Showing posts with label Robots. Show all posts
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Wednesday 13 November 2013

Honda Asimo (Pictorial & Overview)


Honda began developing humanoid robots in the 1980s, including several prototypes that preceded ASIMO. It was the company's goal to create a walking robot which could not only adapt and interact in human situations, but also improve the quality of life. The E0 was the first bipedal (two-legged) model produced as part of the Honda E series, which was an early experimental line of humanoid robots created between 1986 and 1993. This was followed by the Honda P series of robots produced from 1993 through 1997, which included the first self-regulating, humanoid walking robot with wireless movements.

The research conducted on the E- and P-series led to the creation of ASIMO. Development began at Honda's Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan in 1999 and ASIMO was unveiled in October 2000.


Pictorial




Future robots powered by pee



Future robots powered by pee? Urine luck! Future robots powered by pee? Urine luck!

There's that old saying that goes, "It's better to be pissed off than pissed on." That is, unless you're a robot.
Researchers from the UK have created a device that works like an artificial heart to pump urine into a microbial fuel cell that would power robots, making it possible for them to turn the waste into electricity.
"In the future, we hope the robots might be used in city environments for remote sensing," where they could help to monitor pollution, temperature, humidity, and waste water quality, said Peter Walters, an industrial designer at the University of the West of England and lead author of the study that appears in the journal Bio inspiration and Biometrics.
"In the city environment, they could recharge using urine from urinals in public lavatories," Walters added. "In rural environments, liquid waste effluent could be collected from farms

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