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iPhone 4S’s Siri Can Tell You Who Your Daddy is… and More
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A lot of people were disappointed when October 4 came and went without the announcement of the iPhone 5. What was unveiled instead was the iPhone 4S, that’s going to be shipping out starting today. While the device might look a lot like the iPhone 4, most similarities end there.… |
October 14th, 2011
Two ChatBots Have a Conversation
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If you’e ever been curious to know if robots would ever be smart enough to have conversations with one another – without so much as a human in the room. We now have our answer – and it’s not looking pretty for either man or machine.… |
August 29th, 2011
Swarmanoid Bots Use Foot, Hand and Eye Coordination
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By all means you’ll want to avoid the Swarmanoid. As the name implies this is a swarm of robotic components that work together like, well like a swarm of bees would.… |
August 17th, 2011
My Hexapod Robot is Smarter than Your Hexapod Robot
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Matt Bunting is a roboticist for the University of Arizona and he built a hexapod robot that uses artificial intelligence programming to learn how to move. In essence, it’s probably the smartest hexapod ‘bot out there.… |
May 22nd, 2011
Robots Start Playing Pool and Hustling Humans
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I used to love playing pool when I was younger. I still do from time-to-time, but not like I did before. Well, if you thought that you were the best at pool, you’d better move along – because soon, pool ‘bots everywhere will start hustling you for your money! The… |
June 17th, 2010
Rock Paper Scissors Glove: Computers Don’T Play Games for Fun, They Play to Win.
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Maker/Problem-solver Steve Hoefer made an Arduino-based glove that can play Rock Paper Scissors. Why? Why the hell not! You think a nerd would pass up the opportunity to play with a computer? The glove has an accelerometer that detects when the user is shaking his fist to signify the beginning… |
March 16th, 2010
Ghost in the Shell: Scientists Working on Programming Morality Into Machines
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Earlier this year, Luís Moniz Pereira of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in Portugal and Ari Saptawijaya of the Universitas Indonesia published a paper describing what they think is a stepping stone to having artificial intelligence that can analyze moral dilemmas and evaluate the consequences of the resolutions to the… |
December 18th, 2009
Darpa Wants Killer Robots That Help Build Themselves. Great. Just Great.
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DARPA‘s Self-Explanation Learning Framework (SELF) program “seeks to construct systems that can participate in their own construction.” Imagine a robot helping build itself. Who or what runs DARPA these days? Are there still humans in there? Things are moving too fast folks. Let’s look at the matchup for a sec:… |
June 13th, 2009
Morals Software for Robots: Life Imitating Asimov
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Asimov concocted the Three Laws of Robotics in 1942 and built many of his stories around these rules. While Asimov benefited greatly from those rules as an artistic concept, giving him ideas to explore, in the future our lives may really depend on robot ethics. Fortunately, a computer science professor… |
May 29th, 2009
Robot Armed With Paintball Gun Chases Down Victims
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The only thing worse than taking a paintball pellet in your ass is when your return fire won’t end up inflicting the same pain on your opponent. That’s what you have to look forward to if you end up going toe-to-toe with this robotic foe. Created by builder Che Edoga… |
March 6th, 2008
