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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:38:12 -0000

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Psycho-Wii? Spiele per Gehirnstrom steuern

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:36:36 -0000

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Forum Mediologie » Editorial

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:11:18 -0000

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Monkeys Control a Mechanical Arm With Their Thoughts - NYTimes.com

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:33:36 -0000

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Real-Life Iron Man: A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength: Scientific American

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:12:46 -0000

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CYBERDYNE was launched in June 2004 to commercialize the cybernetic work of a group of researchers headed by Yoshiyuki Sankai a professor of system and information engineering at Japan's University of Tsukuba. Its newest product: the Robot Suit Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton, which the company created to help train doctors and physical therapists, assist disabled people, allow laborers to carry heavier loads, and aid in emergency rescues. A prototype of the exoskeleton suit is designed for the small in stature, standing five feet, three inches (1.6 meters) tall. The suit weighs 50.7 pounds (23 kilograms) and is powered by a 100-volt AC battery (that lasts up to five hours, depending upon how much energy the suit exerts).

Tags: cyborg exoskeleton prosthetics robots

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Telepolis mnews: Roboter, unsere Freunde und Begleiter

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:32:24 -0000

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Ein von der EU mit 8 Millionen Euro gefördertes, vierjähriges Forschungsprojekt, an dem 10 europäische Universitäten, u.a. Psychologen von der Universität Bamberg, teilnehmen, soll die Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und Robotern untersuchen und neue Roboter mit emotionaler Intelligenz entwickeln, die als langfristige Begleitung von Menschen dienen können.

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Japan's cyborg research enters the skull

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:17:51 -0000

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Researchers at Osaka University are stepping up efforts to develop robotic body parts controlled by thought, by placing electrode sheets directly on the surface of the brain.

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Virtual child passes mental milestone

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:44:03 -0000

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A virtual child controlled by artificially intelligent software has passed a cognitive test regarded as a major milestone in human development. It could lead to smarter computer games able to predict human players' state of mind.

Children typically master the "false belief test" at age 4 or 5. It tests their ability to realise that the beliefs of others can differ from their own, and from reality.

The creators of the new character – which they called Eddie – say passing the test shows it can reason about the beliefs of others, using a rudimentary "theory of mind".

Eddie can pass the test thanks to a simple logical statement added to the reasoning engine: if someone sees something, they know it and if they don't see it, they don't.

That I'd call cheating. Eddie neither is able to go wrong having the algorithm applied, nor has made any kind od experience leading to the insight that enables to pass the test. The cognitive structures allowing human kids to pass the test are much more complex and "rich" than that simple algorithmic rule. They imply a whole world of (social) perspective taking. posted by benjamin

John Laird, a researcher in computer games and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is not overly impressed. "It's not that challenging to get an AI system to do theory of mind," he says.

More impressive demonstration, says Laird, would be a character, initially unable to pass the test, that learned how to do so – just as humans do.

Tags: agents artificialintelligence robots

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Roboter wie Kinder erziehen

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:03:17 -0000

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Neue Klientel für PädagogInnen?
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Tags: news robots

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Die Wissenschaft entdeckt die Wii

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:24:57 -0000

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Dale und sein Team interessierte dabei, wie sich die Bewegungscharakteristika veränderten, wenn Menschen lernen. Dazu ließen sie die Teilnehmer ihnen anfangs nicht vertraute Symbole zu Paaren ordnen. Dabei fanden sie heraus, dass der Lernerfolg der Teilnehmer sich auch körperlich niederschlug: Je vertrauter die Probanden mit ihrer Aufgabe wurden, desto schneller, regelmäßiger und fester wurden ihre Bewegungen.

Tags: body learning wii

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Telepolis mnews: Open-Source-Roboter

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:20:04 -0000

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Humanoid Robotics Institute

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:26:20 -0000

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Do you want to have sex with robots? // Current

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:25:27 -0000

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Monkey's Brain Signals Make Robot Walk - for the first time

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:59:45 -0000

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It was the first time that brain signals had been used to make a robot walk

“When that person thinks about walking,” he said, “walking happens.”

Tags: interfaces robots

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Avatars a la Snow Crash - Allbeck, Badler (ResearchIndex)

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:39:09 -0000

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New Video Game Designed to Enhance One's Looks

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:53:46 -0000

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Gruppendynamik: Kakerlaken akzeptieren Roboter als Artgenossen

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:39:30 -0000

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News - Sex mit Robotern: 2050 ganz normal - CHIP Online

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:26:57 -0000

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Brain-Computer-Interface: Control Second Life Avatars just by thinking…

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:10:32 -0000

Tags: avatar interface news

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TP: Erste Kampfroboter im Irak im Einsatz

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:46:23 -0000

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