wired lab - soccer playing robot predicts the euro cup winner
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who better to predict the winner of this year039s euro cup than a robot created by ucla039s robotics and mechanisms lab romelaspecial thanks to dr dennis hong and his incredible team at uclas robotics amp mechanisms labto learn more about romela visit: http:wwwromela

the co-botic future: robots don039t always take our jobs -- sometimes they save them
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at a company in richmond calif robotic painters are working alongside human workers sanding and painting cabinets despite early fears from employees the human workers have grown to embrace the quotcobotsquot -- collaborative robots who are helping them get the job done

autonomous robotic plane flies indoors at mit
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for decades academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters robotic helicopters that pilot themselves rather than requiring remote human guidance dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges posed by the association for unmanned vehicle systems international auvsi progress has been so rapid that the last two challenges have involved indoor navigation without the use of gpsbut mit039s robust robotics group which fielded the team that won the last auvsi contest has set itself an even tougher challenge: developing autonomous-control algorithms for the indoor flight of gps-denied airplanes at the 2011 international conference on robotics and automation icra a team of researchers from the group described an algorithm for calculating a plane039s trajectory in 2012 at the same conference they presented an algorithm for determining its quotstatequot its location physical orientation velocity and acceleration now the mit researchers have completed a series of flight tests in which an autonomous robotic plane running their state-estimation algorithm successfully threaded its way among pillars in the parking garage under mit039s stata centerread more: http:webmitedunewsoffice2012autonomous-robotic-plane-flies-indoors-0810htmlvideo: melanie gonick mit newsadditional footage courtesy of: adam bry nicholas roy abraham bachrach of the robust robotics group computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory department of aeronautics and astronautics at massachusetts institute of technologyspecial thanks to the office of naval research under muri n00014-09-1-1052 and the army research office under the micro autonomous system technologies program

hydras-arm
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with partnership with opentech inc manipulator sbir phase one hydras-arm hyper-redundant discrete robotic articulated serpentine-arm is a 9 dof serpentine manipulator arm controlled with a full 3d shape sensing 039shape tape039 for teleoperation automatic calibration and intuitive control of manipulator arms aims is a software system that provides simulation visualization and advanced control of robotic manipulator arms using real-time genetic algorithms

soft autonomous earthworm robot at mit
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earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles along the length of their bodies inching forward with each wave of contractions snails and sea cucumbers also use this mechanism called peristalsis to get around and our own gastrointestinal tracts operate by a similar action squeezing muscles along the esophagus to push food to the stomach now researchers at mit harvard university and seoul national university have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body much like an earthworm the robot made almost entirely of soft materials is remarkably resilient: even when stepped upon or bludgeoned with a hammer the robot is able to inch away unscathedsangbae kim the esther and harold e edgerton assistant professor of mechanical engineering at mit says such a soft robot may be useful for navigating rough terrain or squeezing through tight spacesread more: http:webmitedunewsoffice2012autonomous-earthworm-robot-0810html

robotic support brings freedom to paraplegics - tek rmd
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tek rmd - robotic mobilization devicewwwtekrmdcomtek rmd provides the opportunity of movement for people with paraplegia by enabling them to independently stand up in a completely upright position with correct posture facilitating their movement and comfortable completion of their daily tasks indoors such as in the home office and shopping mall tek rmd is not an alternative to wheelchairs it is a totally new concept a new platform

swarmanoid the movie
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swarmanoid is a heterogeneous robot swarm in which different groups of robots have different capabilities: some robots are specialized in manipulating objects and climbing some in moving on the ground and transporting objects and some in flying and observing the environment from above this video presents the swarmanoid project a 4 year research project coordinated by marco dorigo and funded by the commission of the european unionthis video won the best video award at the aaai-11 ai video competitionmore information at: http:wwwswarmanoidorg

pennsylvania039s polluted drinking water current tv
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this is a video of the cleaning of a pennsylvania drinking water tank 8 out 10 drinking water storage tanks look like this and never get cleaned we need to

cynthia breazeal: the rise of personal robots
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http:wwwtedcom as a grad student cynthia breazeal wondered why we were using robots on mars but not in our living rooms the key she realized: training robots to interact with people now she dreams up and builds robots that teach learn -- and play watch for amazing demo footage of a new kids039 gametedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference where the world039s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes featured speakers have included al gore on climate change philippe starck on design jill bolte taylor on observing her own stroke nicholas negroponte on one laptop per child jane goodall on chimpanzees bill gates on malaria and mosquitoes pattie maes on the quotsixth sensequot wearable tech and quotlostquot producer jj abrams on the allure of mystery ted stands for technology entertainment design and tedtalks cover these topics as well as science business development and the arts closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on tedcom at http:wwwtedcomtranslate

apex legends season 4 assimilation launch trailer
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revenant used to be human he was the greatest hitman the mercenary syndicate ever had but when his programming eventually failed he saw what hammond robotics had turned him into: a walking nightmare of steel and vestigial flesh the return of hammond robotics to the outlands has renewed his thirst for vengeance and he wont stop until theyre all dead of course he doesnt mind eviscerating a few legends along the way apex legends is a free-to-play battle royale game where legendary characters battle for glory fame and fortune on the fringes of the frontierlearn more about season 4: https:wwweacomen-gbgamesapex-legendsseason-4 play for free now on xbox one playstation 4 and origin for pc: http:xeacom57366check out our youtube channel: http:xeacom56710follow us on twitter: https:twittercomplayapexfollow us on instagram: https:wwwinstagramcomplayapex

robotic two ball juggling
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quottwo ball juggling with high-speed hand-arm and high-speed vision systemquot by takahiro kizaki and akio namiki from the graduate school of engineering at chiba university in japan used with permission read more at http:spectrumieeeorgblogautomaton

irobot tour: prototypes and research projects
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ieee spectrum gets a tour of irobot039s museum featuring prototype robots and research projects

worlds first family robot
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subscribe our channel - https:wwwyoutubecomchanneluccqkik6epjc6rcor9isridwmisa is the next generation social family robot smart interactive and uniquely mobile misa can play with your kids handle your schedule and keep your home safe

hyundai039s exo-skeleton makes everyone an iron man
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hyundai the car manufacturer is getting into other forms of mobility and work with its two new exo-skeletons

trevon branch robotics camp bethesda
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campers create robots from a variety of exciting optionscampers can build their own unique and treasured designscampers can continue to conduct programming investigations or enter challenges that allow robots to compete against others the competitions will test the creativity of the young engineers as they match their distinctive robotic designs