Gourt > Computers > Robotics > Robots (8)
A robot is a type of device.
Robot can also refer to:
- Traffic light, in South African English
- Guided missile, in Swedish
- Robot (camera), a German camera manufacturing firm.
- Internet bot, an automated software program used on the Internet
- Robot (dance), popularized by The Jackson 5 for "Dancing Machine"
- Robot Patent, a 1771 serf labor reform enacted by Maria Theresa of Austria
- Robot (Doctor Who), a 1974–1975 (Season 12) serial featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor
- Robot (manga)
Gartner Revises Server Share Numbers
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:24 -0400
Gartner revised its first quarter numbers and found that IBM actually beat out Hewlett-Packard in server revenue....
Who Is Running The Most Secure Browser?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:13 -0400
Many users are undoubtedly not updating their browsers as quickly as they should, but you can't conclude any specifics about that from the recent study of Google logs....
DOJ Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:34 -0400
Civil liberties groups claim the Justice Department is bypassing warrants to obtain real-time tracking information on U.S. citizens....
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Strikes Back
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:53 -0400
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 security builds on the Phishing Filter of IE 7 and thwarts cross-site scripting....
IBM Helps Link POS to the Back Office
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:50:30 -0400
IBM and Epicor jointly release an offering that centrally manages and supports POS....
The Seattle Times: Business & Technology
Pack the plastic; Alaska Airlines goes cashless
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:17 -0700
Alaska Airlines will no longer accept cash for in-flight purchases.
Pocket Armrest seeks to become the next neck pillow
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:09:44 -0700
Serial entrepreneur Matt Mostad, of Kenmore, comes up with an idea for traveler's aide while sitting in a cramped airplane seat.
Chevrolet may introduce a mini to U.S.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:00 -0700
General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet minicar for the U.S. as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars that is linked to high gas prices, a spokesman said Thursday.
NYT > Technology
Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:11 -0000
The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home page.
Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:23 -0000
The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.
Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:43:10 -0000
A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.
CNN.com - Technology
Stealing ideas from nature
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:01:21 -0400
When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her a household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:23:49 -0400
Read full story for latest details.
Tunguska blast still a mystery 100 years on
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:51 -0400
It produced a blast hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb, was seen hundreds of miles away and narrowly missed obliterating an entire city -- but 100 years to the week after the mysterious explosion in Siberia, no one is any closer to understanding what caused it.
NPR Topics: Technology
We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:00 -0400
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 -0400
Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It's a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan.
Free Speech In China? Text Me
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400
Hundreds of millions of people in China have cell phones, and with no voice mail, many turn to text messaging to make sure their messages get conveyed. Texting remains one of the few outlets for free speech in a country notorious for its censorship practices.
BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Google 'faces Street View block'
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:56:34 -0000
Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.
Warning letters to 'file-sharers'
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0000
The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.
Google must divulge YouTube log
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:53 -0000
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court.
Reuters Video: Technology
Japan asks: anybody out there?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:00 -0400
Jul. 4 - Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for a fresh quest to find out if there is life in outer space.
Reuters Technology Week
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:52:38 -0400
Jul. 3 - The robo-bartender, virtual haute couture, and global leaders ride hydrogen style.
Robo barman pulls first pint
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:03:25 -0400
Jul. 3 - Billed as the world's first robot barman, Mr Asahi pulls the crowds at London's Selfridges department store.
AP Top Technology News At 6:44 p.m. EDT
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
By ANICK JESDANUN Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:52:13 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when....
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:44:12 -0000
DOVER, N.Y. (AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said....
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:41 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own....
CNET News.com
Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:52:00 -0700
Fourth-ranked search engine completes its acquisition of the parent company of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
1 euro eBay baby goes home
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:37:00 -0700
Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
VeriSign names interim CEO
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:00 -0700
Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.
Alice - A miniature, autonomous robot powered by watch motors, watch batteries and a PIC microcontroller.
ARGO Project - A Linux based, autonomous robotic car developed by researchers at the University of Parma in Italy. Site is in Italian and English.
Aryan: An Interactive Robot Face - An interactive robot face constructed from scratch for research in social human-robot interaction, that can track people and interpret facial expressions.
ASIMO - Official home page of Honda's Humanoid Robot. Site includes a history of the robotics, photos, technology descriptions, and event information.
Meta Description: [ Honda Worldwide - Visit the official Honda global web site and find information on all Honda Motor and its subsidiaries and affiliates. ]
Boilerplate - A fictional Victorian-era robot created as a hoax. Site include a wealth of humorous historical photos and fictional accounts of the robot's exploits in World War I.
COG - A humanoid robot that attempts to approximate the sensory and motor dynamics of the upper human body, used by MIT to study human robot interactions.
Meta Description: [ MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Humanoid Robotics Group -- Cog project ]
HERMES - A humanoid service robot developed by Bundeswehr University in Munich, Germany. The robot is able to explore unknown environments and perform transportation and manipulation tasks in human-populated areas.
Homer - An autonomous robotic project designed to explore its surroundings with a 360 degrees field of vision. Site includes photographs, sub-system descriptions and parts lists.
Inkha - Home of Inkha, a robotic head capable of tracking objects visually and emulating human facial expressions and reactions. Site includes software and hardware architecture descriptions, photos, videos, and an events schedule.
Meta Description: [ Inkha is a reactive robotic head assembly ]
Kismet - A Robot designed to assist research into social interactions between robots and humans. Site has a publications list, photographs and videos, a research framework analysis and biographies of the project researchers.
MARVIN - An Autonomously Operating Flying Robot - Photographs, papers, a system overview, and press materials covering MARVIN the Multi-purpose Aerial Robot Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation. Site has details on its participation the annual International Aerial Robotics Competition.
Meta Description: [ An der TU Berlin wird MARVIN, der Nachfolger des Flugroboters TUBROB, für die Teilnahme am IARC 1998 vorbereitet. ]
NASA Robonaut Program - A NASA/DARPA research project that seeks to develop and demonstrate a robotic system that can function as an EVA astronaut equivalent. Site includes a subsystems list, a materials list, descriptions of the analysis tools and videos.
NEC PaPeRo Personal Robot - A prototype research robot designed to live with humans at home as a partner. The robot can recognize faces and navigate a typical home.
Omnibot - Information on the entire line of this robot including details on getting service and parts.
Meta Description: [ This site is here for information on Omnibot Family robots. Service and Parts can also be found here. ]
PalmBot - A small, autonomous robot controlled by a Palm Pilot computer. Site has photographs of the robot, a materials list, and assembly instructions with pictures.
Meta Description: [ PalmBot ]
Phoenix Mobile Experimental Platform - A mobile autonomous robot platform designed for experimenting with CAROL which stands for Camera Based Adaptive Robot Navigation and Learning.
Robot de Neuro - A robot developed at Mechatronic Research Systems in Switzerland as part of a research program into neural network based visual guidance and navigation. Site contains several papers describing the vision recognition system in detail.
Shrimp - High-mobility rover with extended climbing abilities with pictures, MPEG videos, and a list of publications.
The Official Stiquito Webpage - Information about the Stiquito Robot including how it works, and where you can purchase Stiquito books, kits, and supplies.
Meta Description: [ Stiquito is a small, simple, and inexpensive six-legged robot that has been used as a research platform and to teach science in primary, secondary, and high school curricula. This site contains information about Stiquito, its uses, and where to purchase S ]
ZaurBot - Tread driven robot based on the Sharp Zaurus PDA with photographs.
Zaza - Zaza the autonomous Tech Museum robot with photographs, media coverage, maps of the museum, and technical information.
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