http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/ a science and technology weblog and calendar http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofpbloglogo.png en OFPinfos@yahoo.com 2009-01-21T21:39:12+01:00 daily 1 2006-06-03T12:00+01:00 inmemoriambart.htm specials <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='inmemoriambart.htm'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/Bart2.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>specials</font></a></b> <p>Met veel verdriet melden wij u het overlijden van Bart Vansteenbeeck. Bart is overleden op 20 januari 2009 na een tragische val thuis. Uw rouwbetuigingen of herinneringen aan Bart zijn welkom op: Fam.Vansteenbeeck@gmail.com</p><p></p><p><i>With great sadness, we inform you of the death of Bart Vansteenbeeck. Bart passed away on January 20th, 2009 after a tragic accident at home. Your condolences or memories of Bart are welcome at: Fam.Vansteenbeeck@gmail.com</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_bart2' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_bart2 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:39:00 +0100 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:39:00 +0100 inmemoriambart.htm specials <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='inmemoriambart.htm'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/Bart2.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>specials</font></a></b> <p>Met veel verdriet melden wij u het overlijden van Bart Vansteenbeeck. Bart is overleden op 20 januari 2009 na een tragische val thuis. Uw rouwbetuigingen of herinneringen aan Bart zijn welkom op:Familie_Vansteenbeeck@gmail.com</p><p> </p><p><i>With great sadness, we inform you of the death of Bart Vansteenbeeck. Bart passed away on January 20th, 2009 after a tragic accident at home. Your condolences or memories of Bart are welcome at:Familie_Vansteenbeeck@gmail.com</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_bart' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_bart Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +0100 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +0100 January19.htm robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='January19.htm'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/_otherfarm.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>January 19 Line 1</p><p>January 19 Line 2</p><p><i>January 19 Line 3</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_januari19' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_januari19 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:28:00 +0100 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:28:00 +0100 test3 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='test3'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/_otherfarm.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>test3</p><p>test3</p><p><i>test3</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_test3' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_test3 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:09:00 +0100 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:09:00 +0100 http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/91265488/npr_91265488.mp3 specials <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/91265488/npr_91265488.mp3'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/ray_kurzweil.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>specials</font></a></b> <p>technology is ever-changing, and changing ever faster. but what happens when the rate of technological change becomes so fast that the fundamental nature of what it means to be human changes, too?</p><p><a href='http://www.npr.org/' title='national public radio [usa]' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>npr</a>'s <a href='http://www.sciencefriday.com/' title='radio program hosted by ira flatow' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>science friday</a> talks with inventor, technologist and futurist <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil' title='a wiki on ray kurzweil' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>ray kurzweil</a> about the idea of 'the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity' title='a wiki on singularity' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>singularity</a>' and what happens when technology advances so much that it's impossible to predict what happens next. will artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and biotechnology be able to completely reshape what it means to be human?</p><p><i>listen to the <a href='http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/91265488/npr_91265488.mp3' title='22m 18s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>radio interview</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_ray_kurzweil_on_science_friday' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_ray_kurzweil_on_science_friday Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:29:00 +0100 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:29:00 +0100 http://gazeinteraction.blogspot.com/ computers <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://gazeinteraction.blogspot.com/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/neovisus.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>computers</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.martintall.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>martin tall</a>, pursuing a masters degree at <a href='http://www.lu.se/lund-university' title='lund, sweden' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>lund university</a> in <a href='http://www.lucs.lu.se/' title='cognitive science projects at lund university' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>cognitive science</a>, developed <a href='http://gazeinteraction.blogspot.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>neovisus</a> [<a href='http://www.martintall.com/neovisus/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>]: an eye tracking system for real time gaze human-computer interaction.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nO2unKubw' title='4m 32s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_neovisus' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_neovisus Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:10:00 +0100 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:10:00 +0100 http://www.hexapodrobot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.hexapodrobot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/hexapod_cnc_router.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.micromagicsystems.com/mattdenton' title='micro magic systems' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>matt denton</a> modified his six-legged interactive <a href='http://hexapodrobot.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>hexapod</a> robot into a <a href='http://www.hexapodrobot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>hexapod cnc router robot</a> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC' title='a wiki on computer numerical control' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>cnc</a> - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC_wood_router' title='a wiki on computer numerical control wood routers' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>router</a>].</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quN37YskoaM' title='3m 57s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_ic_hexapod' title='ofpblog post :: matt denton&#39;s i.c. hexapod' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>related post</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_hexapod_cnc_router' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_hexapod_cnc_router Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:38:00 +0100 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:38:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0kxN1Y1OA robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0kxN1Y1OA'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/autonomous_lawnmower_2008.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://www.evansville.edu/' title='evansville, indiana, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>university of evansville</a>'s <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_lawn_mower' title='a wiki on robotic lawn mowers' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>robotic lawn mower</a> won 2nd place at the <a href='http://www.automow.com/' title='5-8 june 2008 - beavercreek, ohio, usa' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>institute of navigation [ion] autonomous lawn mower competition 2008</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=Z3QxcGE4Y2NtZHN0dmFwNDRvOWtuZmNjbDAgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>]. </p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg0kxN1Y1OA' title='5m 34s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_automow_2008' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_automow_2008 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:28:00 +0100 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:28:00 +0100 http://letsmakerobots.com/node/696 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://letsmakerobots.com/node/696'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/wall_racers.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>frits lyneborg [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/fritslyneborg' title='youtube channel' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/fritslyneborg' title='picasa photo albums' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>] from <a href='http://letsmakerobots.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>lets make robots</a>, and famous for his <a href='http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>yellow drum machine I</a> & new: <a href='http://letsmakerobots.com/node/490' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>yellow drum machine II</a>, made some autonomous <a href='http://letsmakerobots.com/node/696' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>wall racers</a>: they find the hidden racing track in every room... and race it!</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9017192768526449437' title='2m 14s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_fritsl_wall_racers' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_fritsl_wall_racers Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:10:00 +0100 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:10:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZRZ6kYe1s robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZRZ6kYe1s'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/automatica.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.automatica-muenchen.de/' title='10-13 june 2008 - munich, germany' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>automatica</a> 2008 [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=Z285MGU2aTAxNTJxdG9zZ3A4bjF0dDRiZ3MgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] is the 3rd international trade fair for automation: assembly - robotics - vision.</p><p>partly parallell to automatica, is <a href='http://www.intersolar.de/' title='solar technology trade fair' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>intersolar</a> 2008, an international trade fair for solar technology.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZRZ6kYe1s' title='3m 50s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a> [german <a href='http://www.rtl.de/' title='german tv' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>rtl</a> news item about automatica 2008 and robotics, english subtitles].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_automatica_2008' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_automatica_2008 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:34:00 +0100 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:34:00 +0100 http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24405.wss computers <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24405.wss'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/ibm_roadrunner.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>computers</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner' title='a wiki on roadrunner' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>roadrunner</a>, a supercomputer from <a href='http://www.ibm.com/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>ibm</a>, built with components designed for the <a href='http://www.playstation.com/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>sony playstation 3</a>, has set a new computing milestone: 1.6 <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS' title='a wiki on floating point operations per second' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>petaflops</a> in a sustained exercise.</p><p>this makes roadrunner the new number one on the next [31st edition] <a href='http://www.top500.org/' title='lists 500 fastest supercomputers in the world - 17 june 2008 - dresden, germany ' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>top500</a> list [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZTNoNGJjZ2pmcnU0aTllOWlrbWJydTZxdnMgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>].</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA129SHSuI' title='3m 08s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. read more [<a href='http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24405.wss' title='ibm press release' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.top500.org/blog/2008/06/09/international_supercomputing_conference_host_first_panel_discussion_breaking_petaflop_s_barrier' title='top500 post' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_ibm_roadrunner' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_ibm_roadrunner Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:01:00 +0100 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:01:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbjetox-U4 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbjetox-U4'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/zeus_robotics_iran.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>iranian zeus robotic team of <a href='http://www.znu.ac.ir/index.php?newlang=english' title='zanjan, iran' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>zanjan university</a>'s [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanjan_University' title='a wiki on zanjan university' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] <a href='http://www.znu.ac.ir/faculties/sciences/index.htm' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>faculty of sciences</a> made a video presentation.</p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbjetox-U4' title='7m 02s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. read <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503904.html?nav=rss_world' title='washington post [6 june 2008] :: iran makes the sciences a part of its revolution' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>more</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_zeus_robotic_team' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_zeus_robotic_team Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:41:00 +0100 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:41:00 +0100 http://www.droidslove.com/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.droidslove.com/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/rexona_casts_robots.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>one of the robots represented by <a href='http://www.droidslove.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>droid's love casting agency</a> has gotten a part in a commercial for a new <a href='http://www.futurereadyprotection.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>rexona deodorant</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5695362810095703945' title='3m 16s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>casting video</a>. more videos and the final commercials on <a href='http://www.droidslove.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>droid's love casting agency</a>'s website. of course it's all computer animated <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing' title='a wiki on viral marketing' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>viral marketing</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_rexona_casts_robots' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_rexona_casts_robots Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:54:00 +0100 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:54:00 +0100 http://www.h2orobots.org/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.h2orobots.org/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/nurc_2008_impressions.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>a video about <a href='http://www.h2orobots.org/' title='national underwater robotics challenge' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nurc</a> 2008, the [american] national underwater robotics challenge. the video shows an explanation of the mission and team <a href='http://www.phxhs.k12.az.us/education/club/club.php?sectionid=3670' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>falcon robotics</a> at work.</p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGn3aa79g8k' title='8m 35s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nurc_2008_mission' title='ofpblog post :: nurc 2008, underwater robotics challenge' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>related post</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nurc_2008_impressions' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nurc_2008_impressions Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:54:00 +0100 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:54:00 +0100 http://www.madoverlord.com/Projects/Exilim.t robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.madoverlord.com/Projects/Exilim.t'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/slow-motion_robot_combat.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.madoverlord.com/' title='mad overlord :: world domination - a fun, family activity' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>robert woodhead</a> [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/MadOverlord' title='youtube channel' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] shot the <a href='http://www.carolinacombat.com/' title='north carolina robot combat competition' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>carolina combat event</a> with a <a href='http://exilim.casio.com/browse_cameras/exilim_pro/EX-F1/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>casio exilim ex-f1</a> high speed camera [up to 1200 fps].</p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QG9mEfnbDE' title='4m 13s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. more of his <a href='http://www.madoverlord.com/Projects/Exilim.t' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>slow motion videos</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_slow_motion_robot_combat' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_slow_motion_robot_combat Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:21:00 +0100 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:21:00 +0100 http://www.h2orobots.org/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.h2orobots.org/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/nurc_2008_mission.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://www.h2orobots.org/' title='6-8 june - chandler, arizona, usa' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>honeywell hometown solutions national underwater robotics challenge</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZHNubDRzcDZmamtrbGd1bm1vbWo2OHVmZWcgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] from <a href='http://chandlerhighschool.schoolwires.com/chandlerhighschool/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=275509' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>chandler high school</a> involves recovering submerged objects from a downed airplane and collecting items needed to stop a deadly epidemic.</p><p>there is a <a href='http://www.h2orobots.org/falllivevideostream.htm' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'><b>live video stream</b></a> from <a href='http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2008&month=6&day=8&hour=2&min=30&sec=0&p1=197&p2=179&p3=48&p4=248' title='[mountain standard time] convert timezones for 8 june 02:30 utc/gmt/zulu' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>7 june 19:30 MST</a> that will continue to until about <a href='http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2008&month=6&day=8&hour=11&min=0&sec=0&p1=197&p2=179&p3=48&p4=248' title='[mountain standard time] convert timezones for 8 june 11:00 utc/gmt/zulu' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>8 june 04:00 MST</a>.</p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6yE39ezYac' title='1m 10s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>mission's video</a>. one of the contestants is <a href='http://jesuitrobotics.org/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>jesuit robotics</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nurc_2008_mission' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nurc_2008_mission Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:50:00 +0100 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:50:00 +0100 http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/MagneticMicroRobot/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/MagneticMicroRobot/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/micron_magnetic_micro-robot_with_claw.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>at <a href='http://www.cmu.edu/' title='pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>carnegie mellon university</a>'s <a href='http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nanorobotics lab</a>, they employ external magnetic fields to controllably position and orient a 200 x 100 x 50-<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometre' title='a wiki on micrometre' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>micron</a> <a href='http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/MagneticMicroRobot/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>permanent magnet micro-robot</a> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics' title='a wiki on microbotics' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>].</p><p>they demonstrate[d] this approach at the 2007 and <a href='http://www.robocup-cn.org/' title='14-18 july 2008 - suzhou, china' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>2008</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aWlnaWUyaXRrZzBqbHJxZ2liZHZtMDJsNTAgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] <a href='http://www.robocup.org/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>robocup</a> <a href='http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/calmed/robocup_photos.html' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nanogram demonstrations</a>.</p><p><i>watch some videos [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaaVFJcTIrY' title='0m 42s - moving on a glass plate' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpkNNoZ85iw' title='2m 38s - pushing balls' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjrP4XK13J8' title='2m 03s - moving on a dime underwater' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 3 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQztrMg5zxg' title='0m 47s - side view with high-speed camera' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 4 </a>].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_magnetically_actuated_micro-robots' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_magnetically_actuated_micro-robots Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:15:00 +0100 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:15:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zz9kHNv1g robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zz9kHNv1g'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/beyond_human.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=1405900&cp=&sr=1&origkw=beyond+human&kw=beyond+human&parentPage=search' title='pbs webshop' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>beyond human</a> was a 2001 documentary on <a href='http://www.pbs.org/' title='public broadcasting service' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>pbs</a> about the evolution and future of robotics, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg' title='a wiki on cyborgs' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>cyborgs</a> [<a href='http://future.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg' title='a future wikia on cyborgs' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] and <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence' title='a wiki on artificial intelligence' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>a.i.</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>watch part [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zz9kHNv1g' title='9m 58s - the age of androids' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 4 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzYWjaKSDA' title='7m 25s - designing humanoids' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 5 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li4w9DPPNYI' title='3m 43s - emotion machines' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 6 </a>] of 9. watch <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_beyond_human' title='ofpblog post' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>part 1-3</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_beyond_human_2' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_beyond_human_2 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 03:28:00 +0100 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 03:28:00 +0100 http://www.ppws.vt.edu/people/faculty/dschmale/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.ppws.vt.edu/people/faculty/dschmale/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/schmale_sampling_uav.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>dr. <a href='http://www.ppws.vt.edu/people/faculty/dschmale/' title='virginia tech bio :: assistant professor of mycotoxicology and fungal plant pathology' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>david schmale</a> from <a href='http://www.vt.edu/' title='virginia, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>virginia tech</a> uses an autonomous <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle' title='a wiki on unmanned aerial vehicles' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>uav</a> to monitor the movement of high risk plant <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen' title='a wiki on pathogens, infectious agents' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>pathogens</a> hundreds of meters above the surface of the earth.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KavPvHTVPLc' title='1m 50s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_schmale_sampling_uav' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_schmale_sampling_uav Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:55:00 +0100 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:55:00 +0100 http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/NaoRobocup.php robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/NaoRobocup.php'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/nao.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>aldebaran robotics</a>' <a href='http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/Nao.php' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nao</a> <a href='http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/NaoRobocup.php' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>was selected</a> by the international <a href='http://www.robocup.org/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>robocup</a> committee as the successor of the sony robot dog <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO' title='a wiki on aibo' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>aibo</a>, as the new official robot platform of the robocup standard league.</p><p>thus, nao robots will play for the first time at this year's <a href='http://www.robocup-cn.org/' title='robocup 2008 website' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>robocup 2008</a> [<a href='http://www.tzi.de/4legged/pub/Website/Downloads/NaoRules2008.pdf' title='.pdf - robot soccer rules' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>2008 nao robocup rules</a>].</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtdk-1b8A5w' title='2m 50s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a> of four synchronised naos.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nao_robocup_platform' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_nao_robocup_platform Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:01:00 +0100 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ypx41HPcio robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ypx41HPcio'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/hrp-2_halter.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.cnrs.fr/index.html' title='french national centre for scientific research' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>cnrs</a>'s <a href='http://www2.laas.fr/laas/2-4257-Home.php' title='research laboratory' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>laas</a> research laboratory in toulouse, france, works with a <a href='http://www.kawada.co.jp/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>kawada</a> <a href='http://www.kawada.co.jp/global/ams/hrp_2.html' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>hrp-2</a> robot and presented their work [moving objects] at the <a href='http://www.european-research-exhibition.com/' title='5-7 june 2008 - paris, france' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>european research and innovation exhibition 2008</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=YWdmZjRxOGw1czRuZGFkbHI3dGoxYWx2YnMgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>].</p><p></p><p><i>watch some videos [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ypx41HPcio' title='1m 28s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTZqz2n2aa4' title='6m 55s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKE3lgTTjik' title='3m 12s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 3 </a>]. <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_kawada_working_robots' title='ofpblog post :: kawada&#39;s hrp working robots' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>related post</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_cnrs_laas_hrp' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_cnrs_laas_hrp Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:20:00 +0100 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:20:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gBlxQkI7kU robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gBlxQkI7kU'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/icub_drumming.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.robotcub.org/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>icub</a> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICub' title='a wiki on icub' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>], the robot toddler that participates in the <a href='http://www.italkproject.org/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>italk project</a> learns how to play the drums.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gBlxQkI7kU' title='1m 14s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_italk_project' title='ofpblog post :: eu&#39;s italk project uses icub, the robot toddler' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>related post</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_icub_plays_drums' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_icub_plays_drums Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:43:00 +0100 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:43:00 +0100 http://www.robotsrule.com/html/wrex-the-dawg-review.php robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.robotsrule.com/html/wrex-the-dawg-review.php'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/wrex_the_dawg.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>later this year, <a href='http://www.wowwee.com/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>wowwee</a> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WowWee' title='a wiki on wowwee' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] will release wrex the dawg, a doglike robot toy that looks and acts like it stepped right out of a cartoon.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGmMnw6Ywcw' title='5m 16s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. read <a href='http://www.robotsrule.com/html/wrex-the-dawg-review.php' title='robotsrule post :: special on wrex' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>more</a>. another <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_flytech_bladestar' title='ofpblog post :: wowwee flytech bladestar uav toy' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>wowwee toy</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_wrex_the_dawg' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_wrex_the_dawg Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:42:00 +0100 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:42:00 +0100 http://vger.aa.washington.edu/fish_project.html robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://vger.aa.washington.edu/fish_project.html'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/uw_robofish.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>at the <a href='http://www.washington.edu/' title='seattle, bothell and tacoma, washington, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>university of washington</a>'s <a href='http://www.aa.washington.edu/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>aeronautics & astronautics department</a>, <a href='http://vger.aa.washington.edu/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nonlinear dynamics and control lab</a>, they develop <a href='http://vger.aa.washington.edu/fish_project.html' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>fin actuated autonomous underwater vehicles</a>.</p><p>these <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Underwater_Vehicle' title='a wiki on autonomous underwater vehicles' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>auv</a> fish are used to study <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish#Shoal_or_school' title='a wiki on fish :: shoal or school' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>shoaling/schooling</a>/flocking/swarming behaviour [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_robotics' title='a wiki on swarm robotics' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_swarmbots_1' title='ofpblog post :: swarmbots - part 1' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>][<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_swarmbots_2' title='ofpblog post :: swarmbots - part 2' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 3 </a>][<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_swarm-bots' title='ofpblog post :: national geographic&#39;s picture of the day - swarm-bots' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 4 </a>]. they can communicate with each other underwater using low power, low frequency sonar reaching a <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate' title='a wiki on bit rate' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>bit rate</a> of 80 bytes per second.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCb4ypZhew' title='1m 50s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. more videos on the <a href='http://vger.aa.washington.edu/fish_project.html#videogallery' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>project&#39;s website</a>. read <a href='http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/06/06/uw-robofish-go-to-school/' title='botjunkie post' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>more</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_uw_robofish' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_uw_robofish Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:19:00 +0100 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:19:00 +0100 http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/en/research/research-areas/#c2025 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/en/research/research-areas/#c2025'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/dfki_micro_auv.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the german <a href='http://www.dfki.de/web/welcome?set_language=en&cl=en' title='german research centre for artificial intelligence' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>dfki</a>'s [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/dfkivideo' title='youtube channel' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Research_Centre_for_Artificial_Intelligence' title='a wiki on the german research centre for artificial intelligence' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>] <a href='http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/index.php?id=225&L=1' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>robotics lab</a> develops a.o. <a href='http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/en/research/research-areas/#c2025' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>underwater robots</a> [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle' title='a wiki on autonomous underwater vehicles' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>auv</a>] like <a href='http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/en/research/projects/underwater-robotics/uauv/' title='micro autonomous underwater vehicle' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>micro auv</a> and <a href='http://www.dfki-bremen.de/robotik/en/research/projects/underwater-robotics/uauv2/' title='micro autonomous underwater vehicle version 2' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>micro auv 2</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKri91vjLM' title='2m 07s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_dfki_micro_auv' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_dfki_micro_auv Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:41:00 +0100 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:41:00 +0100 http://www.cs.duke.edu/donaldlab/research_mems.php robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.cs.duke.edu/donaldlab/research_mems.php'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/dancing_microbots.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>at <a href='http://www.cs.duke.edu/brd/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>bruce donald</a>'s <a href='http://www.cs.duke.edu/donaldlab/index.php' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>donald lab</a> at <a href='http://www.duke.edu/' title='durham, north carolina, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>duke university</a> they do <a href='http://www.cs.duke.edu/donaldlab/research_mems.php' title='donald lab mems research' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>research</a> on <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbotics' title='a wiki on microbotics' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>microbotics</a> and <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEMS' title='a wiki on microelectromechanical systems' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>mems</a>.</p><p>the goal of this research is to build microsystems that can actively, accurately, and efficiently interact with and change the physical world.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLZfeUbJAuY' title='1m 43s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_dancing_microbots' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_dancing_microbots Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:33:00 +0100 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:33:00 +0100 http://www.vimeo.com/1090249 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.vimeo.com/1090249'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/bettelbot.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the bettelbot [german for <i>begging bot</i>] by alexander gurko plays music just by floppy and hard drive mechanics. two floppy drives and a very old hard disk represent different instruments playing a tune by just moving their heads and motors. when the tune is finished the cd drive opens asking for money.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.vimeo.com/1090249' title='3m 05s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_bettelbot' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_bettelbot Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:08:00 +0100 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:08:00 +0100 http://www.heigroup.com/blicopter/blicopter.htm robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.heigroup.com/blicopter/blicopter.htm'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/blicopter.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.heigroup.com/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>hei group</a>'s <a href='http://www.heigroup.com/blicopter/blicopter.htm' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>blicopter</a>: a fusion of <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp' title='a wiki on blimps, non-rigid airships' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>blimp</a> and helicopter technologies with unmanned autonomous capabilities. </p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJ4jIvf_NE' title='2m 23s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_blicopter' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_blicopter Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:49:00 +0100 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:49:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzq_96RFSA robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzq_96RFSA'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/marble_milling_robot.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>italian <a href='http://www.qdesign.it/' title='engineering, robotics and software' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>qdesign</a> [<a href='http://www.qdesignrobotics.com/' title='new website, empty at time of writing' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>alt</a>] programmed a <a href='http://www.kuka.com/?language=en' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>kuka</a> robot for milling <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble' title='a wiki on marble' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>marble</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a video [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzq_96RFSA' title='1m 34s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jLdh9kPnLA' title='3m 35s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_marble_milling_robot' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_marble_milling_robot Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:26:00 +0100 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:26:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc2E5q2w21k robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc2E5q2w21k'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/project_autonav.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>goal: to create a semi-autonomous quadrupedal robot capable of traversing unknown and uneven terrain based on simple user inputs.</p><p>a senior design project at <a href='http://www.scu.edu/' title='the jesuit university in silicon valley' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>santa clara university</a> [<a href='http://rsl.engr.scu.edu/' title='robotics systems laboratory' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>rsl</a>?] by <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/jdemuth29' title='youtube channel' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>james demuth</a>, kyle loving and garrett fitzgerald.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc2E5q2w21k' title='1m 41s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_project_autonav' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_project_autonav Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:53:00 +0100 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:53:00 +0100 http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/ computers <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/napkin_pc.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>computers</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>nextgen pc design competition</a> is designed to spotlight the developers of innovative pc industrial designs, as well as increase awareness among consumers and businesses about the importance of industrial design and the digital lifestyle in the development of personal computers. entrants were asked to design the next generation of windows-based personal computers from hardware to software to the out of box experience.</p><p>1st place: <a href='http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/entrydetail.aspx?id=863' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>napkin pc</a>. another entry: <a href='http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/entrydetail.aspx?id=915' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>smartchef</a>. an overview of <a href='http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/finalists.aspx' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>the winners and other 2008 finalists</a>.</p><p><i>endorsed by <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>microsoft</a> <a href='http://www.idsa.org/' title='industrial designers society of america ' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>idsa</a> and <a href='http://www.icsid.org/' title='international council of societies of industrial design' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>icsid</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_nextgen_pc_design_competition' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?computers_nextgen_pc_design_competition Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:54:00 +0100 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:54:00 +0100 http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83754&videoChannel=6 energy <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83754&videoChannel=6'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/evolta.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?energy' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>energy</font></a></b> <p>a <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=17+cm+in+inches' title='conversion to inches' target='_blank' style='color:darkgray;text-decoration:none;'>17 cm</a> and <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=130+grams+in+pounds' title='conversion to pounds' target='_blank' style='color:darkgray;text-decoration:none;'>130 grams</a> carbon-plastic robot powered by <a href='http://www.panasonic.com/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>panasonic</a>'s new evolta batteries made a <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=530+m+in+feet' title='conversion to feet' target='_blank' style='color:darkgray;text-decoration:none;'>530 m</a> rope climb in the grand canyon in 6h 46m, making them the longest lasting <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_battery' title='a wiki on alkaline batteries' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>alkaline</a> <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA_battery' title='a wiki on aa batteries' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>aa batteries</a> in the world.</p><p>the robot was designed by robotics scientist <a href='http://www.robo-garage.com/english/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>tomotaka takahashi</a> [<a href='http://waziwazi.com/node/48' title='interview with takahashi at robocup atlanta 2007' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>].</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=83754&videoChannel=6' title='1m 04s - reuters news video' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?energy_panasonic_evolta' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?energy_panasonic_evolta Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:39:00 +0100 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:39:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCS6e51zlPc robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCS6e51zlPc'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/giant_robot_eats_car.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>a giant robot crushes and eats cars at a motor event.</p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCS6e51zlPc' title='0m 54s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_giant_robot_eats_car' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_giant_robot_eats_car Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:39:00 +0100 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:39:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVXWUD8Q3Y bionics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVXWUD8Q3Y'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/beyond_human.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>bionics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=1405900&cp=&sr=1&origkw=beyond+human&kw=beyond+human&parentPage=search' title='pbs webshop' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>beyond human</a> was a 2001 documentary about the evolution and future of <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg' title='a wiki on cyborgs' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>cyborgs</a> [<a href='http://future.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg' title='a future wikia on cyborgs' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] and <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence' title='a wiki on artificial intelligence' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>a.i.</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>at the time of writing, <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceRip' title='youtube user' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>spacerip</a> only has three of nine parts online. watch them [<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVXWUD8Q3Y' title='9m 45s - the cyborg revolution' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW7Fy5rHLgk' title='9m 41s - the invasion of the inhuman' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>][<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMNNtXdxSI' title='9m 02s - the cyborg mind' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 3 </a>].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_beyond_human' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_beyond_human Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:28:00 +0100 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:28:00 +0100 http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm specials <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/calendar6.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>specials</font></a></b> <p>what's up in june:<br />&bull;&nbsp;<font style='color:darkgray;text-decoration:none;'>30</font>-02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.igvc.org/' title='competitions for unmanned vehicles' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- rochester, michigan, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;01-06&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.wcci2008.org/' title='congres' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- hong kong, china<br />&bull;&nbsp;<font style='color:white'>02-</font>02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://robocap.org/compete/' title='robot competition' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Milford Autonomous Robotics Competition 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- milford, ohio, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;03-07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/' title='computer expo' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Computex Taipei International I.T. Show 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- taipei, taiwan<br />&bull;&nbsp;05-08&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.automow.com/' title='robot competition' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>ION Robotic Lawn Mower Competition 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- beavercreek, ohio, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;10-12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://symposium.auvsi.org/' title='event focusing on the international unmanned systems marketplace' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>AUVSI 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- san diego, california, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;10-13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.automatica-muenchen.de/' title='trade fair for automation and for solar technology' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Automatica + Intersolar 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- munich, germany<br />&bull;&nbsp;12-14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.fieldrobotevent.de/' title='event for autonomous field robots' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Field Robot Event 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- osnabrück, germany<br />&bull;&nbsp;12-15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://robogames.net/' title='robot competition' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>RoboGames 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- san francisco, california, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;<font style='color:white;'>17-</font>17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.top500.org/' title='list of fastest computers in the world' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>TOP500 supercomputers 31st edition</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dresden, germany<br />&bull;&nbsp;17-20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.supercomp.de/' title='supercomputing conference and exhibition' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>International Supercomputing Conference 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dresden, germany<br />&bull;&nbsp;20-21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.basicincomeireland.com/' title='congress on inequality and development in a globalised economy - the basic income alternative' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>Basic Income Earth Network 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dublin, ireland<br />&bull;&nbsp;20-21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://216.39.226.150/iaroc/' title='robot contest' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>International Autonomous Robot Contest 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- san diego, california, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;22-26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://ark2008.irccyn.ec-nantes.fr/' title='symposium on advances in robot kinematics' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- batz-sur-mer, france<br />&bull;&nbsp;26-28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2008/index.php' title='robot competition uncovering the mysteries of mid-ocean ridges' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>MATE International ROV Competition 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- san diego, california, usa<br />&bull;&nbsp;<font style='color:white;'>28-</font>28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://micromouse.tic.ac.uk/' title='autonomous robot mice race' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>UK Micromouse Championship 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- birmingham, uk<br />&bull;&nbsp;30-<font style='color:darkgray;text-decoration:none;'>03</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.m-elrob.eu/' title='european land-robot trial, military edition' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>ELROB European Land-Robot Trial 2008</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- hammelburg, germany</p><p></p><p><i>check out the <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' target='_top' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' border=0/> techcalendar</a> for updates and more infos.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_june_2008' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_june_2008 Sat, 31 May 2008 20:48:00 +0100 Sat, 31 May 2008 20:48:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wFpMEbwH8 robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wFpMEbwH8'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/autonomous_muffin_machine.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>carl boucher and dominic dussault, two electrical technician students, built an automated muffin-making machine for their <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma_of_Collegial_Studies' title='a wiki on dec/dcs, the diploma of collegial studies - quebec, canada' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>dcs</a>.</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wFpMEbwH8' title='4m 12s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.<br /><br />transcript of the video:<br /><font color='gray'>&bull; mini food factory project - muffin production - carl boucher - dominic dussault<br />&bull; the concept<br />&bull; the oven<br />&bull; the electromagnet and the demolder<br />&bull; the control panel<br />&bull; reservoir for the pastry<br />&bull; the electric and pneumatic panel<br />&bull; now, the action!!!<br />&bull; can autonomously make 50 muffins without refill<br />&bull; a production of 4 muffins in 10 minutes<br />&bull; the end</font></i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_autonomous_muffin_machine' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_autonomous_muffin_machine Sat, 31 May 2008 14:08:00 +0100 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:08:00 +0100 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/brazil_tribe_dc lifestyle <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/brazil_tribe_dc'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/amazon_tribe.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?lifestyle' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>lifestyle</font></a></b> <p>yesterday, images of an <a href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/brazil_tribe_dc' title='yahoo news' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>uncontacted amazonian tribe</a>, that was photographed from a helicopter, went around the world. the tribe members attacked the helicopter with bow and arrow as if it was a bird.</p><p>this is a unique opportunity: what would happen if, instead of a human researcher to make contact, we first send in a humanoid robot, like <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO' title='a wiki on asimo' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>asimo</a>? how will they react? will it be a god to them, an extraterrestrial or will they just have a serious bellyache afterwards...?</p><p><i>share us your [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology' title='a wiki on anthropology' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>anthropological</a>] thoughts.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?lifestyle_amazon_tribe' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?lifestyle_amazon_tribe Sat, 31 May 2008 12:14:00 +0100 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:14:00 +0100 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1576332530 bionics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1576332530'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/kamen_cyborg_arm_2.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>bionics</font></a></b> <p><a href='http://www.dekaresearch.com/' title='deka research and development corporation' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>dean kamen</a>'s [<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen' title='a wiki on dean kamen' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] cyborg arm [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_kamen_cyborg_arm' title='see also ofpblog post :: dean kamen cyborg arm' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>], a prosthetic robot arm, evolved and can now be controlled by thoughts alone.</p><p>the arm has 18 <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrees_of_freedom_%28mechanics%29' title='a wiki on degrees of freedom' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>dof</a>s, which is nearly as many as a human arm has.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1576332530' title='6m 55s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. read <a href='http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/05/30/cyborg-friday-deka-luke-arm-gets-smarter/' title='botjunkie post' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>more</a>. see also: [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_monkey_robot_arm' title='ofpblog post :: monkey controls a robot arm with his thoughts' target='_top' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>][<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_duke_robot_and_monkey' title='ofpblog post:: duke university&#39;s monkey controlled robot' target='_top' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 2 </a>][<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_monkey_robot_arm_2' title='ofpblog post :: motorlab&#39;s monkey controlled robot arm' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 3 </a>].</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_kamen_cyborg_arm_2' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?bionics_kamen_cyborg_arm_2 Fri, 30 May 2008 13:22:00 +0100 Fri, 30 May 2008 13:22:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT4uuPce_Hk specials <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT4uuPce_Hk'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/robotron_5000.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>specials</font></a></b> <p></p><p></p><p><i>watch the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT4uuPce_Hk' title='2m 40s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_robotron_5000' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?specials_robotron_5000 Fri, 30 May 2008 02:48:00 +0100 Fri, 30 May 2008 02:48:00 +0100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJr3X8RzfWQ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJr3X8RzfWQ'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/viper_robot.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://www.igvc.org/' title='30 may-2 jun 2008 - oakland university, rochester, michigan, usa' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>intelligent ground vehicle competition 2008</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=bmw0MzU4aWt0c25uZzBzdjc4bjVtaDBuNjQgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] is one of three student competitions for unmanned vehicle systems, that were founded by the <a href='http://www.auvsi.org/' title='association for unmanned vehicle systems international' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>auvsi</a> in the 1990s. the primary goal of the competition is to advance engineering education in intelligent vehicles and related technologies.</p><p><a href='http://www.ltu.edu/' title='southfield, michigan, usa' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>lawrence technological university</a>'s candidate is the viper robot vehicle.</p><p><i>watch a demo <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJr3X8RzfWQ' title='4m 26s' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a> of viper.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_igvc_2008_viper_demo' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_igvc_2008_viper_demo Fri, 30 May 2008 01:57:00 +0100 Fri, 30 May 2008 01:57:00 +0100 http://icra2008.usc.edu/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://icra2008.usc.edu/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/icra_2008.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://icra2008.usc.edu/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>2008 ieee international conference on robotics and automation</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aTY5OGowcTk5aWIzOWhqMXY4MmJpOWRzcTQgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] and <a href='http://icra.wustl.edu/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>icra robot challenge</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/techcal.htm' title='ofpblog techcalendar' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'><img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/projimg/ofptechcal.png' width=8 height=8 border=0 /></a> <a href='http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZHRsaWR0cWUxaWV1bjJhbjQ0dGJka2w2cHMgcDRzZGIzMnVydWkyY2hrN2s4ZWFpajJvZ29AZw' title='event data' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>event</a>] took place 19-23 may 2008 in pasadena, california, usa.</p><p><a href='http://lasa.epfl.ch/' title='epfl, lausanne, switzerland using a fujitsu hoap-3 robot' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>epfl&#39;s hoap-3</a> [<a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_epfl_chief_cook_robot' title='see also ofpblog post :: epfl&#39;s chief cook robot' target='_top' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'> 1 </a>] and <a href='http://univ.nict.go.jp/people/xkozima/infanoid/robot-eng.html#keepon' title='national institue of information and communications technology, japan' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>keepon</a>, the dancing <i>yellow snowman</i>, both <a href='http://lasa.epfl.ch/icra08/hric.php' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>won the human-robot interaction challenge</a>, a part of the robot challenge.</p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxOrkFHoDo' title='5m 37s - some robots displayed during the event' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>. <a href='http://icra.wustl.edu/results/index.html' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>results and more videos</a> of the robot challenge.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_icra_2008' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_icra_2008 Fri, 30 May 2008 01:09:00 +0100 Fri, 30 May 2008 01:09:00 +0100 http://www.challenge.mod.uk/ robotics <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.challenge.mod.uk/'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/mod_grand_challenge.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>robotics</font></a></b> <p>the <a href='http://www.science.mod.uk/' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>science division</a> of the british <a href='http://www.mod.uk/' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>ministry of defence</a> has a major science and technology competition, with a finale early summer 2008. the competition is to create a system with a high degree of autonomy that can detect, identify, monitor and report a comprehensive range of military threats in an urban environment and is called <a href='http://www.challenge.mod.uk/' title='MOD grand challenge' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>grand challenge</a> [like <a href='http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/' title='u.s. army competition for autonomous vehicles' target='_blank' style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none;'>darpa's grand challenge</a>].</p><p></p><p><i>watch a <a href='http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=81640' title='1m 57s - reuters news' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>video</a>.</i></p> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_mod_grand_challenge' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>permalink</font></a></b> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/?robotics_mod_grand_challenge Thu, 29 May 2008 19:11:00 +0100 Thu, 29 May 2008 19:11:00 +0100 http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed4.xml go to part 4 of ofpblog XL <table><tr><td valign='top'> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed4.xml'> <img src='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/img/_otherfarm.jpg' hspace=4 vspace=8 border='0' height='80' style='border: 1px dotted gray;'/> </a> </td> <td> <font size='1' color='darkgray'>category</font> <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed4.xml' style='color:slategray;text-decoration:none;'><font size='1'>ofpblog XL - part 4</font></a></b> <p>this is part 5 [posts 401 - 500] of ofpblog XL, <br />continue to: <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed4.xml' title='301 - 400' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>part 4</a> or <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed1.xml' title='1 - 100' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>part 1</a> - <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed2.xml' title='101 - 200' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>part 2</a> - <a href='http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed3.xml' title='201 - 300' target='_blank' style='color:orange;text-decoration:none;'>part 3</a>.</p><p></p><p></p> </td></tr></table> http://www.otherfarm.net/blog/fullfeed4.xml 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