The robot in the video above is skiing. Skiing.
Developed by Bojan Nemec at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, this future gold medalist navigates autonomously using a video camera and sensors to “see”, a GPS sensor to help determine velocity and distance from an obstacle, and an electronic gyroscope that sends information on the movement [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
Okay: Robots Are Getting Pretty Good at Balancing
Emotional Robot Pillow Wants Cuddle Time
Designer Stefan Ulrich’s robot pillow is called Funktionide and it is the latest example of “emotional robotics”, in which designers seek to create an emotional relationship between human and robot.
The “Funktionide” is an autarkic amorph object whose intention is to provide the user with a atmosphere of presence thus counteracting the feeling of loneliness.
Makes sense to [...]
BTW, We’re Blowing Up the Moon Tomorrow
For thousands of years, mankind has marveled at the majesty, even worshiped, the moon. That all ends tomorrow morning, when NASA puts the smackdown on Luna and stars blowin’ some shit up.
Of course, we’re not actually blowing up the moon, per se. I hope. The LCross Project’s mission is to find out if there is water [...]
