The Japanese company NEC and Mie University have created a robot, based on its known PaPeRo capable of distinguishing between different types of wine with an infrared system.

Currently only able to analyze a dozen types of wine with phrases like “this is a wine of medium body with a deep flavor, but the aim is that in the future to replace sumillers restaurants midrange and low who can not afford a human expert. Read the rest of this entry »

The robots are used in a variety of applications, from robots turtle classrooms, welding robots in the automotive industry, teleported arms up in the Space Shuttle.

Each robot carries its own problems and their solutions related but many people believed that automation of processes using robots is in its infancy, is an undeniable fact that the introduction of robotic technology in the industry, has already caused a great impact. In this sense, the automotive industry plays a role preponderant.

It is necessary to mention the problems of social, economic and even political, which may lead to misdirection of the robotics industry. It is essential that the planning of human resources, technological and financial resources is done in a smart way.

By contrast robotics will greatly contribute to increased employment. But how can this be done? by automating the processes in more flexible machines, reduces the cost of machinery, and produces a variety of products without the need for major changes in the way of manufacturing the same. This causes a lot of business families (Micro and small enterprises) which causes the decentralization of industry.

The power of software in the controller determines the usefulness and flexibility of the robot within the limitations of the mechanical design and the ability of the sensors. The robots are classified according to their generation, their level of intelligence, its level of control, and their level of programming language. These ratings reflect the power of software in the controller, in particular, the interaction of sophisticated sensors. The generation of a robot is determined by the historical developments in robotics. Five generations are usually assigned to industrial robots. The third generation is used in industry, the fourth place in research laboratories, and the fifth generation is a great dream.

1 .- Play-back robots, which reclaimed a recorded sequence of instructions, like a robot used in coating or spray arc welding. These robots have a common open-loop control.

2 .- Robots controlled by sensors, they have a closed loop control of movements handled, and make choices based on information obtained by sensors. Read the rest of this entry »

The history of the automation industry is characterized by periods of constant technological innovations. This is because the techniques of automation are well connected to global economic events.

The use of industrial robots along with systems for computer aided design (CAD) systems and computer aided manufacturing (CAM), are the latest trend in automation of the processes of manufacture and then loaded into the robot .. These technologies led to another transition to automation of unknown scope.

Although the growth market of industrial robotics has been slow compared with the early years of the 80’s, according to some predictions, the robotics industry is in its infancy. Whether these predictions are carried out completely, or not, it is clear that the robotics industry in one form or another, will remain. Read the rest of this entry »

The processor, which its creators called Phoenix, established a new mark in the low power consumption and is designed for use in devices powered by advanced sensors such as medical implants, control and surveillance equipment.

This processor consumes only 30 picowatt when at rest, according to the University of Michigan. A picowatt equals one billionth of a watt. In theory, the energy stored in a watch battery would be enough to keep Phoenix in operation for 263 years.

The project was managed by Scott Hanson, doctoral student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, who will present the design June 20, 2008 at the Symposium of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers on Circuits. Read the rest of this entry »

For centuries, humans have built machines that mimic parts of human body. The ancient Egyptians joined mechanical arms to the statues of their gods. These arms were operated by priests, who claimed that the movement of these was inspired by their gods. The Greeks built statues operating with systems using water, which were used to fascinate the worshipers at the temples.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe were built very ingenious mechanical toys that had some character isticas robots.
Jacques de Vauncansos built several musicians from human size to the mid-eighteenth century. Is essentially mechanical robots designed for a specific purpose: fun.

In 1805, Henry built a doll Maillardert mechanic who was able to make drawings. A series of cams were used as the ‘program’ for the device in the process of writing and drawing. These creations of human mechanics should be regarded as investments that reflect the individual genius of men who anticipated his time. There were other mechanical inventions during the industrial revolution created by the same genius minds, many of which were directed to the field of producing textiles. They include spinning the rotating Hargreaves (1770), the spinning mechanical Crompton (1779), the mechanical loom Cartwright (1785), the Jacquard loom (1801), and others.

The development in technology, which includes the powerful computers electronic actuators to control feedback, transmission of power through gears, and the technology in sensors have helped to ease the automatic mechanism to perform tasks within the industry. There are several factors that intervene to develop the first robot in the 50’s. The research in artificial intelligence developed ways to emulate the processing of information in human computer electronic and invented a variety of mechanisms to test their theories.

Notwithstanding the limitations of current robotic machine, the concept is popular in a robot that looks human and acts as such. Humanoid This concept has been inspired and encouraged by several science fiction stories.

A work published in 1917 by Czechoslovakian Karel Kapek called Rossum’s Universal Robot, led to the term robot. The Czech word ‘robot’ means servitude or forced labor, and when translated into English became the term robot. This story concerns a brilliant scientist named Rossum and her son, who developed a substance chemical that is similar to the protoplasm. The substance used to manufacture robots, and their plans are that the robots serve the human kind of obedience to all physical work. Rossum continues to make improvements in the design of robots, and other organs eliminates unnecessary elements, and finally developed to be a ‘perfect’. The argument is experiencing an unpleasant turn when the robot is not perfect to begin fulfilling its role of servers and rebel against their owners, destroying all human life.

Among the writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov contributed several stories on robots, began in 1939, it is attributed to the wedging of the term Robotics. The image of a robot that appears in his work is that of a well designed machine with a security guarantee that operates under three principles.

These principles were called the Three by Asimov Laws of Robotics, and are:

A robot may not act against a human being or, through inaction, that a human being suffers harm.
A robot must obey orders given by humans unless they are in conflict with the first law.
A robot must protect its own existence, unless it is in conflict with the first two laws.

The robot is a concept of domain public. Most people have an idea of what the robot knows its applications and potential for, but do not know the origin of the word robot, have no idea of the origin of useful applications of robotics as science.

Robotics as we know it today, goes back thousands of years ago. We will build on facts recorded by history, and we will begin by explaining that the robots were formerly known as robots, and robotics was not recognized as science, it’s the word robot was born long after the origin of the automata.
Since the beginning of time, man has desired to create artificial life. Has endeavored to give life to beings man accompanying him in his home, people who make their repetitive tasks, or heavy work hard to make a human being. According to some authors, such as JJC Smart and Jasia Reichardt, consider the first robot in the entire history was Adam created by God. According to this, Adam and Eve are the first intelligent robots created, and God was planned and who gave them their first instructions they should follow. In the Greek mythology you will find several stories about the creation of artificial life, eg, Prometheus created the first man and first woman with mud and animated with the fire of heaven. In this way we realize that humanity has the obsession to create artificial life from the beginning of time. Many have been attempts to do so.

The men created automata as a hobby, was created with the aim of entertaining its owner. The materials that were used were available to the entire world, that is, using wood resistant metals such as copper, and any other moldable material that it does not need or require some type of transformation to be able to be used in the creation of automata.

These first robots used, principally the strength for brute power to perform their movements. The first machine tools that helped the man to give his work were given the name of automaton, but rather they are recognized as single devices or machines.

Being a bionic eye is but a tale of television. Without the nuclear powers of the famous man, but with a chip that replaces part of your retina atrophy, several patients are now undergoing the implantation of an artificial retina. One technique that is found in experiments in various hospitals in the USA.

“Bionic eyes are not available at this time is a research protocol, however, is causing a lot of expectations and is expected to become the hope to restore lost vision,” said Juan Carlos Altamirano Vallejo, Medical Unit of High Specialty Ophthalmology Jimenez Pablo Cam arena, Hospital Civil of Guadalajara.  Read the rest of this entry »