Kybernetica.com

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Christiana Talks About Stuff -] NextFest 2005: "It invents new ideas using a mathematical model of Philip K. Dick's mind extracted from his vast body of writing," says David Hanson, founder of Hanson Robotics. The mechanized tribute to the author is a fitting one: Having grappled with the question "What is reality?" throughout his career, Dick would have delighted in Hanson's efforts to blur the boundaries between humans and their android imitations.

[ Dymaxion Web at Radio : Dymaxion Web at Radio] Don't Tax Him, Don't Tax Me, Tax that Robot Behind the Tree: What we can safely defy anyone to argue against is that in 2052 or 2042 for that matter, that 3 workers will not be turning out the equivalent of what it took 12 workers to turn out in 1955. If robotics advance as fast as we think they will, it's much more likely that 3 live, breathing 2055 workers will be turning out the equivalent of 120 1955 workers.  Pushed by their own particular brand of necessity, the Japanese will go first in this area but the US and Europe will not lag that far behind.  In this country, the driving force will probablybe the military; a recent look at DARPA's --the DOD agency that funds advanced research-- grants shows how their focus has shifted to robotics. The Air Force recently placed a major order for unmanned flying drones.  These robot planes are sometimes piloted by humans sitting in front of terminals but it is only a matter of time before more and more of the "decision" power is shifted to the onboard computers.  Meanwhile US Ground forces have been forced into a role of occupation; a posture in which robots are useful for any number of mainly defensive but highly vulnerable roles like defusing bombs and carrying out screenings for suicide bombers. The Social Security debate like so many of the other prevalent debates these day, can result in making us all a little stupider.  Sure, there will be fewer workers per retiree and older humans will need more health care.  But if we insist on trying to tax only the human payroll factor in the economic equation because that worked in 1935, or worse, try to convince ourselves that we somehow deserve less because machines are doing more of the job, we are totally missing the point

[links17] The European Social Forum is in London, in Septemb...: Interactive Play in Queen Square, Bristol - 1831 Riot! U.S. Robotics WiFi g: 125mbs crap techno made... P2P: banned music satire? new american empire IT workers--unhappy Sudan: Darfur is World... on Iraq was armed globalisation profile- Eliza Manningham-Buller perl 2 php robot made

[Robolextech.blogspot.com] Robo Lex Tech - robotics blog of business & technology attorney ...: "'We don't yet understand exactly how the human brain works or how we seem to do things with such ease,' he says. 'Things that are easy for us are very complicated for a robot.' Pedersen gives the example of simple object recognition, a task that can require a monumental feat of programming in robotics. 'Most of the challenges for the robotics industry still lie there, in being able to better understand the cognitive processes of the human being,' Pedersen says, adding that better, faster, cheaper, smaller technical inventions can only take robotic innovations so far.

[Robolextech.blogspot.com] Robo Lex Tech - robotics blog of business & technology attorney ...: Surgical robots, now used in operating rooms worldwide, are not performing surgical tasks on their own, but "lend a helping hand to surgeons," as discussed in this article from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)(1). How Stuff Works (2) provides a nice overview of some of the robotics systems currently in use and how they are used. This next website from the USC Robotic Surgery Institute (3), which was founded by the cardiothoracic surgeon who was one of the first "to see the potential for robotic surgery," discusses the medical procedures benefiting from this technology and includes a few videos of the surgeries (not for the faint of heart). This next article from Science Daily (4) reports on two studies from UPenn "that demonstrate the effective use of the daVinci Surgical Robotic System to perform Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) which greatly reduces surgical trauma for patients." Another way that robotic technology is used in surgery is to allow doctors to perform surgery remotely.

[Robolextech.blogspot.com] Robo Lex Tech - robotics blog of business & technology attorney ...: In 2015, at about the same time that the airlines are laying off all of their pilots, Wal-Mart or Target or some other large retailer will be introducing a totally automated inventory management system. Every shelf will be fitted with RFID tags, allowing a mobile pick-and-place robot to find the exact shelf location of every product in the store. Every individual product in the warehouse will also be fitted with an RFID tag, so the robot will be able to pick up and identify every product that it needs to shelve. A relatively simple computer vision system will allow the robot to stack items on the shelves.

[Robolextech.blogspot.com] Robo Lex Tech - robotics blog of business & technology attorney ...: Surgical robots, now used in operating rooms worldwide, are not performing surgical tasks on their own, but "lend a helping hand to surgeons," as discussed in this article from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)(1). How Stuff Works (2) provides a nice overview of some of the robotics systems currently in use and how they are used. This next website from the USC Robotic Surgery Institute (3), which was founded by the cardiothoracic surgeon who was one of the first "to see the potential for robotic surgery," discusses the medical procedures benefiting from this technology and includes a few videos of the surgeries (not for the faint of heart). This next article from Science Daily (4) reports on two studies from UPenn "that demonstrate the effective use of the daVinci Surgical Robotic System to perform Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) which greatly reduces surgical trauma for patients." Another way that robotic technology is used in surgery is to allow doctors to perform surgery remotely.

 [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- Hatching A Robotics Revolution: Human-Level Robot ...: In automotive and electronics industries, parts are consistently shaped and easy for robots to handle. Yet in the poultry business, products vary considerably in size and shape, making grasping demands another challenge for the IIBM. Physical dimensions of the tray pack remain constant, but the poultry pieces inside vary the contours of the package's top by as much as two inches, causing weight and center of gravity to shift.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Robotics, Kybernetica.com