Cyborg-skalbaggar! Pentagons senaste experiment.

Smart machines: To make it clear—these beetles are not robots, but cyborgs. They are actually living creatures that have been implemented with electronic parts to influence their movements, not unlike reigns on a horse. To help them adjust, this “modification” takes place in the pupa stage when they are still developing. When they are fully grown, the beetles can be commanded by electric signals controlled by a laptop that are transmitted to their nervous systems. Researchers at the Agiltron Corporation, who are contracted to the project, plan to implement another system in the insects that will have them twitch when they detect hazardous chemicals.

Other, more vocal insets, like crickets, are also lined up for modification. They will be equipped with MEMS transceivers that will receive specific sounds made by other cyborg crickets, formulate the data and carry it on to other insects. This will create a sort of wireless network of information that can be remotely monitored.

District 9. Robot.

“Researchers simulated evolution with multiple generations of food-seeking robots in a new study of artificial swarm intelligence. ‘Under some conditions, sophisticated communication evolved,’ says one researcher. And in a more recent study, the swarms of bots didn’t just evolve cooperative strategies — they also evolved the ability to deceive. (‘Forget zombies,’ joked one commenter. ‘This is the real threat.’) ‘The study of artificial swarm intelligence provides insight into the nature of intelligence in general, and offers an interesting perspective on the nature of Darwinian selection, competition, and cooperation.’ And there’s also some cool video of the bots in action.”

Via Slashdot.

“A Spotlight on Security and Privacy Risks with Future Household Robots: Attacks and Lessons”

Enkel AI i Blender.

Blender robots from MyInventions on Vimeo.

AI & Robotics: video of Aldebaran’s Nao humanoid robot manipulating some photographs displayed on Microsoft’s Surface computer.

This is another nice promotional video for the French robotics company. Aldebaran Robotics are making a serious effort to market Nao to academics and at the same time get the average person excited about the many possible uses of such dexterous, intelligent, humanoid robots. If you want to see another video of Nao walking and manipulating objects, check out our previous post “Introducing Nao.”

Oemotståndligt med en robot som pratar franska.

Varför inte piffa upp hemmet med en stilren robot som odlar skönt, grönt hår?
Du placerar ”torvpuckarna” i I grobot, sår gräsfröna, vattnar, och inom några veckor ser du hur roboten kommer till liv.

Mer rolig och charmig än snygg.

AI & Robotics rapporterar:

Researchers from The University of Tokyo Shinoda lab have figured out a way to add touch to holograms.

First, they utilize an LCD-based, concave mirror, holographic display for displaying the 3D images. Using this display, images appear to float 30cm away from the display surface. Second, they use a couple of Wii controllers for hand tracking in order to determine the user’s hand location with respect to the displayed objects. Third, they provide tactile feedback using their own Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display (AUTD.) The device uses acoustic radiation pressure to induce tactile feedback as users interact with the displayed objects.

“A blog about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics.”

NYTimes skriver om AI, framtiden och robotar.

Mjukvara för att utveckla robotar, AI och liknande.

From the folks who brought you OhGizmo.com, BotJunkie obsessively chronicles Man’s inevitable descent into cybernetic slavery.

One robot at a time.

Robot Boozarama av HERO-1. Gjord av Wendy Dunham.

postspectacular:

Lego robots galore!

Japansk robot (som heter Motoman)  sätter ihop en kamera-no. Den kan tydligen laga mat också, allvarligt.