Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Buying a consumer robot in the US, Bulgarian Humanoids, Korean 'network robots'
Buying a robo-lawnmower or robo-vac (non-Roomba) in the US
Check RobotsAndRelax.com - A place in the US to buy robotic lawnmowers (Friendly Robotics, Ambrogio) and non-Roomba robo-vacs (Karcher, Friendly, Trilobite, Orazio floor-washers). This is a good site since at present there aren't any consumer 'robot stores'. Hey, there's a great idea for the next superstore - sell only 'robotic' products!
Check plyojump on the "can't jump" page for several new robo-vacs and robo-mowers, and the "gallopers" page for new hobby legged-robots.
Osaka - the new robot capital of Japan (robo-valley?)
http://www.asahi.com/english/business/TKY200411020099.html
Bulgarian humanoid - Kibertron project
So far, they seem to have little more than a bunch of Maya renderings, so let's wait for a real robot to appear...but the design looks interesting. What I'm waiting for is for someone to build a real robot that has a walking stride more like a human.
http://www.kibertron.com/index.php?l=EN&mod=kibertron&form=page&page=37
Korean network ("remote-brained") robots in post offices!
Similar to Sony's plan to hook a QURO robot to a network of computers, apparently, Koreans will see robots in post offices next year. Because onboard computing is not powerful enough for intelligent behavior, these "network" robots will tap into a grid of Ai computers. However, I note that the QURO seems pretty intelligent for such a small robot - it can see objects and walk (slowly) between them, handle small up/down inclines, sometimes shifting to a sideways step to get through confined places.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200410/kt2004102418394511790.htm
Buying a robo-lawnmower or robo-vac (non-Roomba) in the US
Check RobotsAndRelax.com - A place in the US to buy robotic lawnmowers (Friendly Robotics, Ambrogio) and non-Roomba robo-vacs (Karcher, Friendly, Trilobite, Orazio floor-washers). This is a good site since at present there aren't any consumer 'robot stores'. Hey, there's a great idea for the next superstore - sell only 'robotic' products!
Check plyojump on the "can't jump" page for several new robo-vacs and robo-mowers, and the "gallopers" page for new hobby legged-robots.
Osaka - the new robot capital of Japan (robo-valley?)
http://www.asahi.com/english/business/TKY200411020099.html
Bulgarian humanoid - Kibertron project
So far, they seem to have little more than a bunch of Maya renderings, so let's wait for a real robot to appear...but the design looks interesting. What I'm waiting for is for someone to build a real robot that has a walking stride more like a human.
http://www.kibertron.com/index.php?l=EN&mod=kibertron&form=page&page=37
Korean network ("remote-brained") robots in post offices!
Similar to Sony's plan to hook a QURO robot to a network of computers, apparently, Koreans will see robots in post offices next year. Because onboard computing is not powerful enough for intelligent behavior, these "network" robots will tap into a grid of Ai computers. However, I note that the QURO seems pretty intelligent for such a small robot - it can see objects and walk (slowly) between them, handle small up/down inclines, sometimes shifting to a sideways step to get through confined places.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200410/kt2004102418394511790.htm
