Begin Robotics: Test Drive Robots Using Exciting Simulations

Begin Robotics: Test Drive Robots Using Exciting Simulations

We’ve all heard about them, but how many of us know what makes a robot a robot? And can anyone get a robot to do a particular task?

Begin Robotics will introduce you to the basics of robot design through a series of simulations that will have you test driving an Eric – our very own University of Reading mobile robot.

If you’d like to find out more, but are worried that you don’t have Hawking’s…

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Human Thought Can Control This Robot

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The Virtual Embodiment and Robotic Re-embodiment project created a robot controlled by human thought, using magnetic resonance imaging.

Researchers use functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brain of a student as he imagined each individual limb. Scientists mapped out his brain wave patterns, and translated them into commands to make the robot move. The student was then able to control the robot’s movement entirely by thinking about moving.

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‘Realistic’ Robot Legs Mimic Human Movement

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Researchers from the University of Arizona say they have created the most “biologically correct” pair of robot legs ever created, according to a new study,…

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