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Humanoid Robot To Fight Fire On BoardThe Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR) was developed by by the Naval Research Laboratory with participation of University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Tech. SAFFiR is to detect and extinguish fire while asking people not to panic. This humanoid robot is able to see through smoke and understand human voice and other communication, thus being capable to follow the leader commands as well as work independently. SAFFiR prototype will be tested in a safe environment aboard in September 2013.
Honda Asimo Humanoid Waiter
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Future Robot Playing The ViolinROBOTICS Nanotechnology To Provide Immortality To Cells
Author and futurist Ray Kurzweil is sure that by 2050 anyone could have their cells repaired by nano-machines flowing through the body. Thus, the damaged and aged cells could be mended as well as organs can be re-grown and memory temporarily saved in back-up units and then transmitted back into a healed brain. Of course, the tiny robots are to be held under control not to replicate endlessly until the body rips from the inside.
Real Life Robotic Mecha SuitA Japanese group called Suidobashi Heavy Industry has created an operational mecha suite named “Vaudeville”. This 4,500 kg metallic mechanical suit uses both existing soft- and hard-wear and contains a human pilot capsule. The mechanism is guided by an Xbox Kinect motion tracking system and utilizes a smartphone to interpret the human movements and send commands to mecha’s limbs and muscles. The creators plan to include optional water-pistols into the contraption design.
Unique Successful Hydrogen Fueled Underwater RobotThe robot nicknamed Robojelly due to its jellyfish like form and type of movement was created by the US scientists headed by Dr. Tadesse, from the University of Texas at Dallas. This is the first underwater robot known to use the external hydrogen for its power. The robot’s artificial muscles made of shape memory alloys are acting as the muscles in the jellyfish bell: first they contract ejecting the water and propelling the creature forward, then, they relax, regaining the original shape. The robotic ‘muscles’ have been wrapped in carbon nanotubes, and coated with platinum black powder producing a series of reactions between the water oxygen and hydrogen and the mentioned platinum. As an outcome of those reactions there’s some heat produced and used to reshape the muscles.
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