“At first, I started to make human-like robotic parts that attached with household appliances.” explains Dr. Hirotaka Osawa, a visiting researcher in the National Institute of Informatics and Keio University. “I transforms an object into an agent using attachable human-like ‘eye’, ‘arm’, ‘mouth’, and ‘skin’ devices.” The (faux) human body parts are attached to mechanical […]
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Electronic Rock em Sock em Robots
This video documents the successful attempt to modernize, with electronics, a somewhat beloved mechanical toy:
Threat assessment: robo cars & toasters
Which kind of robot will be the first to arise and smite us? A study called Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile suggests we keep an eye on the family car. The paper, written by Karl Koscher and a team of 10 other researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California […]