News tagged with humanoid robots

Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup

The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009.  The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cool product: $20 artificial knee for patients in the developing world

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year Joel Sadler and his classmates faced a daunting challenge in their Biomedical Device Design and Evaluation course: Create a low-cost, high-performance prosthetic knee joint for amputees ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (48) | comments 17

Humanoid robot helps scientists to understand intelligence

(PhysOrg.com) -- A humanoid robot newly acquired by Imperial College London will lead to a deeper understanding of human intelligence, says scientists today.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New robot 'steered by human thought': Honda

Japan's Honda said Tuesday it had developed a robot steered by human thought, thanks to a helmet-like device that measures a person's brain activity and sends signals to the machine.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Fashion robot to hit Japan catwalk

Japanese researchers on Monday showed off a robot that will soon strut her stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2 weblog