Friday, March 25, 2016

Blog 22

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What is the base design for this robot?
What are the advantages?
Will it reduce human jobs?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Blog 21

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1- How did the computer (AI) beat the man?
2- How will AI change education?

Monday, March 21, 2016

Blog 20

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read below.

XDog is a small electric quadruped designed and built by Xing Wang, a graduate student at Shanghai University, with support from his adviser Jia Wenchuan. The robot has 12 motors (each leg has 3 DoF), and uses force sensors on each foot, IMU, and joint-angle sensors for control. Wang says XDog “has just been born,” and he’s still working on its walking gait (top speed is currently about 0.6 m/s) and hopes to add capabilities like running and jumping. And if you noticed all the Boston Dynamics references in the video, yes, Wang is a fan:
Marc Raibert from Boston Dynamics is my idol,” he says. “Their papers helped me to design XDog.” He added: “But Boston Dynamics quadruped robots are large and expensive, and I want to use [a different design] to make quadruped robots simpler and smaller, so that they can help ordinary people with things like carrying objects or as companions.”

Who invented XDog?
How many Degrees of Freedom does each leg have?

Friday, March 18, 2016

Blog 19

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Would you follow the robot?
Would your knowledge of robots affect your decision?

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Blog 18

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watch the video.
How does the finger tip work?
What are some other applications for this technology?

Friday, March 11, 2016

Blog 17

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What would you design to make with the PancakeBot?

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Blog 16




Skim the article about the Tega. Watch the video.
What is the brain?
What is the robot designed to do?

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Blog 14

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Will AI add jobs or take away jobs from Americans?