The recent flurry of interest in the movie, Terminator Salvation, has generated an enormous flood of speculation and discussion about the future of humanoid technologies and whether or not the future is headed towards a showdown with a robot army–like the T-800 killers. The movie raises many fascinating questions about the military use and application [...] View more...
How to Build a Robot Army
Saturday, May 30th, 2009The Future of Robots is Open (Source)
Friday, May 29th, 2009Two months ago I dedicated a post to discussing the innovative humanoid child iCub project. This robot was developed during the last several years as a result of collaborations between several European universities, led by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa. The project originated in 2003 as a 5 year plan, funded by [...] View more...
Robotics 2.0 Education for Humans
Friday, May 29th, 2009While the current trends in popular global culture certainly indicate the growing salience of robots in arts and entertainment, including music, the actual reality of robots interacting with humans on a day to day basis remains a dream almost everywhere, except for Japan and perhaps South Korea. View more...
U.S. Behind the Curve on Robotics Research
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009A report Monday in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicates that the U.S. is in serious peril of falling behind on next generation robotics research and development, and suggests that if immediate steps are not taken the country will succumb to foreign competitors, as it did with auto manufacturing and a host of other industries. To [...] View more...
Japanese Robot Teacher Makes a Fine “Substitute” for the Real Thing
Sunday, May 17th, 2009In the scale of education-related jobs, that of substitute teacher probably ranks the lowest. According to one article, while there are certain advantages in terms of flexibility of scheduling and job choices, substitute teaching also offers significantly less pay than for regular teachers, an inconsistent group of coworkers, no benefits, unpredictability, and especially, problematic is [...] View more...
Stretchable and Printable Electronics Will Revolutionize Robotics 2.0
Monday, May 11th, 2009An article in today’s MIT Technology Review indicates that researchers in Tokyo, led by Takao Someya, professor of engineering at the University of Tokyo, have achieved a further step in the development of stretchable electronics, which will eventually enable the wrapping of electronic devices around any 3-dimensional surface or else contorting the devices into [...] View more...
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