Standard humanoid robots mimic the human form but the mechanisms used in such robots are very different from those in humans, and the characteristics of the robot reflect this. This places severe limitations on the kinds of interactions such robots can engage in, on the knowledge they can aquire of their environment, and therefore on the nature of their cognitive engagement with the environment. However a new kind of robot is just beginning to emerge - the anthropomimetic robot. Instead of just copying the appearance of a human, it copies the inner structures and mechanisms - bones, joints, musles, and tendons, and thus has the potential for human-like action and interaction in the world. ECCE, developed within the EU\'s 7th Framework Programme, is the first robot that follows the anthropomimetic design principles very closely. The project has three major goals: (1) to design and build a robot using anthropomimetic principles, (2) to characterise its dynamics and control it, (3) to exploit its human-like characteristics to produce some human-like cognitive features. [Altro] [Meno]

some combats of minisumo (sumo 500g) in robogames 2007

Haz robots, no la guerra. Son las últimas estrellas del Ejército estadounidense. El grande es BigDog, un impresionante cuadrúpedo robótico capaz de correr y escalar (hasta 35 grados de pendiente) en terrenos difíciles. Es increíble ver cómo patina sobre el hielo soportanto cargas de más de 100 kilos. Es un encargo del DARPA americano a la empresa Boston Dynamics para enviarlo como apoyo a Irak. Pronto llegarán allí también miles de mandos de la Wii, que serán usados por los soldados para controlar a otro robot, el Packbot, una máquina detectora de minas y explosivos bastante eficaz. [Altro] [Meno]

Toyota have unveiled a new robot that can play the violin. Albeit not particularly well.

*OLD VERSION* This last version of my LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Rubik\'s cube solver can solve ANY cube (no matter how shuffled) in 3\'30\" minutes maximum. I adopted on PC a fast algorithm to solve the cube. Anyone who thought this robot was fake must see!

Daniele Benedettelli è stato invitato dal fisico Paco Lanciano a portare il suo robot che risolve il cubo di Rubik a SuperQuark, nella puntata del 10 Luglio 2008. Grazie a Giancarlo Saba per la registrazione. Daniele Benedettelli was invited by professor Paco Lanciano to bring his Rubik\'s cube solver robot at the SuperQuark program of 10 July 2008. Thanks to Giancarlo Saba for the recording. http://robotics.benedettelli.com [Altro] [Meno]

Un gruppo di piccoli e insignificanti Robot, capace di evolversi a velocità strabiliante fino ad inventare un rudimentale linguaggio

http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2009/hopping-robot.html

Si chiama Autom il piccolo robot sviluppato da un laureato del MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology: un automa sociale che aiuta a restare in forma, a perdere peso e a mantenersi sani. Articolo completo qui: http://www.hi-techitaly.com/news/varie/1436.html

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Senior Rehabilitation Robot General Robotix, Inc.

See more at http://smart-machines.blogspot.com Toyota humanoid robot running at 7km/h.

*OLD VERSION* This last version of my LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Rubik\'s cube solver can solve ANY cube (no matter how shuffled) in 3\'30\" minutes maximum. I adopted on PC a fast algorithm to solve the cube. Anyone who thought this robot was fake must see!

Find out more about the locomotion unit and the full robot systems at Hizook.com -- http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/29/i-swarm-micro-robots-realized-impressive-full-system-integration

video of a real transforming robot