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[eacao]

@wjfox is that a joke?^ this is not science. He is slapping and patting and stroking a robot but. Then it vibrates and twitches.
The absolute cutting edge mate.

[wjfox]

Underwater mine-detecting robots developed by US Army

"The U.S. Navy will spend $170 million over the next five years to design eight of the Knifefish robots, with the first one taking its fledgling dive in 2016.

These will be created by General Dynamics and Bluefin Robotics, and it is estimated that the Navy will have purchased 52 of these by 2034."

http://www.smartplan...y-us-army/26358

[Craven]

JAPAN Y U DO THIS!?

[Italian Ufo]

VGO The Robot the robot that attends work and school while you sit at home

http://www.digitaltr...-you-stay-home/

[Logically Irrational]

How will we build an artificial human brain?

http://io9.com/59069...ial-human-brain

There's an ongoing debate among neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and even philosophers as to whether or not we could ever construct or reverse engineer the human brain. Some suggest it's not possible, others argue about the best way to do it, and still others have already begun working on it.

Regardless, it's fair to say that ongoing breakthroughs in brain science are steadily paving the way to the day when an artificial brain can be constructed from scratch. And if we assume that cognitive functionalism holds true as a theory — the idea that our brains are a kind of computer — there are two very promising approaches worth pursuing.

Interestingly, the two approaches come from two relatively different disciplines: cognitive science and neuroscience. One side wants to build a brain with code, while the other wants to recreate all the brain's important functions by emulating it on a computer. It's anyone's guess at this point in time as to who will succeed and get there first, if either of them.

[Logically Irrational]

[Logically Irrational]

[GNR Rvolution]

http://www.forbes.co...witterclickthru

Counter argument to io9 article...

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[SG-1]

The internet of things is closer to reality - through wifi
I couldn't find anything on it being IPv6 so it probably is not.
http://www.electricimp.com/product/
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A complete solution to connect devices to the internet, wirelessly

The Internet of Things has been talked about for many years, but even though communications technologies grow ever cheaper and more efficient, there are still only a handful of internet connected devices. Those that do exist are expensive and offer limited benefits for the user.

[GNR Rvolution]

Paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm

Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...health-18092653

As usual not sure if this is robotic or medical news, things are becoming that blurred, so took a stab at this topic...

Edited by GNR Rvolution, 17 May 2012 - 11:36 AM.

[SG-1]

I've seen stuff like that before, how is this any different? Does it require bulky sensors or surgery?

[Italian Ufo]

First Russian Android

[EVanimations]

We still have a ways to go before we can claw our way out of the Uncanny Valley, I guess.

*shudders*

Keep trucking on, science.

[GNR Rvolution]

Robotic fish to patrol for pollution in harbours



In the shallow waters of Gijon harbour, in northern Spain, a large, yellow fish cuts through the waves. But this swimmer stands apart from the marine life that usually inhabits this port: there's no flesh and blood here, just carbon fibre and metal. This is robo-fish - scientists' latest weapon in the war against pollution. This sea-faring machine works autonomously to hunt down contamination in the water, feeding this information back to the shore. Here in Spain, several are undergoing their first trials to see if they make the grade as future marine police.


http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-18062235

Edited by GNR Rvolution, 22 May 2012 - 09:22 AM.

[wjfox]

Robots Will Quickly Recognize and Respond to Human Gestures, With New Algorithms

New intelligent algorithms could help robots to quickly recognize and respond to human gestures. Researchers at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have created a computer program which recognizes human gestures quickly and accurately, and requires very little training.

http://www.scienceda...20524134525.htm

[wjfox]

Computers excel at identifying smiles of frustration (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have trained computers to recognize smiles, and they have turned out to be more adept at recognizing smiles of frustration than humans.

http://phys.org/news...tion-video.html

[wjfox]

Man vs. Machine: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete?

http://www.pbs.org/n...hine_05-24.html

[Time_Traveller]

Engineered robot interacts with live fish

A bioinspired robot has provided the first experimental evidence that live zebrafish can be influenced by engineered robots. Results published in IOP Publishing's journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, provide a stepping stone on the path to using autonomous robots in an open environment to monitor and control fish behaviour.


From http://www.spacedail...e_fish_999.html

[tornado64]

Humanoid Robot Learns Language Like a Baby



With the help of human instructors, a robot has learned to talk like a human infant, learning the names of simple shapes and colors.
“Our work focuses on early stages analogous to some characteristics of a human child of about 6 to 14 months, the transition from babbling to first word forms,” wrote computer scientists led by Caroline Lyon of the University of Hertfordshire in a June 13 Public Library of Science One study.
Named DeeChee, the robot is an iCub, a three-foot-tall open source humanoid machine designed to resemble a baby. The similarity isn’t merely aesthetic, but has functional purpose: Many researchers think certain cognitive processes are shaped by the bodies in which they occur. A brain in a vat would think and learn very differently than a brain in a body.
http://www.wired.com.../06/robot-talk/

Edited by tornado64, 14 June 2012 - 03:39 PM.

[Raklian]

Man vs. Machine: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete?

http://www.pbs.org/n...hine_05-24.html

I think yes human workers will become obsolete.

That doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad thing. It is just that humans in all history have worked to earn their living, and the idea that we no longer have to do that is very alien to most of us.

Transiting to a society where manufacturing/services are completely automated and humans are free to pursue their desires is a transformative change as much as previous equally important breakthroughs that benefited mankind.

The issue here that needs a solution is to figure out how to make this transition go smoothly without inflicting too much pain on us economically.