Archives for the 'Research' Category
Five Questions for Dean Kamen
Published on 29 Mar 2008 at 12:15 pm.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
The current issue of the IEEE Spectrum Insider has a video interview with Dean Kamen founder of DEKA Research (and inventor of the segway, iBOT, and founder of the FIRST robotics competitions). He answers five questions on the future of robotics, the hype surrounding the segway, and education.
Watch Dean Kamen’s interview here.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Dextre Heralds a New Age in Robotics
Published on 18 Mar 2008 at 9:39 pm.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Research, Robotics, Space, Technology.
During the second spacewalk of the STS-123 mission, the crew began assembling Dextre. Dextre is the newest member of the International Space Station’s Mobile Servicing System, and will act as a repair and construction robot for the ISS’s exterior. Dextre is enormous “standing” or rather floating at 12 feet tall. He has an 8 foot shoulder space [...]
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Matlab Package for LEGO Mindstorms
Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 11:16 pm.
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Filed under Computation, Fun, Intelligent Systems, Lego, NXT, Research, Robotics, Software, Technology.
I recently received a comment on my post on controlling NXT robots with Matlab that pointed me to the RWTH - Mindstorms NXT Toolbox for MATLAB®, which is a public domain Matlab package that enables one to interface with and control LEGO mindstorms.
The RWTH - Mindstorms NXT Toolbox for MATLAB® was developed as a student project in [...]
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NASA Astrobiology Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice (Cycle-5)
Published on 13 Jan 2008 at 1:20 am.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Biology, Exploration, Research, Space.
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Cooperative Agreement Notice (Cycle-5)
The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) announces, through the release of this Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN), an opportunity for the submission of team-based proposals for membership in the Institute. Proposals should clearly articulate an innovative, interdisciplinary, astrobiology research program, together with plans to advance the full scope of NAI objectives [...]
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Sarcos Exoskeletons to be used by Army
Published on 10 Jan 2008 at 4:11 am.
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Filed under Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
Sarcos is a company that specializes in robotic systems. They have been working to develop exoskeletons that will give ordinary people super-human strength. The age of the super-hero and super-villian is upon us!
The video below shows their exoskeleton in action:
