Real Robots

1. Robot Google has acquired Boston Dynamics, a company that builds robots that mimic the movements of humans and animals with stunning dexterity and speed.

2. Robot Robots that imitate real animals (and humans of course) are nothing new; what's new in this effort is the target—an ape. In actuality, it appears to more closely resemble a gorilla than a chimpanzee or other ape. Also new is the approach the team is taking in attempting to replicate the way a real ape moves. Each part of the body is seen as both a single entity and as a part of a larger system. Thus, each body part has been designed to accomplish certain goals as both a single unit and as a part of a larger whole system. The back feet, for example, each have pressure sensors, rather than simple joints. Those sensors provide information to the Control and Information Processing Compartment which relates what the feet are "feeling" to information coming in from other parts of the body. Read more at: ape.html#jCphttp://phys.org/news/ german-team-robot- ape.html#jCp

3.Robots Welcome to the RobotCub website – home of the iCub. RobotCub is a 5 years long project funded by the European Commission through Unit E5 "Cognitive Systems, Interaction & Robotics". Our main goal is to study cognition through the implementation of a humanoid robot the size of a 3.5 year old child: the iCub. This is an open project in many different ways: we distribute the platform openly, we develop software open-source, and we are open to including new partners and form collaboration worldwideUnit E5 "Cognitive Systems, Interaction & Robotics"

4.Robot The RHOF, created in 2003 by Carnegie Mellon University, recognizes excellence in robotics technology. It honors both the fictional robots that inspire innovation and the real robots that embody it. In 2009, it was integrated into Carnegie Science Center's roboworld exhibit.Carnegie Science Center's roboworld exhibit

5.Robot PITTSBURGH—The Robot Hall of Fame® inducted four robots chosen for the first time by a popular vote — Aldebaran Robotics' NAO humanoid, iRobot's PackBot bomb disposal robot, Boston Dynamics' four-legged BigDog and WALL-E, the fictional robot of the namesake Pixar movie — during a ceremony tonight at Carnegie Science Center in PittsburghThe Robot Hall of Fame®

6.Robot A "Military Robot"comes equipped with weaponry, and moves about like a small tank. These robots are designed to go where real men would most certainly be at risk of certain death

7.Robot A "Police Robot" combines the "arm" with a track and wheel base so it can move around, and perform a remote task when arriving at it's destination.

8.Robot The real robot wars 'Roboteers, stand by!' Two robots made in Manchester are set to roll into battle in a contest to find the best in UK military technology. But will they end up serving alongside British troops? Or in the Pit of Oblivion? ‘Let the Wars begin!'

9.Robot Powered by mobile phone batteries, their ‘eye in the sky’ goes airbone using a unique array of six helicopter rotors. With a flying time of 20 mins, it is designed to seek out roadside bombs, weapons and armed militia and beam images back to base. It’s even small enough to fly through doorways.

10.Robot A “quadrotor” (or “quadricopter”) is a 4- rotor miniature helicopter robot that has become quite popular recently, entering the mainstream with the launching of the AR.Drone iPhone-controlled quadrotor last year that we saw everywhere from personal blogs to CollegeHumor sketches. AR.Drone