Call 911 For A Rescue Robot Near You
Whether there is a necessity to pull someone from a collapsed building, find a survivor trapped in a pile of debris, locate a lost child, or save victims by putting out a fire, robots will be an intrinsic member of the first responders in the future.
Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan
By JUN HONGO for The Wall Street Journal: Japan’s cabinet office, Kanagawa prefecture and Robot Taxi Inc. on Thursday said they will start experimenting with unmanned taxi service beginning in 2016. The service will be offered for approximately 50 people in Kanagawa prefecture, just south of Tokyo, with the auto-driving car carrying them from their homes to local grocery stores.
According to the project organizers, the cabs will drive a distance of about three kilometers (two miles), and part of the course will be on major avenues in the city. Crew members will be aboard the car during the experiment in case there is a need to avoid accidents.
Robot Taxi Inc., a joint venture between mobile Internet company DeNA Co. and vehicle technology developer ZMP Inc., is aiming to commercialize its driverless transportation service by 2020. The company says it will seek to offer unmanned cabs to users including travelers from overseas and locals in areas where buses and trains are not available. Cont'd...
Bigger, Better, Stronger 6DOF Platforms Using AMC1280USB Controller
From Thanos 6DOF Motion Simulator Electronics blog :
Lately we see more and better DIY 6DOF platforms being build. The community is growing strong and the interest in 6DOF systems is bigger than ever. Its the only way to provide full immersion for motion simulation at the moment, that combined with other new technologies like the oculus rift or fully enclosed detailed cockpits can really make the difference. The times that desktop racers or flight enthusiasts were enjoying their simulation games or training for the real thing is past without return. Even older motion systems that provide 2DOF (seat movers) or 3DOF platforms are now the past, offering too little to the immersion of gaming... ( more projects )
MecklerMedia's Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo Announces Australian Trade Show Venture with Reed Exhibitions' National Manufacturing Week (NMW)
May 11-13, 2016 in Sydney, Australia
ULC Robotics, Inc. Wins Game Changer Award for CISBOT Robotic System
ULCs Robotic Technology for the Repair and Rehabilitation of Cast Iron Gas Mains is Recognized as a Leading Robotics System in Construction, Mining and Energy by Robotics Business Review
Conferences on Sensing for Agriculture and Robotic Vision Among Expanded Topics at SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing
New and emerging sensing technologies with applications as diverse as neurosurgery and crop optimization will be advanced through conferences at SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing in April. The wide-ranging applications demonstrate the continuous growth of technologies such infrared, laser, terahertz, and multi- and hyperspectral imaging into new commercial applications.
littleBits Invents New Way To Play With Debut of Gizmos & Gadgets Kit, Unlocking the Imagination for Amazing Tech-Infused Creations
Themed Kit and Debut of App Provide Roadmap to Invention with 12 Projects that Empower Kids to Create and Hack Their Worlds
Mouser and Imahara Unveil New Driverless Cars Series and Help Drive the Latest Innovations in Autonomous Vehicle Technology
The new Driverless Cars Series is part of the award-winning Empowering Innovation Together program and is available only on Mouser.com.
Vision-Enabled Robot Replaces Four Conventional Flame Treating Robots
Using vision instead of proximity sensors makes it possible for each fixture to handle a wider range of parts.
Era of Drones in Japan and Challenges
In Japan, a few technology experts are calling 2015 "Year One of the Era of the Drone."
Rollon partners with TraceParts to publish its 3D catalogs of linear motion systems
As part of its global sales growth initiative, Rollon teams up with TraceParts to offer online technical data and CAD models to design engineers, wherever they are.
STRATASYS PARTNERS WITh adobe TO bring game-changing color 3d printing to creative professionals
The two companies are joining forces to eliminate the workflow and product barriers that prevent creative professionals from easily transforming their designs into vibrant and durable color 3D printed models.
Commercial UAV Expo Opens Today in Las Vegas
120 exhibitors and over 1500 attendees are expected at SPAR Point Groups First Annual Drone Expo & Conference
Ditto Series 3D Printers Announced by Words and Robotics LLC
Advanced Hot End from B3 Innovations sparks a new 3D Printer at Words and Robotics
Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete
From Alex Churchill:
In the discussion on this site I assemble a Universal Turing Machine from Magic: the Gathering cards.
But doesn't Magic involve the players making lots of choices?
Normally, yes, it does. But occasionally in normal gameplay you get a sequence of three or four events in a row that are forced to happen by the cards and the rules of the game. The machine below just extends this idea to millions of forced choices in a row.
The idea of my Magic Turing machine is that the players do nothing at all, except when the game offers them a choice.
Once the in-game "machine" has started, processing continues without requiring any choices from the players, with one category of exceptions: Some of the cards in the machine say "You may [do X]. If you do, [Y happens]." In these cases, the machine arranges that the players will be able to do X, in precisely one way. It just requires the players to always choose to take the game up on any options they're offered... ( cont'd )
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