Pictured is Dr. Takanori Shibata with his robot seal named Pero. Japan is currently working on several different types of robots: humanoid robots, home robot, pet robot, welfare robot, but Dr. Shibata has chosen the latter, welfare robots, for his project. The seal robot used to prevent dementia a…
This morning's first keynote address was by Walter Weisel, the Chairman and CEO of Innova Holdings. He started off with a very impressive audio/visual "look back" at robotics. Weisel has been in the industry for over 30 years and worked with Joseph Engleberger, the "father of mode…
Well, finally managed to scrounge up an internet connection. This is a $500 dollar conference, people - we shouldn't have to pay the hotel next door to use their WiFi! I'm sitting in a panel right now relating to Developement Issues in Intelligent, Mobile Robotics. I've got quite a bit of news to…
In response to our earlier post about the Vex Robotics Programming kit, it seems that they may realy be available this time. Everyone's favorite electronics (cell phone?) store, Radio Shack, now lists the item as "In stock" for website and phone orders. The word I'm getting is that it isn…
This fits squarely into the, "umm ... why?" category of items. ThinkGeek is selling a collection of "static statues of really slick robot designs," with each one being, "around 500 microns in size." That's about 3x the width of your hair. And lest ye be concerned they …
