For the grand test, they blindfolded the subject and hooked him up to a robotic hand. When they pressed one of the fingers of the hand, it
communicated with the implant, which fired the neurons in the region of the brain corresponding to that finger. At first, the patient was able to correctly identify the location about 85 percent of the time. Then, as he got used to it, he reached 100 percent.“
Author: julien
Testing a balancing humanoid
Testing a balancing humanoid by kicking it… then smiling.
(happens at 1:55)
Robot learns to play with Lego by watching human teachers
Robot learns to play with Lego by watching human teachers
Part of being a good teacher is understanding that the device that you’re teaching has different ways of acting in the world and different ways of perceiving it
Billard
Percussive maintenance
My old grandmother used to say, anything mechanical give it a good bash.
Humans have been hitting machines probably since they exist (as portrayed in this beautiful supercut by Duncan Robson)
Security Robot Knocks Toddler To The Ground Then Runs Him Over At Stanford Shopping Center
Security Robot Knocks Toddler To The Ground Then Runs Him Over At Stanford Shopping Center
A Palo Alto toddler was injured last Thursday after his parents claim a security robot at the Stanford Shopping Center knocked him over and then proceeded to run him over
Human-like grace and precision
Robots using this technology are ideally suited for naturally compliant and life-like interaction with people. When tele-operated, the low friction and lack of play allow the transmission to faithfully transmit contact forces to the operator, providing a high-fidelity remote sense of touch.
Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision
/ht CreativeAI
Eurobots
Knowing these kind of robots have killed people before makes this a lot more interesting to watch.
She? lives?
[…] And she is going to live here with us at the NERVE center. […]
Not touching you
Why Do Children Abuse Robots?
The researchers—from ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Osaka University, Ryukoku University, and Tokai University, in Japan—patrolled a public shopping complex in Osaka with a remotely operated Robovie 2. Whenever somebody obstructed the robot’s path, it would politely ask the human to step aside. If the human didn’t listen, the robot moved in the opposite direction.
Over the course of the study, researchers found that children were sometimes all too eager to give the robot a hard time. Particularly when in packs and unsupervised, the youngsters would intentionally block Robovie’s way.
The tots’ behavior often escalated, and sometimes they’d get violent, hitting and kicking Robovie. They also engaged in verbal abuse, calling the robot “bad words.”
Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/children-beating-up-robot