This fully automatic cleaner has a self-contained filtration system so it will not clog up your pump and filter. Since it filters the water as well as cleans your pool, it can also cut chemical costs and electricity expense. Just drop this robotic dynamo into your pool, plug it in, and away it goes - cleaning the pool floor with no hoses to connect or wrestle with! The Robo Kleen automatic robotic swimming pool cleaner utilizes its own internal computer to clean any above-ground pool, and then shuts itself off when the job is done.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Robot shows how to solve Rubiks Cube
A puzzle-solving robot is set to take visitors to the British Toy Fair back to the future.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNAnUygqOYc
The Robotic Chair is an apparently practical and generic wooden chair with the unique capacity to fall apart and put itself back together. This chair has the familiar form of those used to furnish schoolrooms. Yet it is not like any other chair. It is a chair with an obsession: it is perpetually falling apart and getting back together. Behind the chair´s veneer of wood is a custom robot designed to locate its other chair components and reassemble itself. For no apparent reason the chair will fall apart and crash to the floor. It then transforms into a robot and begins to step off any parts it may have fallen on top of. Once clear, the robot is able to drive about the floor in search of its parts. The chair sees through an external camera and is able to locate its legs and back. Once located it docks with its parts and secures them in place. When all the components are attached the chair stands up and the cycle begins again.
The Robotic Chairs obsession with falling apart and putting itself back together is an insistence of its constancy, its coherence, its identity, and its trust-worthiness, in a word, its object-hood. As a work of art, The Robotic Chair expands the sense of real space and real time in which objects are experienced. It reconciles technology and art before the viewers eyes.
Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZcSX4_b3Wo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlXh8RvvcuI
Toyota Violinist Robot
Toyota shows off a violin playing robot and a two-wheeled human transporter -- the latest products of its robots program that seeks to develop a practical human assistance robot by the early part of the 2010s.
Vision for technology in K-12 Education
Share our vision and be inspired by the possibilities of how technology could be used in K-12 education in the coming years. Microsoft technologies can help deliver a seamless flow between lifestyle and learning and new ways to connect and collaborate. Some of what is shown is already possible.
Nao Robot
Nao is the most used humanoid robot for academic purposes worldwide. Aldebaran Robotics has chosen to make Nao's technology available to any higher education program.
Fully interactive, fun and permanently evolving, Nao is a standard platform for teaching students of all levels.
Complete with a user-friendly programming environment, students and teachers can use at any programming level. It is really easy to start working on NAO, and our educational kits will get you teaching with NAO in no time !
From simple visual programming to elaborate embedded modules, the versatility of Nao and his programming environment enables users to explore a wide variety of subjects at whatever level of programming complexity and experience.
In order to further democratize innovative academic tools such as NAO, we have a large product range to match with customers’ budget constraints and market needs: our price list stretches from 1,000€ to 12,000€ (VAT excluded).
Robot Archer iCub
Humanoid robot iCub learns the skill of archery.
After being instructed how to hold the bow and release the arrow, the robot learns by itself to aim and shoot arrows at the target. It learns to hit the center of the target in only 8 trials.
The learning algorithm, called ARCHER (Augmented Reward Chained Regression) algorithm, was developed and optimized specifically for problems like the archery training, which have a smooth solution space and prior knowledge about the goal to be achieved. In the case of archery, we know that hitting the center corresponds to the maximum reward we can get. Using this prior information about the task, we can view the position of the arrow's tip as an augmented reward. ARCHER uses a chained local regression process that iteratively estimates new policy parameters which have a greater probability of leading to the achievement of the goal of the task, based on the experience so far. An advantage of ARCHER over other learning algorithms is that it makes use of richer feedback information about the result of a rollout.
For the archery training, the ARCHER algorithm is used to modulate and coordinate the motion of the two hands, while an inverse kinematics controller is used for the motion of the arms. After every rollout, the image processing part recognizes automatically where the arrow hits the target which is then sent as feedback to the ARCHER algorithm. The image recognition is based on Gaussian Mixture Models for color-based detection of the target and the arrow's tip.
The experiments are performed on a 53-DOF humanoid robot iCub. The distance between the robot and the target is 3.5m, and the height of the robot is 104cm.
This research will be presented at the Humanoids 2010 conference in December 2010 in USA.
After being instructed how to hold the bow and release the arrow, the robot learns by itself to aim and shoot arrows at the target. It learns to hit the center of the target in only 8 trials.
The learning algorithm, called ARCHER (Augmented Reward Chained Regression) algorithm, was developed and optimized specifically for problems like the archery training, which have a smooth solution space and prior knowledge about the goal to be achieved. In the case of archery, we know that hitting the center corresponds to the maximum reward we can get. Using this prior information about the task, we can view the position of the arrow's tip as an augmented reward. ARCHER uses a chained local regression process that iteratively estimates new policy parameters which have a greater probability of leading to the achievement of the goal of the task, based on the experience so far. An advantage of ARCHER over other learning algorithms is that it makes use of richer feedback information about the result of a rollout.
For the archery training, the ARCHER algorithm is used to modulate and coordinate the motion of the two hands, while an inverse kinematics controller is used for the motion of the arms. After every rollout, the image processing part recognizes automatically where the arrow hits the target which is then sent as feedback to the ARCHER algorithm. The image recognition is based on Gaussian Mixture Models for color-based detection of the target and the arrow's tip.
The experiments are performed on a 53-DOF humanoid robot iCub. The distance between the robot and the target is 3.5m, and the height of the robot is 104cm.
This research will be presented at the Humanoids 2010 conference in December 2010 in USA.
Rotundus GroundBot
What is GroundBot™?
• GroundBot™ is a robotic mobile platform that hosts cameras and sensors.
• This robust, lightweight, sealed sphere boasts impressive off-road performance. It also moves virtually silently.
• GroundBot™ can be remote controlled by hand or programmed to navigate by GPS.
• Augmented Reality User Interface is highly intuitive, boosting operator alertness and ensures full control.
What are the advantages?
• Weighing just 25 kg, GroundBot™ won’t get stuck in sand, mud or snow.
• All cameras/sensors and mechanics are protected inside the sealed sphere.
• GroundBot™ is efficient and can run up to 10 km/h (6 mph) - without making a sound.
• GroundBot™ can operate for 8-16 hours depending on mission profile
Where can GroundBot™ be used?
GroundBot™ helps increase security and cuts costs at places such as –
• Airports
• Harbors
• Power plants
• Warehouses
• Perimeter protection
• Border security
Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_mwmsRKwo
http://rotundus.se/
Where can GroundBot™ be used?
GroundBot™ helps increase security and cuts costs at places such as –
• Airports
• Harbors
• Power plants
• Warehouses
• Perimeter protection
• Border security
Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_mwmsRKwo
http://rotundus.se/
Clean Sweep: An Autonomous Table-cleaning Robot -- GS, 2005
The robot has been programmed to seek out objects (cups) while roaming around a table. Once an object is spotted, the robot moves forward and grabs the object with a Gripper. It then searches for the edge of the table, where it drops the unwanted object to the ground. A piezo buzzer mimics the sound of the falling object. The robot is triggered to start moving by shading a photoresistor.
An onboard wireless video camera records the action from the robot's point of view. Both the human view and the robot view are shown in the video.
Robodyssey Systems manufactures the Mouse robot, Gripper, and RAMB II motherboard you see here. The robot's brain is NetMedia's BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language.
An onboard wireless video camera records the action from the robot's point of view. Both the human view and the robot view are shown in the video.
Robodyssey Systems manufactures the Mouse robot, Gripper, and RAMB II motherboard you see here. The robot's brain is NetMedia's BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language.
Children's Hospital School
The e-Learning Foundation provided the Dyalysis Unit at the Children's Hospital School (Great Ormond Street Hospital) with a number of laptop computers so that the children aren't missing out on their schoolwork while they are having their treatment.
Air Jordan 2009
The all new AIR JORDAN 2009 shoe is born from the inspiration of Michael Jordan’s unstoppable will. When Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, he was driven to practice harder and longer and earned a spot on an All-American Team his senior year. When critics scoffed at his return from retirement in 1995, Jordan quieted his opponents by leading the Bulls to their second Championship three-peat. Jordan does not back down from challenges – he rises.
Pioneered from this philosophy, AIR JORDAN returns and presents the world with the answer to the Jordan Brand’s challenge of creating the most original basketball shoe on the planet. The AIR JORDAN 2009 honors the franchise’s tradition of innovation through its cutting-edge technology features. The shoe introduces Articulated Propulsion Technology (APT), a revolutionary heel system inspired by the carbon fiber prosthetics used by Paralympians and developed to allow an explosive forward movement. The heel is also split, which ensures superior responsiveness by keeping at least one half of the heel in contact with the ground at all times.
The polished design of the AIR JORDAN 2009 shoe complements its performance elements and overall engineering. The design technique of blown glass inspired the TPU (Thermo Plastic Urethane) chassis on the outsole. Using this method, each shoe is individually unique and guarantees the ultimate limited edition experience: a one-of-one collection. In addition, the AIR JORDAN 2009 flaunts polishable panache leather on the upper, a nod to the franchise’s trademark elegance. The AIR JORDAN 2009 continues Jordan Brand’s forward-thinking respect for the environment with the launch of its second Considered Design shoe. Designed under the Considered Design ethos of combining sustainability with performance and innovation, the shoe seeks to reduce waste and allow for the use of environmentally-preferred materials – without compromising athletic performance. The Considered Design ethos is one of several company-wide corporate responsibility targets that NIKE, Inc. has implemented to sustain long-term growth and innovation.
Sources: http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/aj2009/
http://www.nicekicks.com/2008/11/air-jordan-2009-first-look/
http://very-exclusive-gadgets.tp2p.com/content/air-jordan-2009
PROJEK INDIVIDU (KOTAK MUZIK)
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Projek ini adalah sebahagian dari tugasan dalam kursus GGGE 2123 Teknologi dan Inovasi Dalam Pendidikan. Projek ini juga merupakan projek individu yang akan dinilai oleh pensyarah kursus ini. Saya telah memilih untuk membuat projek ini kerana para guru boleh menggunakan kotak muzik ini untuk mengajar subjek Pendidikan Muzik kepada para pelajar. Kotak muzik ini juga boleh dijadikan sebagai alat bantu mengajar kepada pelajar-pelajar kurang upaya (seperti hilang daya pendengaran) kerana ianya dapat dimainkan dengan menggoncang kotak muzik tersebut untuk menghasilkan bunyi. Ianya juga diperbuat daripada kotak minuman dan tidak menelan belanja yang mahal. |
ASSISTED WALKING COURTESY OF HONDA’S NEW ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY
Syarikat pengeluar kereta Jepun, iaitu Honda telahpun berjaya mencipta sebuah alat untuk membantu manusia berjalan kaki terutamanya apabila menaiki tangga atau berjalan untuk jarak yang sangat jauh. Untuk membuktikan teknologi ini, Honda mempamerkan video pekerja berjalan dengan memakai alat tersebut. Mampu membantu pemakainya berjalan menaiki tangga dengan keadaan postur badan yang menegak. Jurutera Honda Jun Ashihara menerangkan bahawa alat ini sangat berguna bagi orang yang banyak berdiri sepanjang hari dan juga mereka yang selalu membuat kerja-kerja penghantaran yang memerlukan mereka bergerak dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Teknologi ini dilengkapi dengan komputer on-board, motor, gears, bateri, dan sensor yang terletak di dalam alat ini. Ianya direka untuk merespon gerakan si pemakai dengan menolak ke atas pada langkah-langkah untuk memberikan momentum kuasa. Ketika berdiri tegak, alat ini sama menggalakkan pemakai untuk mengukuhkan kesatbilan postur badan.
GROUNDBOT ROBOT
Sebuah robot yang dapat membantu orang kurang upaya ataupun golongan tua untuk menguruskan aktiviti seharian. Sebuah robot pemantauan yang tampak seperti bola boleh berjalan di atas permukaan yang tidak rata dan jauh lebih baik daripada robot-robot canggih yang dicipta sebelum ini. Ini adalah contoh teknologi yang dibangunkan oleh syarikat dan penyelidik dalam Robot Valley. Robot Valley dibentuk lima tahun yang lalu dengan bantuan Vinn Growth Funding dari agensi kerajaan Vinnova. Projek ini akan berlangsung sehingga 2013 dengan tujuan mencipta 30 produk baru dan 30 wilayah operasi baru atau syarikat dalam bidang robotik. Tahun ini diperuntukkan Robot Valley sebuah MSEK tambahan 24.6 oleh European Regional Development Fund untuk membantu memperluaskan operasi. Hal ini akan membantu menghasilkan sekurang-kurangnya lima produk baru dan lima operasi baru atau syarikat selama tempoh masa pembiayaan sehingga tahun 2010.
SAIC (SHANGHAI AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY CORPORATION) LEAF FUTURE TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY DESIGN 2010
FROOT PC DELL
Pereka industri Paulina Carlos memperkenalkan konsep Froot PC Dell yang tidak menggunakan papan kekunci dan monitor secara fizikal, tetapi melalui projektor. Kebiasaannya, kita menggunakan monitor dan USB keyboard, tetapi melalui teknologi ini, pengguna hanya memerlukan projektor iaitu sebuah alat yang berbentuk bonggol yang akan memancarkan paparan skrin pada dinding atau kawasan yang rata. Pengguna juga tidak memerlukan lagi papan kekunci secara fizikal, tetapi ianya hadir di dalam bentuk maya iaitu pada meja pengguna. Teknologi Froot PC Dell ini juga mempunyai bahagian-bahagian yang mempunyai fungsi tersendiri. Contohnya, di sebelah kiri alat ini terletak kedudukan tempat untuk sambungan USB dan sebagainya. Di sebelah kanan pula terdapat tempat untuk memainkan DVD drive. Jika produk ini dipasarkan, Paulina Carlos akan memastikan bahawa ianya akan diperbuat daripada bahan-bahan kitar semula seperti polimer. Alat ini juga akan mengurangkan pembuangan bahan-bahan seperti komputer lama jika kita tidak memerlukan lagi komputer tersebut.
TROU HOLOGRAM MOBILE PHONE
Idea ini lahir daripada imaginasi Mac Funamizu, iaitu seorang pereka gajet atau peralatan moden (freelance designer). Beliau membayangkan bahawa kita sudah boleh mencapai tahap penggunaan teknologi smartphone bertahap 3-dimensi (3D). Pengguna Smartphone di masa akan datang tidak perlu menggunakan skrin lagi, tetapi boleh menggunakan smartphone Trou Hologram Mobile Phone yang berasaskan 3D hologram yang dipancarkan pada ruang kosong skrin paparan. Projektor kecil garis permukaan bahagian dalam berongga memperkenalkan pelbagai aspek teknologi yang penting terhadap penciptaan gajet ini. Syarikat pengeluar barangan berteknologi tinggi iaitu Sharp telahpun melancarkan teknologi 3D panel, yang hanya sesuai untuk paparan kecil seperti dalam telefon dan game konsol portabel, pada bulan April tahun ini (2010). Telefon bimbit elektronik yang membolehkan pengguna melihat gambar 3D tanpa kacamata khusus telah wujud sebelum ini kerana orang cenderung untuk melihat paparan dari jarak tetap dan sudut pada peranti peribadi, sehingga teknologi masa kini tidak terlalu sukar untuk menawarkan fungsi 3D (3-dimensi).
Monday, September 27, 2010
Should Ministry of Education consider making Information and Technology subject an official examination?
Education for students should include from the very basic knowledge and also knowledge that is required in our recent times, for example, the knowledge of information and technology. The benefit of learning this subject is for students to master basic computer skills to prepare them with necessities of using computer later when they further studies in tertiary level and also working environment. As a matter of fact, Information and Technology is seen as one of the requirements in developing holistic skills. Should Ministry of Education include this subject in the official examination? (e.g UPSR, PMR, SPM, STPM). Here are my thoughts on why the government should approve Information and Technology as one of the compulsory subject in official exam.
1) Students may develop their ongoing skills on computer knowledge
2) It will develop student's awareness on the importance of having adequate skills in IT
3) Students will be prepared with sufficient computer skills when they reach higher level education.
4) Students are able to express their creativity through learning this subject
5) Students are also able to develop their competitiveness with other students
With your thoughts, give your opinion on this issue.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
How technology ensure the flowing of student's creativity
Nowadays, students are already occupied with the presence of techonology in their studies. For example, there are slots in the school schedule where students will learn about information and technology. The question is, to what extent does this information and technology class will enhance student's creativity in expanding their critical thinking?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Should Ministry of Education consider making Information and Technology subject an official examination?
Education for students should include from the very basic knowledge and also knowledge that is required in our recent times, for example, the knowledge of information and technology. The benefit of learning this subject is for students to master basic computer skills to prepare them with necessities of using computer later when they further studies in tertiary level and also working environment. As a matter of fact, Information and Technology is seen as one of the requirements in developing holistic skills. Should Ministry of Education include this subject in the official examination? (e.g UPSR, PMR, SPM, STPM). Here are my thoughts on why the government should approve Information and Technology as one of the compulsory subject in official exam.
1) Students may develop their ongoing skills on computer knowledge
2) It will develop student's awareness on the importance of having adequate skills in IT
3) Students will be prepared with sufficient computer skills when they reach higher level education.
4) Students are able to express their creativity through learning this subject
5) Students are also able to develop their competitiveness with other students
With your thoughts, give your opinion on this issue.
1) Students may develop their ongoing skills on computer knowledge
2) It will develop student's awareness on the importance of having adequate skills in IT
3) Students will be prepared with sufficient computer skills when they reach higher level education.
4) Students are able to express their creativity through learning this subject
5) Students are also able to develop their competitiveness with other students
With your thoughts, give your opinion on this issue.
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