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Efficient Little Suckers Vacuums and Other Recent Robots
Efficient Little Suckers USA Today has an article about a vacuum cleaner that cleans dust better than any other robot before it -- compared to Aibo that is. Roomba: An Efficient Little Sucker. The control mechanism is no doubt based on insect intelligence, using Brooks' famous subsumption architecture. BBC News reports of more robots used in the WTC disaster -- Robot Rescuers Ready to Roll. They are set to become key players in general emergencies in the near future. PennWell argues that industry in oil mining (also in general) is utilising robots much too moderately; Industry Slow to Adopt Downhole Robotics. Technology Review has a pay-per read article tackling the benefits of AI in underwater drone control -- End of the Tether | NewsCaster 78 posts. Thursday 03 October, 17:50 Reply
Hmm, something wrong with this Roomba... This Roomba seems to be a pretty close duplicate of the Trilobite robot cleaner that Electrolux has published here in Europe already last winter... And yet the Roomba site claims it to be developed totally in the US... Hmm, who spied who??? Here's the Swedish site: http://trilobite.electrolux.se/, for some reason I didn't find any English versions, although many reviews were available around the web, as it has been available for some time already. Funny thing, the article on the usatoday.com was written almost exactly the same way as one article on a big Finnish technology magazine, with dogs and all! Journalists are the same around the globe, have to find that humane connection... Anyway, my Scandinavian pride is hurt now, I've got to find out who was the original inventor and who just copied everything (even the design is too similar!!). Good for robotics though, both of them! Hannu Lesonen | Hannu Lesonen 1 posts. Friday 04 October, 03:51 Reply
Strange Indeed I guess the americans thought they could do / sell it better... ** sigh ** There's another article on the topic at Time Magazine -- Maid To Order. Also one in The Guardian Our Friends Electric, not forgetting the Boston Herald The Next Revolution in Household Chores. | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Friday 04 October, 19:54 Reply