September 24, 2005

MANOI

In June 2006, Japanese company KYOSHO will launch the MANOI, a new robot based on the robot kit KHR-1 from Kondo. The 40cm tall Manoi will be priced with the $1,500 USD range

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September 15, 2005

NurseBot: Personal Robotic Assistants for the Elderly

A team from Carnegie-Mellon will show off Pearl, a sexy Nursebot at Denmark's INDEX. The goal of the NurseBot project is to develop mobile, personal service robots that assist elderly people suffering from chronic disorders in their everyday life. "Pearl," the NurseBot is an autonomous mobile robot that "lives" in a private home of a chronically ill elderly person. The robot provides a research platform to test out a range of ideas for assisting elderly people, such as: What would you like to have a robot help out with around the house?

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MARU Robot

In November, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) will show off its network-based robot, named "MARU," at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Pusan.
KIST will demonstrate MARU many functions, such as delivering beverages.

The network-enabled robot refers to a humanoid to which software is provided via the wireless Internet instead of embedded programs, such as in conventional models.

The robot itself is only capable of mobility and its other functions, like sensing and processing, come from the Web, thus enabling production of the sophisticated robots at an affordable price.

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September 10, 2005

AIST's HRP-3P, the all-weather robot

AIST has announced the HRP-3P, a brother of sorts to the HRP-3. The all-weather robot HRP-3P has put on some weight compared to its predecessor and even grew a little: +6cm to reach 160cm in height and +7kg to weigh in at 60kg. This robot is scheduled to be on sale in 2006. via

September 2, 2005

Sony's Aibo to become obesity police.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plan to use Sony's Aibo to help people fighting to loose weight.

The dog would be connected by radio to the bathroom scales, a pedometer and a personal organiser in which the owner would note his daily food intake.

Asked "How am I?" the robot would tell you, just how fat you are - I Kid. The robot would either jump excitedly, play funky music and flash coloured lights, or flop down and play a dirge, according to whether its owner has followed his or her diet reports Reuters