Raytheon XOS 2 Exoskeleton : robots that provide additional strength to the army

If HAL was created to give power to people who have limitations, Raytheon XOS Exoskeleton 2 was created to help the American soldiers on the battlefield. Just like HAL, XOS 2 is a robot that imposed on a person's body that can provide significant additional strength to the person.

XOS 2 is the development of the previous series in which this new series has a lighter weight and more flexible than ever before. XOS 2 can be very helpful in battlefields ranging from helping a soldier lifted the missile to lift faster and more efficient logistics.

With the robot clothing XOS 2, the energy released is only about 50% only compared without these 2 XOS.

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BigDog - The Most Advanced Rought Terrain Robot on Earth

Many robots are created to help the soldiers carry very heavy luggage and one that is promising is the BigDog is made by Boston Dynamics. As the name implies, this robot is made to the shape of the foot that resembles a large dog leg and it does look weird but BigDog can walk with a speed of 4 mph (6.5 km / h) and can carry about 170 kg.

BigDog can walk uphill with a tilt angle to 35 degrees and could walk almost in all fields of snow to the water first. BigDog itself has a length of about 90 cm, height 60 cm and weighs 120 kg.
See his video, cool design, although it is rather strange.

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Roommates : Robot can prepare and serve breakfast

Rommates is a robot output from the Technical University of Munich, German whose job is to help home activities like cooking. This robot is equipped with a Kinect to see three-dimensional objects that are not wrong in taking or dropping food or pot. If you ask, the robot is indeed able to cook but who is shopping? So the answer is also in charge of robot James to buy food at the supermarket. 

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HAL : Carrying a paralysed man up a mountain

 

HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is a robot outfit (Exoskeleton) that can increase the power of man to be 10x. Robot clothes made ​​by this Cyberdine strength will be tested by climbing the mountain of Mont Saint Michel in France.

Of course that will not only climb so it sounds too good to show the strength of this HAL, the climbers will climb the mountain is by holding a man named Seiji Uchida (49 years) who had been paralyzed leg. HAL has so far already being produced but mostly leased to the hospital to help people who have problems berjala. Exoskeleton technology is certainly very helpful in the future, try if all the workers at the port of wear, certainly they do not work too hard.

 

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Soinn : Robot that can learn, Think and act by itself

 

A new era of robotic technology being developed by Hasegawa Group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Called by SOINN (Self-Organizing Incremental Neural Network), a robot this one already has the "brains" and allowed him to learn, think and react themselves.

In the demo, the robot is told to pour water into the glass, making the water turns cold and diberika to someone. The robot was programmed and will be a problem when the environment changes. This is where SOINN demonstrating how all the orders done in accordance with existing conditions. If at any time the SOINN do not know how to do something, just like us lately, SOINN will find information on the Internet. If the SOINN really do not know how to accomplish a given task then SOINN will speak that he did not know how. Simply SOINN expected to think like a man that can do everything with the existing situation and conditions.

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Aimec, Can Substitute Kids at Home

Do not have children or pets are not husband and wife agreed to make the original of this English disappointed. With a background as a toy manufacturer, Tonny Ellies and his wife, Judie and then created a robot that plays home to be 'child' them. "Meet the 21st century family," said 54-year-old man as he patted shoulders Aimec robot.  

Yes, Aimec is a robot child with a high around 120 cm. Aimec or Artficially Intelligent Electronic Mechanical Companion 3 This was created with an attitude like a man. In fact, it is smart enough to make jokes, snoring during sleep and stretched when the current rise. 

Not only that, the robot is connected to the Internet through wireless connectivity that makes it all possible to find things that do not receive it. It is also linked to household appliances to be able to light the television, lights and all other electronic items. 

In addition to be able to detect sound, Aimec with an eye capable of running on wheels suitable map or following someone home. Ellis who has been creating mechanical and digital toys that have been enjoyed by millions of children around the world are hoping Aimec prototype could be the first commercial robot affordable and useful at home. 


"Ten years every home will have a robot. They will help cut the grass, cooking, cleaning the house and other jobs," he says robots Ellies closing will be available in stores with prices around USD 256.

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Fish Robot is ready to track ocean pollution

A flock of advanced robots ready to roam the oceans to detect pollution. It's just that their makers may have to be vigilant so that this expensive robot was arrested the fishermen because of its form like a fish. Robot fish created by researchers in England and will be deployed in Spanish waters.

With a length of 1.5 meters, the robot equipped with detectors to identify sources of marine pollution, such as oil tankers or chemicals in the waters. Price robots about 20,000 pounds per unit.

The robot can operate autonomously and is designed to explore the oceans over the past few months. It takes about 3 years for researchers at Essex University for making it.

Huosheng Professor Hu as one of the managers stated that the robot is expected to prevent the spread of pollution by tracking the source. If the trials succeed, the robot will be deployed in various parts of the world to conduct mission ready sama.Sekawanan sophisticated robots roam the oceans to detect pollution. It's just that their makers may have to be vigilant so that this expensive robot was arrested the fishermen because of its form like a fish.

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REEM-H2 Humanoid service robot

Reem-H2 is a PAL Robotics robots from the duty to serve humans in a variety of purposes such as giving information on the mall or at the hospital. Robot Reem-H2 has a touch screen that displays the information needed by anyone and there is a voice and face recognition features.

Reem-H2 can also be assigned as a delivery when required, it's just not too much luggage. Reem-H2 has a 1.70 m high and weighs 90 kg and there are many sensors such as microphones, stereo cameras, lasers, ultrasounds, accelerometers and gyroscopes.

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'Walking Truck' Legged Vehicle

Because of the limitations of the wheels that are only effective on flat surfaces and with the intention of working the system mimics the human foot that can run on any terrain, made ​​project-legged vehicle.

In 1960, General Electric and Ralph Mosher build a 3000-pound, four-legged robot, dubbed the "Walking Truck." Although never seen, you can still check out the fantastic footage of this vehicle.

Sponsored by the military, many-legged vehicles spend a lot of money and so far that can be made is "Walking Truck". a vehicle that is very hard to control, not to mention the speed is very slow rate.

Walking Truck is currently in the U.S. Army Transport Museum in Newport News, Virginia. You can learn more about the mechanism of retro and see more fantastic photos at the Center for Cybernetics and David Buckley.

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