Robots have yet to best humans in solving a Rubik’s Cube, but they are making inroads concerning social media and are becoming more human-like everyday. Disconcerting to say the least. Read more »
New robot skin. Solar-powered and can sense touch
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Lingodroids: Robots That Invent Their Own Language
I am in the middle of reading the Ender’s Game series, and my mind has been full of thoughts of aliens, computer programs, and robots as sentient beings. One aspect that has always fascinated me is their means of communication. Language is such a wonderful thing – ever-changing and taking on so many different forms. Of course, we can think all we want about aliens and AI, but we don’t know if we will ever see them become reality in our lifetime. That is why work by people such as Ruth Schulz is so interesting. Schulz and her group of researchers from the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Read more »
RoboEarth. A world wide web for robots, the downfall of humans?
As humans are we inching ever closer to the day envisioned in the superb? film I, Robot, starring Will Smith, where NS-5-type robots controlled by a supercomputer akin to the film’s VIKI, resulting in robots turning on humans and killing us? Read more »
Meet Watson: The Jeopardy Expert
It looks like mankind is one step nearer to the dream of creating an intelligent machine. At least that seems to be the goal of IBM when they created Watson, a supercomputer that is capable of thinking – to a certain degree. His creators call him a “question answering system,” which is not quite apt for a self-thinking robot. That’s because Watson isn’t quite there yet. What makes you shake your head in awe about Watson, however, is the fact that he is the first ever machine that can interact meaningfully with humans (that’s us!) through speech. When I first read about Watson, I couldn’t help but think about that Read more »
Loki: incredible robot design. I want one.
I stumbled across this amazing homemade robot called Loki (named after the Norse god of mischief) last week and had to share it with you. This four foot tall robot not only looks fantastic but seems to be highly functional, thanks to some nifty systems and programming by its creator, Dave Shinsel. Read more »
LEGO Mindstorms solves a Sudoku: slow but awesome
This amazing little LEGO Mindstorms robot has been programmed to solve a Sudoku puzzle and to write the missing figures in. As you might imagine, it’s quite a complex procedure that involves scanning the digits already present and working out which squares are blank. Read more »
