Archive for the Category: Robotics

Titanoboa, the giant snake.

November 17, 2011 Hugo Rosário

Here is a video of Titanoboa, a design of a robotic snake ten feet long and weights a ton. Because robotics does not only mean miniaturization of devices, see a snake and a giant spider, built by the Mondo Crew, a team of scientists, artists and designers. In this video, although not in confrontation, the Mondo Spider Titanoboa past each other, making strange noises. Share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via [...]

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IBM processors work like the Human brain

August 20, 2011 Hugo Rosário

For over 30 years, IBM introduced the first PC and now prepares to once again revolutionize the world of technology. Funded in part by DARPA – which contributed 28.5 million euros to the project of “cognitive computing” – IBM has created a prototype that uses parallel processing for multitasking and, more importantly, it adapts to [...]

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Robot that can learn new tasks

August 9, 2011 Hugo Rosário

Investigators from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have created an algorithm that gives robots the ability to perform new tasks and functions. See the video of the robot in action. Share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]

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