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As the title evokes, this agile industrial robot can catch anything that lay in its way (via conveyer belt) and softly place it in its suitable space. Now, this may not appear all that new: even tiny children could play the Milton-Bradley game Perfection. Why not just lodge them on the production line and predate the cost of the industrial robot? But the FlexPicker is oh much more than that. This industrial robot is quicker than that child with attention deficit disorder who just can’t sit static. For cargoes of less than 100 grams, like diminished pliant pieces or pills, the FlexPicker calls for just 3 tenths of a second to execute its job. That implies that that by the time you are able to take the fastest Porsche 911 from 0 to 60 miles per hour (approximately 4 seconds), the FlexPicker can collect and relocation 13 objects and be well en route to number 14. Do not conceive it? Take a look at the following video: Whenever light objects aren’t on the transporter, dimmer models ...

The Honda's Asimo robot has been around for some time now. That's the main reason the first humanoid robot from Toyota might not seem like much of technology breaktrough. But after I watched this video, I give the Toyota guys who designed this AI robot the well-earned props. For the moment, the Toyota AI robot can only operate on conventional flat surfaces, but I'm sure they will fix this problem in the near future. I'm not really sure why the big money companies are suddenly jumping into the humanoid robot market. It's just the natural competitive pressure on the market or there is a real reason behind these AI-Robots discoveries? I guess we'll learn the real reason in the near future. You can notice that in the slow-motion the moving foot stays perfectly parallel about an inch above the ground as it goes forward to become the forward leading foot. That is very impresive.

Honda has recently developed new interface technology that allows humans to control the Asimo humanoid robot simply by thoughts. The interface is called BMI (brain-machine int.) and was developed along with Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation. It consists of a sensor-laden helmet that measures the user’s brain activity and a computer that analyzes the thought patterns and relays them as wireless commands to the robot. When the user thinks about moving his or her right hand, the pre-programmed Asimo responds several seconds later by raising its right arm. Likewise, Asimo lifts its left arm when the person thinks about moving their left hand, it begins to walk when the person thinks about moving their legs, and it holds its hand up in front of its mouth when the person thinks about moving their tongue. The high-precision BMI technology relies on three different types of brain activity measurements: - EEG (electroencephalography) ...

It is said that sometimes fiction is stranger than life. This is one of those cases, because this robot will convince you that real life is in most cases the strangest of all. We humans are not immortal, so it’s important that we - or our memories live on somehow after our bodies turn to worm food. When it comes to strange things, the Japanese are the first in line to give as a solution. What is OBOE? Oboe is a robot made with sole purpose of carrying human thoughts through time. The Oboe was designed by Arnaud Deloustal as a robot that would ‘hang-out’ with the elderly and carry memories of them. Oboe would store within it all the information that is to be gained about the certain individual. This way as much of their “essence” as possible will live on. You can see how the future might play out with “Oboe”. We continue to live, in a sense, in robot form. Oboe is designed so that memories of an individual live on long after the person is gone. This is not really a case of artificial i...

Oboe is one designed for the elderly - sorta. In a creepy cybernetic way, Oboe contains all the knowledge, or will contain, everything your loved ones know before they pass. This way, they’re immortal since all of their experiences can be passed onto future generations. Fast forward 1000 years from now and it won’t be surprising to find Earth populated with nothing but robots - conflicted because they remember being human. Designer: Arnaud Deloustal