Self-Organizing Learning and Internal Random Excitation as Mechanisms for Imitation and Imagined Action Execution In a recent video, Pentti Haikonen introduces a compelling new approach to imitation learning—one that does not rely on mirror neurons. Instead, he demonstrates how a…
I’m so glad Sony finally decided to come back to the AI and robotics frontline. As many of my colleagues working in robotics, I was so disappointed 11 years ago when Sony decided to discontinue Aibo and Qrio… Aibo played…
No doubt we need better ways to test for consciousness, as much as we need better definitions. From the point of view of science, Consciousness is a controversial and quite elusive phenomenon and trying to build good tests is actually…
Looks like Boston Dynamics is moving fast from quadripedal locomotion to the outstanding Atlas biped robot. In the Atlas the upper limbs are free and they are effectively used to carry and handle loads, and even opening doors! This new Atlas…
Can robots become conscious? Conscious-Robots.com poll results Back in 2006 I started an online poll published in the frontpage of Conscious-Robots.com (that old authentic machine consciousness site, that I just turned into a 2016 modern posh blog ;-). Over these years…
Robotica 2012: 12th International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions April 11, 2012, Guimarães, Portugal The 12th International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (www.Robotica2012.org/EC) is an international scientific meeting in the field of autonomous robotics, and related…
Season’s Greetings from XCR-1 robot The XCR-1 Robot by Pentti Haikonen performs a “Christmas Present Task” to wish you a happy Xmas!
Gostai releases an Open Source Edition of Urbi (Urbi 2.1 – Open Source AGPL v3) URBI is a software development platform for robotics that supports asynchronous event management and orchestration. URBI also provides software components and interfaces to many robots like…
Microsoft Robotics have recently announced the release of Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3, which is now available for download free of charge More information and direct download is available at RDS official website:http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ Details about this new 2008 R3 version…
Logitech Webcam Pan Tilt Service (PanTiltCam Service) The CRUBOTS Pan Tilt Service for Logitech webcams (PanTiltCam service) is a component to be used with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio to control the pan and tilt functions of a Logitech webcam like…
