Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Forums › Gadgets, robotics, home automation, electronics (including wearables) › not so popular subject yet?
Shin

274 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 4


#17360 22-Nov-2007 23:44
Send private message

hi,

i'm working with MiroSot to develop realtime colour object recognition algorithms.

i just want to know is there anyone interested in these area.

cheers

Shin

Create new topic
bishopdante
1 post

Wannabe Geek


  #99164 10-Dec-2007 02:15
Send private message

well, robotics actually applies pretty much to a specific field of autonomy, all robots share the features of a mechanical, movable structure under some form of autonomous control. The structure of a robot is usually mostly mechanical and can be called a kinematic chain (its functionality being akin to the skeleton of the human body). The chain is formed of links (its bones), actuators (its muscles) and joints which can allow one or more degrees of freedom. Most contemporary robots use open serial chains in which each link connects the one before to the one after it.

Mechatronics is where it's at today. Inkjet printers, manufacturing arms, washing machines, etc. We just don't have the semantic frameworks or languages to really do robots properly... yet.

The sort of autonomy which signifies a real robot is at least 5 to 10 years away for mass market deployment. The ability to self-programme is the real key, and for that you need some very mature code. I get the feeling that the robots of the future will write their own Java. This will mean that their character is written in a higher level API of some sort.

Do the US military have this stuff? Hell yeah. Is it armed? Damn right. Yes, today the only real robots are Skynet, Cyberdyne systems, Terminator.

Bit of a worry eh.



tonyhughes
Hawkes Bay
8476 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6

Retired Mod
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #99183 10-Dec-2007 08:04
Send private message

bishopdante: [Python sketch in sig]

Signature of the month!! :-)







Create new topic








Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.


Updates »

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.








RSS feeds
Main feed
Forums feed
Copyright
©2002-2026 Geekzone®
Site features
Geekzone BI dashboard
Geekzone Badges
Geekzone Status Page

 

Site Information
Subscribe to Geekzone
Privacy Statement
Forum Usage Guidelines (FUG)
Advertising
Trademark and copyright