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Machine Learning Theory Blog

[neurodudes] For those with theoretical interests with respect to machine learning flavored AI, the ML Theory blog run by John Langford is highly recommended. Though recently started, Langford and others have so far been doing an excellent job of commenting on both the science and culture of theoretical learning research.

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau

[Question Technology] The strongest parts of the book come when Garreau is profiling people -- particularly Raymond Kurzweil, Bill Joy, and Jaron Lanier -- their personal histories and how they came to hold the views they hold. But when it comes to weighing their arguments, Garreau sides mostly with the post-humanists without much critical analysis.

Posted at 08:15 AM

August 31, 2005

Machine Learning Theory Blog

Posted at 06:29 PM

August 30, 2005

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau

Posted at 08:15 AM

Pyro revisited

[ robotgeek] Gazebo is basically a 3-D environment robot (or any) simulation. So, you could have robot simulations in a 3-D environment.

Posted at 08:13 AM

Temptation on the Streets of Cordoba

[After Gutenberg] Blobject is a Spanish based company in CÃ³rdoba, which has launched the world first tourism service using electric cars equipped with a GPS assisted computer. This service provides multimedia information on existing points of interest in the city of Cordoba.

Posted at 08:10 AM

Ray Kurzweil’s Upcoming Book: Singularity is Near

[neurodudes] I am trying to contact someone here about Ray Kurzweil’s upcoming book: Singularity is Near and after spending over a half an hour on your site, I...

Posted at 08:01 AM

August 26, 2005

Bat-Bot

[After Gutenberg] (Just what Peeping Blimp or other robots on patrol need for those low light situations, eh?) One of the project partners of the Bat-Bot, developed by IST project CIRCE (Chiroptera Inspired Robotic Cephaloid Experiments), developed a broadband transducer that could both transmit and receive acoustical energy across the entire 20 to 200 kHz spectrum.

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Posted at 09:49 PM

August 25, 2005

The drum-playing robot

[Tasteful Future : the champagne of weblogs] Using MIDI files as input, P.E.A.R.T. (an acronym obviously created in tribute of Rush's Neil Peart) can have its pneumatic arms set-up at any drum set, running on sixteen drum channels with the capability of hitting each skin nineteen times per second.

Posted at 12:45 PM

August 22, 2005

Don’t Swat at It!

[After Gutenberg] If you swat at it, you may get a whole swarm after you, not to mention someone from the Navy asking, “Citizen, why did you crush that million dollar prototype?” Robots.net points to a post by Roland Piquepaille about a flying robot guided by indoor vision. “It’s not always easy to explore small buildings in dangerous areas and even more difficult to see what might be hidden in a cave or a tunnel.

Posted at 09:25 AM

August 19, 2005

Scribbler Programmable Robot

[TeamDroid] From the photos on the Scribblerrobot main page it looks as if the micro controller is not socketed, that’s a pity because it means you can’t replace the Basic Stamp with it’s pin-for-pin compatible ( and much more powerful) rival, the Basic X-24 - one look at the other chips specs and you will see what I bring this up. Still, if you on a budget and just want a simple robot to use as a basic programming platform or you need robots for a classroom you could have a lot of fun with this.

Posted at 06:01 PM

... Then, there's the other neighbour

[Tasteful Future : the champagne of weblogs] The drum-playing robot Out of the need of having authentic sounding drums instead of reverting to the use of synthetic midi...

Posted at 05:29 PM

The Bionic Man

[AiKnowledge.::I Think, I Do, Therefore I Exist::.] Jesse Sullivan had been a power lineman for nearly 23 years in Dayton, Tennessee, a quiet town of 6,000 people. It's a much sleepier place now than it was 80 years ago, when a high school science teacher named John Scopes was tried for teaching the theory of evolution.

Posted at 05:28 PM

Popping Wheelies

[After Gutenberg] The iBOT™ Mobility System constantly realigns and adjusts its wheel position and seat orientation to keep the user upright and stable at all times, even when driving up and down kerbs or inclines. In addition, the iBOT™ includes built-in triple redundant backup systems, as well as auditory and visual signals to provide even more safety and assurance.

Posted at 05:27 PM

August 18, 2005

How our human interface may evolve...

[The Unreasonable Man] Eyetap: The EyeTap Personal Imaging Lab (ePI Lab) is a computer vision and intelligent image processing research lab focused on the area of personal imaging, mediated reality and wearable computers. Originally founded in 1998, it was formerly known as the Humanistic Intelligence Laboratory (HI Lab) at the University of Toronto by Professor Steve Mann.

Posted at 06:37 PM

VEX Robotics Design System Reviewed

[TeamDroid] VEX Robotics Design System Reviewed Filed under: General Computers Robots Technology To be used for Evil Cool ”” John @ 7:21 pm I know...

Posted at 06:34 PM

Energy Storage Research

[After Gutenberg] The article in Transformations, a Journal of People and Change published on the Internet by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, also informs us that DEKA is exploring a lighter, cheaper, higher-capacity battery that “will likely spawn a new technology with much wider applications.” According to their website, the focus of DEKA Research & Development Corporation is on the design of advanced medical products that are easier to use, more accurate, and more functional than the products they would replace.

Posted at 06:31 PM

Zoe, The Search For Life Robot

[ Gadgetizer.com] a solar-powered rover that resembles a go-cart, is a prototype of an artificially intelligent astro-biologist, or a robot that can explore and study life in harsh climates. It’s been developed and tested by Carnegie Mellon University and NASA’s Ames Research Center, which expects to use the underlying technology in future Mars missions.

Posted at 06:31 PM

Spotting the bots with brains

[AiKnowledge.::I Think, I Do, Therefore I Exist::.] So Shane Legg and Marcus Hutter at the Swiss Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Manno-Lugano have drafted an alternative test that will allow the intelligence of vision systems, robots, natural language processing programs or trading agents to be compared and contrasted despite their broad and disparate functions.

Posted at 06:30 PM

August 08, 2005

MAKE vol. 02

[GadgetSpy] MAKE magazine brings together those weird and wonderful projects you read about on random blogs across the Internet, or maybe miss out on. Taking a different angle than your main-stream press magazines such as T3 or Stuff, the articles are by normal folk, doing home gadget DIY things.

Read related posts for „MAKE vol. 02“.

Posted at 02:03 PM

If Robo C-4 Can Have a Fuel Cell

[After Gutenberg] Future Sohgo robot guards could be equipped with paintball guns that would mark intruders for later identification by human security personnel. The robot’s maker says that the robot guard will never be designed to use deadly force.

Posted at 02:02 PM

August 04, 2005

Remote-Controlled Robots Explore ”˜Lost City’

[Litinform.com] And according to this article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, they're using high-speed Internet connections to control robotic vehicles exploring the deep Atlantic Ocean thousands of miles away. Thanks to satellites, the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Argus and Hercules can transmit videos back to Seattle in real time.

Posted at 10:32 AM

Biomimetics, technology that mimics nature

[AiKnowledge.::I Think, I Do, Therefore I Exist::.] Engineers, scientists, and business people are increasingly turning toward nature for design inspiration. The field of biomimetics, the application of methods and systems, found in nature, to engineering and technology, has spawned a number of innovations far superior to what the human mind alone could have devised.

Posted at 10:31 AM

Dragonfly Robot

[ Gadgetizer.com] There are no specs on the site I found it on so no word on whether it actually flies or not, but it would be scary if it did. Enter: Nightmares about swarms of robotic locusts that shoot poison tipped darts at all bipeds in a quest for world domination.

Posted at 10:24 AM

August 02, 2005

Public Announcement

[matthewwhitaker.co.uk] Das machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und corkenpoppen mit spitzensparken.

Posted at 10:47 AM

Students! Start Your Computers

[After Gutenberg] While the robotic vehicle from Carnegie Mellon University, Sandstorm, made the best showing last year, none of the robot cars made it very far along the DARPA Grand Challenge course.

Posted at 10:41 AM

RoBoCup 2005

[TeamDroid] Its that time again, I was puttering around on the MAKE blog today and noticed that the RoBoCup expo was going on. What is RoBoCup you ask?

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Posted at 10:40 AM

'Stealth' Crashes At Takeoff

[AiKnowledge.::I Think, I Do, Therefore I Exist::.] While initially skeptical about EDI’s abilities, once they are put to the test in the terrorist-minefield called Earth, the pilots are awed by his dynamic flying and growing artificial intelligence. However, during a routine mission, EDI is struck by lightening and goes haywire, leaving the three pilots the only ones around capable of taking him down before he starts World War III.

Posted at 10:40 AM

Amazing Amanda Interactive Doll

[ Gadgetizer.com] and shows emotions. Her realistic facial expressions and sounds [combine] with her ability to intelligently respond to stimuli and her mommy’s voice…

Posted at 10:39 AM

August 01, 2005

Announcing Our Engagement

[After Gutenberg] robots.net tells us about some interesting research into how individuals start, maintain, and end a perceived connection to each other. Well, when the individuals are human and computer, that is.

Posted at 10:53 AM

Making a Computer Out of Legos (For Real)

[QT Monster's Place] Here's a fun idea combo to interest folks in my family who are into Artificial Intelligence and/or Legos. Yes, we have at least one of each of these types.

Posted at 10:50 AM

TeamOsaka’s Robocup entry”¦

[Will.Whim] finding and kicking a ball. Impressive! (more pictures and videos from Robocup)

Posted at 10:49 AM

Kybernetica.com > August 31, 2005

Machine Learning Theory Blog

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau

August 31, 2005

Machine Learning Theory Blog

August 30, 2005

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau

Pyro revisited

Temptation on the Streets of Cordoba

Ray Kurzweil’s Upcoming Book: Singularity is Near

August 26, 2005

Bat-Bot

August 25, 2005

The drum-playing robot

August 22, 2005

Don’t Swat at It!

August 19, 2005

Scribbler Programmable Robot

... Then, there's the other neighbour

The Bionic Man

Popping Wheelies

August 18, 2005

How our human interface may evolve...

VEX Robotics Design System Reviewed

Energy Storage Research

Zoe, The Search For Life Robot

Spotting the bots with brains

August 08, 2005

MAKE vol. 02

If Robo C-4 Can Have a Fuel Cell

August 04, 2005

Remote-Controlled Robots Explore ”˜Lost City’

Biomimetics, technology that mimics nature

Dragonfly Robot

August 02, 2005

Public Announcement

Students! Start Your Computers

RoBoCup 2005

'Stealth' Crashes At Takeoff

Amazing Amanda Interactive Doll

August 01, 2005

Announcing Our Engagement

Making a Computer Out of Legos (For Real)

TeamOsaka’s Robocup entry”¦

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