Archives for October 2009

Firefighting Robots

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

These little robots from South Korea are designed to be the first responders inside a burning structure.  As such, they are the eyes and sensors for the human firefighters.  Their job is to help plan a path through the inferno to let the humans safely extinguish the blaze.  In this article from PhysOrg.com, this robot and one other firefighting bot are detailed.  You can click on the links below to see the whole story and also a video of these little machines in action.

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Credit:  Hoya Robot

(PhysOrg.com) — Two South Korean firms have developed mini firefighting robots to help human firefighters safely plan their course of action before entering a blazing building. Hoya Robot has developed a Firefighters Assistance Robot (dubbed a Fire …

South Korea's little firefighting robots (w/ Video) – PhysOrg
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:19:00 GMT

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Robotics Competition Taps Into Cirque du Soleil and Hollywood

October 7, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

FIRST Robotics announced in a press release that the Technical Director of Cirque du Soleil and a noted Hollywood film and TV producer have been added to the game design committee for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition.  This is keeping with their goal of producing “the most spectacular robotics competition in the world.”  Read about the details in the press release at the links below.


Business Wire (press release)

Noted Cirque du Soleil Technical Director and Hollywood Film and TV Producer …
Business Wire (press release)
They are welcome additions to Game Design as we work to develop the most spectacular robotics competition in the world.” Calum Pearson is the Senior …
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Noted Cirque du Soleil Technical Director and Hollywood Film and TV Producer … – Business Wire (press release)
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:09:29 GMT

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Robots That Model the Movements of Schooling Fish

October 1, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

Here is a robot modeled on the movements of fish that travel in schools.  In a story by writer Carrie Melago from the New York Daily News, these robots based on fish are detailed.  What is interesting is that these robots are not really fishbots that swim in the water – they maneuver on dry land.  It is thought that this fish schooling behavior can be modeled by robots in a project to develop safer automobiles.  After all, if you have ever watched schools of fish swimming along, how often to the fish ever have a collision with other fish in the school?  So, this idea may have some merit and a very practical application.  Treat cars traveling on roads like schools of fish to prevent accidents.  And, as you can see from the photo below, these little guys really do resemble the Eve robot from the movie “WALL-E”.  Read the complete story from nydailynews.com  or click on the link below.

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Nissan engineers unveil their 'Eporo' robots in a convoy at a press preview in Yokohama Thursday.

Cool! All-new fish robot
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:47:50 GMT

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