Robots seem to be able to do anything nowadays — fold towels, juggle, and in this case, even make you a martini!
Yup, it’s a completely automated robot bartender. Not only can it mix drinks, but it’s made completely out of legos! I mean, even though this is an older robot, can you get any more brilliant than that?
+10Now this is pretty awesome.
A freshman attending UC Berkeley recently released a video of his “BRAD,” or “Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm.”
Features? Automated window blinds, music, lasers, lights, and more — all capable of being controlled via voice, mobile apps, and most importantly, a large red button. After all, who doesn’t love pressing buttons?
+70A study was conducted recently to see if humans attribute moral responsibility to robots. The experiment was simple. The robot would play a game, and after the game is over, make a mistake and tell the person playing that they have lost. The results:
65% of the participants attributed some level of moral accountability to Robovie for the harm that Robovie caused the participant by unfairly depriving the participant of the $20.00 prize money that the participant had won. …We found that participants held Robovie less accountable than they would a human but more accountable than they would a machine. Thus as robots gain increasing capabilities in language comprehension and production, and engage in increasingly sophisticated social interactions with people, it is likely that many people will hold a humanoid robot as partially accountable for a harm that it causes. (more at the link below)
A similar study examined if kids care about their robot “friend” being stuffed into the closet. Click on the picture below to visit this study.
+70This clock represents the inner working of a modern cpu in a mechanical manner. Just like a CPU, it contains registers, ALU, memory, Buses, and a Control Unit. To display the time, the middle register uses binary numbers to indicate the hour (a reading of “0010” indicates 2 o’clock, for example). For minutes, the clock uses the HEX numerals on the outer edge of the device, so “05” represents “5,” “0A” indicates “10,” and so forth.
+40Who knew robots could ride bikes? This balancing act is completely autonomous with the robot accounting for changes in its center of gravity by leaning side to side. A human can then use a remote control to change the direction of the robot.
+60The accessibility of the quad-rotor design is allowing many developers to work with autonomous functionality that highlights the stability and dexterity of these flying machines. This video shows two of the bots flying and juggling a ball between them. The most impressive part, all this is done using sensors on the flying robots without any human input. The robot bumps the ball, and then is able to stabilize and get in position for the next bump. This really could be the future of flight if this technology can be effectively scaled up. If not, these would make the most awesome toys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrqSzYX4pK8&feature=player_embedded
+60A cute little video of a robot folding towels it has never seen before!
The project was led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard working with Professor Pieter Abbeel. The video is shown at 50X speed. More details can be found in the paper at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/papers/Maitin-ShepardCusumano-TownerLeiAbbeel_ICRA2010.pdf
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