Category: Blog Post
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Annotated photos of Robotworld
I have organised some of my photos from Robotworld in Korea (October 28-31, 2010) into three categories: entertainment robots, service robots and industrial robots. These categories are somewhat loose. I have annotated the photos with company names and weblinks where I have been able to trace them down.
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Impressions of Robotworld, Seoul 2010
Which robots will be culturally and economically viable? There is no easy answer to this question. Wandering around Robotworld for three days gave only some indications.
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Media on tumblr
I’m posting some images from Seoul ARSO2010 (advanced robotics social impacts) on my tumblr page: chrischesher.tumblr.com
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Seoul view
View from Hotel Victoria in Seoul. My first visit here.
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Following Robot
This clip shows a prototype robot from an early stage of the collaboration between Paul Gazzola and Paul Granjon at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. This simple robot could follow a line formed by a line of plastic tape stuck to the ground.
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Virtuosabots: all-singing, all-dancing robots
The HRP-4, ‘Diva-Bot’ robot singer, which premiered at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show in October 2010, is another in a series of virtuosabots. Virtuosabots deliver uncannily human performances, always mimicking a prized human talent: trumpet playing, violin playing or dancing to Bolero.
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Kismet and robotic expression
Kismet was an early robotic research project at MIT Media Lab that helped draw popular attention to the possibility of expressive communication between robots and people.
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Beers in the bathroom
Hanging in the upstairs men’s toilet is a poster that lays out a ‘Periodic Table of Beers’. This delicious combination of scientific iconography, postgraduate irreverence and well-researched information really suits the style of the ACFR.
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Optimising Mars Rovering
At the ACFR there are regular presentations from visitors, academics and students. The first I saw was from Swiss engineer Franziska Ullrich, who presented work she had done to design an optimal Mars Rover that could take on the hostile, rocky, alien environment of an exhibit at the Powerhouse Museum.