2009-12-15 - Advanced robotic production lines supplied by ABB enable China to join the ranks of the automotive super powers... [read the full article]
onsdag 16 december 2009
ABB robotic technology helps produce China’s 10 millionth vehicle in 2009
2009-12-15 - Advanced robotic production lines supplied by ABB enable China to join the ranks of the automotive super powers... [read the full article]
Significant advances made in molecular computing
Researchers have made important advances in molecular computing. These include defining the fundamental limits of such 'biological computers'. Molecular computing attempts to use components of organisms (eg genes) to run calculations inside living cells. Currently, most of the work in this area is theoretical or concerned with future applications of the technology, such as molecular computers being used to release drugs into the body or enhance our ability to study and learn from biological systems.... [read the full article]
Flight of fancy
In its first 18 years, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual aerial-robotics competition posed four successive challenges, which robotics researchers had to meet using entirely autonomous aerial vehicles — no remote control allowed. The first challenge, which stood for three years, was to move a metal disc from one end of an arena to another. The fourth challenge was to travel three kilometers and find a way into a specific building: it stood for eight years. But this summer, for the first time in the competition’s history, a challenge fell in its first year, to a team of students representing MIT’s Robust Robotics Group.
The competition presented a scenario mimicking the aftermath of a nuclear meltdown. The aerial robot had to navigate its way through a window and into a maze simulating the hallways of an evacuated building, locate the control ro... [read the full article]
måndag 14 december 2009
Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand
If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers really start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. Scientists have developed a computerized 3-D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to operate on a beating heart.... [read the full article]
ABB robots improve working conditions and increase efficiency in Norwegien foundry
2009-12-11 - In the tough environment of CTF in Norway, aluminum parts are cast, finished and inspected by ABB robots which can handle the heat and radiation in a way no human being can, and with four times the effectiveness.... [read the full article]
Robotic Perception, On Purpose
Researchers have developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process, they have taken the field to a new level.... [read the full article]
ABB force control technology wins golden prize at China International Industry Fair
2009-12-09 - The award-winning robotic system was developed in China and combines an innovative design concept and advanced manufacturing technology.... [read the full article]
'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge
While most American students have an intuitive grasp of popular music, professional sports, and consumer electronics, they lack a basic understanding of cell biology. The Federation of American Scientists developed the video game Immune Attack to plunge 7th-12th graders into the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells.... [read the full article]
Better way for computers to 'see' combines molecular biology and gaming hardware
Combining screening techniques from molecular biology with high-performance gaming hardware advances the building and understanding of visual systems.... [read the full article]
Flight of fancy
In its first 18 years, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual aerial-robotics competition posed four successive challenges, which robotics researchers had to meet using entirely autonomous aerial vehicles — no remote control allowed. The first challenge, which stood for three years, was to move a metal disc from one end of an arena to another. The fourth challenge was to travel three kilometers and find a way into a specific building: it stood for eight years. But this summer, for the first time in the competition’s history, a challenge fell in its first year, to a team of students representing MIT’s Robust Robotics Group.
The competition presented a scenario mimicking the aftermath of a nuclear meltdown. The aerial robot had to navigate its way through a window and into a maze simulating the hallways of an evacuated building, locate the control ro... [read the full article]
Building real security with virtual worlds
Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with enhancements in video game graphics, are making accomplishable virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of accomplishable military and policy actions, say computer science researchers.... [read the full article]
OC Robotics exhibits at Airbus Manufacturing Technology Forum
OC Robotics successfully exhibited at the Airbus Manufacturing Technology Forum between 20th - 22nd October.
Over 400 visitors attended over three days including delegates from Airbus in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, and representatives from many other prominent aerospace companies such as EADS, GKN, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Messier-Dowty, Spirit Aerosystems, ThyssenKrupp, Assystem and GE.
OC Robotics exhibited two snake-arm robots developed for the aerospace industry. Dr Rob Buckingham, Managing Director of OC Robotics, also presented present developments in automated sealant application. Presentation material is accessible - please contact us for a copy.
... [read the full article]New computer cluster gets its grunt from games
Technology developed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (graphics handling units) computer cluster that will process research data thousands of times quicker and more efficiently than a desktop PC.... [read the full article]
ABB robot is the highlight at China Science and Technology Museum
2009-11-19 - ABB supports science education and showcases modern robotic technology. The installation allows the audience to experience the excitement of robotic technology, providing an informative and memorable science lesson.... [read the full article]
ABB launches combined robot and linear gantry unit for increased flexibility.
2009-11-18 - ABB's robot range is expanded to offer a 150kg payload capacity gantry mounted robot for materials handling and machine tending applications.... [read the full article]
Listen, watch, read: Computers search for meaning
Researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can 'watch' films, 'listen' to audio and 'read' text to find relevant responses to semantic search terms. At last, computers are able to look for meaning in our multimedia searches.... [read the full article]
Improving security with face recognition technology
A number of US states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. Historically, obtaining precise results with this type of technology has been a time intensive activity. Now, researchers have developed ways to make the technology more efficient while improving precision.... [read the full article]
ABB and Vincennes University in USA partner to enhance robotic training at new $9 million technology facility
2009-11-09 - Collaboration to benefit VU students and ABB certified training efforts... [read the full article]
tisdag 10 mars 2009
Barbara Liskov wins Turing Award
Institute Professor Barbara Liskov has won the Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award, one of the highest honors in science and engineering, for her pioneering work in the design of computer programming languages. See also: Interview with Institute Professor Barbara Liskov.... [read the full article]
lördag 7 mars 2009
ABB Robotics Training Center Named Authorized Testing Center for CRAW program
2009-02-27 - The ABB Robotics Training Center located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has been chosen by the American Welding Society (AWS) to be an Authorized Testing Center for the certification of Operators and Technicians in the AWS Certification in Robotic Arc Welding (CRAW) program.... [read the full article]
40th International Symposium on Robotics - ISR 2009
2009-02-27 - The Asociación Española de Robótica y Automatización Tecnologías de la Producción (AER-ATP) organizes the 40th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2009) - to be held from March 10 to 13, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.... [read the full article]
A better-made blade
2009-02-17 - In Singapore, robots help cut the turn-times of engine overhaul by more than five days below the industry standard. Not only do the robots save money, they also enhance the safety for workers.... [read the full article]
torsdag 5 mars 2009
Students: February 28 is the deadine for the IEEE President's Change the World Competition
28 February is the deadline to enter the IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition. The contest recognizes
and rewards students who identify a real-world problem and apply engineering, science, computing, and leadership skills to solve it. For lmore information, visit http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/14157/03567500.
Identify a global or local problem, develop a solution, then tell us how you have made a positive affect in the world. You could win US$10,000 and attend the 2009 IEEE Honors Ceremony in Los Angeles, California, USA. For
more information, visit http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/14157/03567500.
Teaching Children About Artificial Intelligence Through New Computer Game
Scientists have developed a computer game called “Gorge” – developed to help children understand artificial intelligence through play, and even to change it. It can also enhance the children’s social interaction skills.... [read the full article]
Robot Mine Sweeper Gets Help From Clue Game Strategies
A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives. At the simplest level, both activities are governed by the same principles. A player, or robot, must move through an unknown space searching for clues.... [read the full article]
Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey?
Scientists are working on software that will enable robots to learn. It won't be long, they say, before personal robots are part of our lives.... [read the full article]
New Insight Into How Bees See Could Improve Artificial Intelligence Systems
New research on bees could lead to enhanced artificial intelligence systems and computer programs for facial recognition.... [read the full article]
Can Networked Human Computation Solve Computer Language Comprehension?
Researchers hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives.... [read the full article]
Image Recognition Software Breakthrough
Image recognition is a long-standing challenge in science. But researchers have achieved a breakthrough by developing a powerful image-recognition application with mass-market appeal. There is a bright future for the technology.... [read the full article]
Speech Recognition: It’s Like Software Understands, Um, Language
Researchers have taken speech recognition to a whole new level by creating software that can understand spontaneous language. It will, like, make human-machine interaction, um, work a lot more, er, smoothly.... [read the full article]
onsdag 4 mars 2009
Effects Of Brain Exercise Depend On Opponent
Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. New research has shown that the belief that one is playing against a virtual opponent has important effects on activation patterns in the brain.... [read the full article]
Data Mining Promises To Dig Up New Drugs
A robot scientist that can make informed guesses about how effective different chemical compounds will be at fighting different diseases could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry by developing more effective treatments more cheaply and quickly than incumbent methods.... [read the full article]
måndag 2 mars 2009
Why Robots Get Stuck In The Sand -- And How To Keep Them Going
Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand. A new study takes what may be the first detailed look at the problem of robot locomotion on granular surfaces. Among the study's recommendations: robots attempting to move across sandy terrain should move their legs more slowly, especially if the sand is loosely packed.... [read the full article]
fredag 27 februari 2009
ABB Robotics Training Center Named Authorized Testing Center for CRAW program
2009-02-27 - The ABB Robotics Training Center located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has been chosen by the American Welding Society (AWS) to be an Authorized Testing Center for the certification of Operators and Technicians in the AWS Certification in Robotic Arc Welding (CRAW) program.... [read the full article]
40th International Symposium on Robotics - ISR 2009
2009-02-27 - The Asociación Española de Robótica y Automatización Tecnologías de la Producción (AER-ATP) organizes the 40th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2009) - to be held from March 10 to 13, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.... [read the full article]
onsdag 25 februari 2009
Autonomous Robot Dancer Identifies Dance And Music In Intelligent Manner
Built from a simple Lego NXT kit, a new student-built robotic system can identify different types of dance and music in an intelligent autonomous manner. The next step is to create and manage choreography between humanoid robots.... [read the full article]
Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost
Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study.... [read the full article]
fredag 20 februari 2009
'Cyber Soccer Players' Cloned
Scientists have managed to program clones that imitate the actions of humans playing soccer (known as football in the U.K.) on a computer. The clones learn the players’ behavior and apply this knowledge in order to avoid their opponents and score goals.... [read the full article]
tisdag 17 februari 2009
Robot Playmates Monitor Emotional State Of Children With Autism
The day that robot playmates help children with autism learn the social skills that they naturally lack has come a step closer with the development of a system that allows a robot to monitor a child's emotional state.... [read the full article]
måndag 16 februari 2009
A better-made blade
2009-02-17 - In Singapore, robots help cut the turn-times of engine overhaul by more than five days below the industry standard. Not only do the robots save money, they also enhance the safety for workers.... [read the full article]
How New Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Understand How We See
Computer artificial intelligence used to create previously unseen types of pictures to explore the abilities of the human visual system.... [read the full article]
onsdag 11 februari 2009
Educational Video Games Effective In Classroom If Certain Criteria Are Met
Playing and studying are not incompatible activities. A team of researchers looked into integrating virtual graphic adventures into online education platforms and analyzes the educational and technological aspects that lead to success.... [read the full article]
tisdag 10 februari 2009
Students: February 28 is the deadine for the IEEE President's Change the World Competition
28 February is the deadline to enter the IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition. The contest recognizes
and rewards students who identify a real-world problem and apply engineering, science, computing, and leadership skills to solve it. For lmore information, visit http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/14157/03567500.
Identify a global or local problem, develop a solution, then tell us how you have made a positive affect in the world. You could win US$10,000 and attend the 2009 IEEE Honors Ceremony in Los Angeles, California, USA. For
more information, visit http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/14157/03567500.
Researchers Learn Why Robots Get Stuck In The Sand -- And How To Keep Them Going
Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand. A new study takes what may be the first detailed look at the problem of robot locomotion on granular surfaces. Among the study's recommendations: robots attempting to move across sandy terrain should move their legs more slowly, especially if the sand is loosely packed.... [read the full article]
tisdag 3 februari 2009
Effects Of Brain Exercise Depend On Opponent
Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. New research has shown that the belief that one is playing against a virtual opponent has important effects on activation patterns in the brain.... [read the full article]
Teaching Children About Artificial Intelligence Through New Computer Game
Scientists have developed a computer game called “Gorge” – developed to help children understand artificial intelligence through play, and even to change it. It can also enhance the children’s social interaction skills.... [read the full article]
måndag 2 februari 2009
Data Mining Promises To Dig Up New Drugs
A robot scientist that can make informed guesses about how effective different chemical compounds will be at fighting different diseases could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry by developing more effective treatments more cheaply and quickly than incumbent methods.... [read the full article]
torsdag 29 januari 2009
Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey?
Scientists are working on software that will enable robots to learn. It won't be long, they say, before personal robots are part of our lives.... [read the full article]
tisdag 27 januari 2009
Robot Mine Sweeper Gets Help From Clue Game Strategies
A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives. At the simplest level, both activities are governed by the same principles. A player, or robot, must move through an unknown space searching for clues.... [read the full article]
New Insight Into How Bees See Could Improve Artificial Intelligence Systems
New research on bees could lead to enhanced artificial intelligence systems and computer programs for facial recognition.... [read the full article]
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