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Saturday, 20 April 2013
Robot on healthcare
Nowadays, healthcare and elder care is a big concern in Japan, whose population is aging more rapidly than their current human-centric infrastructure is prepared to cope with. Companies like Toyota are hoping that robots will be able to pick up a little bit of the slack, and this week they've introduced four new robotic systems designed to help keep people healthy and independent as long as possible.
The first couple system are designed to provide single-leg walking assistance to people who have balance issues, or even people suffering from complete paralysis in one leg. The robotic structure is capable of supporting the entirely of your weight on one leg, and it will swing your leg forward for you as you walk. If you can hold yourself up, the second system will provide you with visual feedback to help you get balance back and start walking on your own.
Leslie Lin
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Your household robot
This is CIROS, a household service robot from the Korean Institute of Science and Technology, and it's going to take that giant knife right there and use it to whip up a big fat cucumber salad for you while definitely not stabbing any human.
Most of people heard of the robot's features might be saying to themselves, "cucumbers and dressing? What kind of crummy salad is that!" After watching the video, you will know that whatever cucumber slicing and salad dressing algorithms this robot is employing have been painstakingly optimized on a supercomputer to result in the best tasting salad ever. Plus, it's made by robot.
According to a KIST official, CIROS is able to recognize common objects as well as kitchen appliances like microwaves, sinks, refrigerators, and dishwashers, and can move intelligently through its environment. eg. It can perform tasks like pouring tea and other drinks for people (without spilling anything), and can even do the dishes.
Leslie Lin
To find out more!
Source: http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=3810
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Monitoring by Robot
As
the security issues being discussed these days, some of the Japanese firms
start to rent the Surveillance Drones which can monitor your own priority.
From the video, we can learnt about the
drone It's not designed to do any proactive security, but rather to take on
more of a surveillance role, collecting pictures of unfamiliar people and
vehicles and notifying the authorities. It's not exactly the stealthiest at
doing this, although sounding like a huge swarm of insects may also serve as
something of a deterrent.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/secom-offers-a-private-security-drone/
The light weight tower structure lets users mount diverse payloads and easily access all electronics. Besides, the users can easily integrate his / her own individual sensors and process the gathered data directly on board of the flight vehicle. Here’s the drone in action.
Leslie Lin
To find out more!Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/secom-offers-a-private-security-drone/
CORBY'S Mobile Robot-assisted Gait Rehabilitation System
It has come to my knowledge that, in Europe, strokes are the
most common cause of physical disability among the elderly. A group of
researchers from 6 nations came together to develop a robotic system specially
designed to assist the human body recover from a stroke. The name of the
project is called the CORBY'S Project and their ultimate goal is to create a
system to assist past and present patients with training, motivation and
walking.
A part of their project is the mobile robot assisted gait
rehabilitation system which involves physiological data such as a heart rate
and muscle activity measurements to help control the robot involved with the
rehabilitation.
The entire concept is based on assisting patients to move
his/her legs as if the stroke never happened. If a person suffers a stroke, the
area of the body may become partially paralysed; therefore, function of limbs
and body parts in that area of the body becomes useless. The robot has so many
levels and options available. First there is the learning mode then gradually
there is a corrective mode which is at the assistance of a physiotherapist. The
next step after that is the Parameter based adaptation which requires the
patient to wear a cap to measure brain activity. The robot then adapts to the
patient’s movements and then allows the patient the freedom to walk how they
want.
This is an excellent invention to help those who have
suffered a stroke. This is especially important in Europe as their number 1 form of disability is due to strokes. This robot will also play a major role in spreading awareness to
people all over the world that assistance is there if they wish to seek it and with the use of
this technology, patients will be able to regain use of their bodies as if
nothing happened.
Find out more!
Kazrin Zaidi
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Baseball Robot
Just recently I discovered an interesting topic about a
robot which is able to play baseball. It is a robotic system which acts as a
baseball pitcher and batter. It is named Robot Pitcher. It was made by
Masatoshi Ishikawa from Tokyo University. Robot Pitcher can throw a strike, and
about 9 percent of the time, the robot will challenge the batter into the
strike zone with the ball, which is pretty impressive. It was made in order to
demonstrate the latest advances in high speed industrial robot technology in a
fun way. They used a strategy focused on the superposition of wave patterns.
They also focus on the research related to robots that collaborate
with humans. In their research, they propose a collision avoidance system in
which high speed camera heads are placed on the robot’s manipulator in order to
increase human safety. This is also to see if the robot reacts similar to
humans under different circumstances.
In a presentation I saw, the researchers placed the robot
pitcher around 3.5m away from the mechanical batter. The pitcher’s 40km/h
sidearm throws posed little challenge to the batter, whose 1000 frame per
second camera eyes allow it to see the ball in super slow motion as it
approaches. The robot batter has a near perfect batting average when swinging
at pitches in the strike zone. There is even a 3D shape algorithm that uses
high speed vision with the help of an active light. To further improve this
robot, researchers plan to enable the robot to react to throws of up to
150km/h. Now that would be one awesome robot!
Find out more!
Kazrin Zaidi
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Brain-Computer Interface
A few days ago, I read some interesting information about brain computer interface simulations and it really fascinated me. It is a direct connection with the brain connected to a simulation computer. The computer transmits data to the participant, reads and understands it and then responds to their desires and actions. Along with the simulated world, this interaction is amazing. It even gives a feedback on the results. The participant may temporarily forget that they are induced into a virtual world but their consciousness is represented by an avatar, which may be slightly different in appearance to the actual participant.
Brain simulations are used in so many ways now due to the latest technology. So I'm sure that we will no longer have to think for ourselves with the assistance of brain simulation. How cool would it be to simulate what your brain will think of in the near future or perhaps simulate a friend's brain just to trick them.
After viewing this short video, you will understand how simple instructions commanded by a person's brain trasnmits into a working hand to open and close. Now the process may be complicated but once everything falls into place, the working hand understands exactly what the person wants it to do.
To find out more
Source: http://www.howstuffworks.com/brain-computer-interface.htm
After viewing this short video, you will understand how simple instructions commanded by a person's brain trasnmits into a working hand to open and close. Now the process may be complicated but once everything falls into place, the working hand understands exactly what the person wants it to do.
To find out more
Source: http://www.howstuffworks.com/brain-computer-interface.htm
Kazrin Zaidi
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