lördag 27 mars 2010

Kompai Robot from Robosoft


Robosoft has declared the Kompaï R&D Robot which is developed to assist elderly and handicapped people in their homes. It could also be used as a receptionist. Users can interact with the robot via speech recognition and synthesis or a touch screen. It also has a WiFi connection and can do autonomous navigation. The first edition of the robot is intended for developers so that they can start creating robotics applications.


The robuBox software system is based on Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio and includes a 3D simulation of the robot in an apartment environment which allows developers to get started without a real robot.




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New tool and tutorials for learning about Robotics Developer Studio


Young Joon Kim in Korea maintains a web site about Robotics Developer Studio called Hello Apps. He has presently added the topics below:


  • C# interface programming with SPL

  • Java interface programming with SPL

  • Python interface programming with SPL

  • LabView interface programming with VPL and SPL

  • MATLAB interface programming with VPL

  • Flash interface programming with VPL and SPL

  • VPL UI programming

  • And a lot of robotics and creativity course samples




Note that SPL (Simulation Programming Language) is Young Joon's own development environment for RDS. SPL adds a scripting layer to the RDS Simulator. Although it is based around simulation, the principles apply to real-world robotics as well.


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torsdag 25 mars 2010

Could robots and smart devices help older people look after themselves?


Researchers are taking part in a European project aimed at creating an intelligent system comprising a robot and clever sensors that can support autonomous living for elderly people.... [read the full article]


torsdag 18 mars 2010

ABB robots keep Magna in trim


2010-02-01 - With the general uncertainty about the future of the UK’s manufacturing sector, coupled with a fixation on achieving short term returns, many UK manufacturers are often unwilling to consider investing in capital equipment, but even in the hard hit Tier 1 auto sub-supply sector there are reasons why investment in robot automation equipment will prove beneficial even in these uncertain times.... [read the full article]


Safety in numbers: A cloud-based immune system for computers


A new approach for managing bugs in computer software has been developed by researchers in Switzerland. The latest edition of Dimmunix, accessible for free download, enables entire networks of computers to cooperate in order to collectively avoid the manifestations of bugs in software.... [read the full article]


Computer mimics nature by watching TV


Computer scientists in the UK have developed a new way of making life-like animations of trees using video footage of the real thing.... [read the full article]


torsdag 11 mars 2010

Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning


According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had importantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.... [read the full article]


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