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The Guardian reports that Honda has unveiled a robot that can be controlled by the thoughts of an operator wearing a special helmet. Read the full story and see a picture here.
The control module, if that’s the right word, appears to be slightly larger that a large washing machine, not counting the area where the operator sits. I have no doubt that it will rapidly shrink into something more portable.
An exerpt:
No Comments »Developers in Japan designed a robot intended to serve as a fashion model. Apparently, it didn’t impress the audience. Read the full story, with illustrations, in the Guardian at this link.
Here’s an excerpt:
During the Backchannel, we do a lot of walking. In this video I start out at Wynit, but then end up over at the M-Audio booth where we caught a Break Dance-off.
M-Audio Booth at CES
The boys were really goin at it. Reminds me of when I used to do those moves – carrying around a piece of linoleum… OK. I didn’t have ALL those moves, but I could do the Robot pretty well.
Nonetheless, the show was awesome. We also saw a lot in between Wynit and M-Audio.
No Comments »Do you want to be in 2 places at the same time? Well with an Anybot, you could. The idea is to send the Anybot to present for you. The Anybot would then collect data, come back and give you a report.
Andy McCaskey talks with Trevor Blackwell, creator of the company. They talk with QA, the Anybot at the show, and Trevor demonstrates how QA works.
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No Comments »Want a robot? One that gets your drinks or charges like a Bull? Well, the folks at QLogic showed us a couple of robots at CES. One held onto the drinks while the other chased a red towel. Pretty cool stuff.
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