-passionately-butcher-a-happy-birthday-rendition/) - by Paul Miller, posted Jun 28th 2009 at 1:38AM After what must've been a few painful minutes of rehearsal, a few robots built by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research have performed what we assume to be their first and last paid gig: a rendition of Happy Birthday to celebrate the 100th of the
- [CUBI, le robot cubique](https://www.robotory.com/2013/12/37/) - Cubli, le robot cubique « Korben Korben Quand on évoque le thème des robots, on pense souvent à des robots de forme humanoïde... puis viennent ensuite les robots qui roulent et les robots qui serpentent, mais avez vous déjà imaginé un robot cubique ?
- [Let´s Rob', baby!!](https://www.robotory.com/2014/04/hello-world/) - > start
- [As often, military projects are very scary !](https://www.robotory.com/2014/05/as-often-military-projects-are-very-scary/) - Velociraptor-inspired robot can run almost as fast as DARPA's Cheetah
- [Softbank and Aldebaran have a personal robot capable of interpreting emotions](https://www.robotory.com/2014/06/softbank-and-aldebaran-have-a-personal-robot-capable-of-interpreting-emotions/) - The French company Aldebaran has teamed up with the Japanese company Softbank to design Pepper, a personal service robot able to interpret emotions.
- [California hotel hires robot butlers to provide room service (video)](https://www.robotory.com/2014/08/california-hotel-hires-robot-butlers-to-provide-room-service-video/) - If you plan to stay in Cupertino's high-tech Aloft Hotel in the near future, don't be surprised if you open your door to a 3-foot-tall robot carrying extra towels or breakfast. See, it's the Starwood property's new butler (officially called A.L.O. Botlr, which is
- [Actualité > Une imprimante 3D ultrarapide et travaillant en continu](https://www.robotory.com/2015/03/actualite-une-imprimante-3d-ultrarapide-et-travaillant-en-continu/) - Actualité > Une imprimante 3D ultrarapide et travaillant en continu.
- [Festo's insect-inspired robots act like the real things](https://www.robotory.com/2015/04/festos-insect-inspired-robots-act-like-the-real-things/) - German automation company Festo is known for taking cues from nature when designing robots. This time, it has revealed futuristic-looking bionic ants, realistic robotic butterflies and a silicone [...] Festo's insect-inspired robots act like the real things.
- [Watch this little robot learn to walk after taking damage](https://www.robotory.com/2015/05/watch-this-little-robot-learn-to-walk-after-taking-damage/) - Watch this little robot learn to walk after taking damage. Quand, de sa propre initiative, un robot défectueux devient plus performant que le comportement initialement prévu par l'homme !
- [Oh no: MIT's Cheetah robot can jump over hurdles while running](https://www.robotory.com/2015/05/oh-no-mits-cheetah-robot-can-jump-over-hurdles-while-running/) - Oh no: MIT's Cheetah robot can jump over hurdles while running. On nous prépare là de bien jolies armes pour dans quelques années...
- [Humanoid bot goes for a walk in the woods, terrifies nature on the way](https://www.robotory.com/2015/08/humanoid-bot-goes-for-a-walk-in-the-woods-terrifies-nature-on-the-way/) - Humanoid bot goes for a walk in the woods, terrifies nature on the way.
- [Meet the laundry-folding washing machine of our lazy-ass future](https://www.robotory.com/2015/10/meet-the-laundry-folding-washing-machine-of-our-lazy-ass-future/) - Source: Meet the laundry-folding washing machine of our lazy-ass future

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