One of the fathers of Artificial Intelligence, Marvin Minsky, has just won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge award in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Thanks to his research in this field, the functions of computers, the ways of interacting with technology and the way of integrating them into our daily lives have been expanded.
Scientists from the University of Granada have launched a system that allows scanning 3D models of historic buildings through the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), that is, aircraft capable of moving through the air without need for crew or pilot.
Nature is often said to be the most perfect machine. The organs of animals have evolved over thousands of years allowing them to adapt to different conditions to finally survive and become what they currently are. So it is not surprising that researchers are looking at nature and evolution to create increasingly perfect robots. This is the case of a new car that uses a tail based on lizards and dinosaurs to achieve greater stability.
After two years of work, researchers from the University of Salamanca and the Arborea company have developed the "arachnocopter", a spider-shaped device that allows flight without a pilot and is equipped with cameras and sensors to obtain different data.
A couple of Australian robots have started talking to each other in a language of their own invention. The two "Lingodroids", developed by the University of Queensland, have acquired their common language through location games that led them to build a common vocabulary for places, distances and directions.
The Kinect sensor, developed by Microsoft for its Xbox 360 console, has uses beyond video games, as shown by a group of British people from the University of Warwick (United Kingdom), who have designed a remote-controlled robot capable of rescuing earthquake victims using this technology.
The first marathon for bipedal robots started today in Japan, in the city of Osaka. The humanoid runners, 44 centimeters tall, will have to travel 42 kilometers (423 laps on a 100-meter circuit) over four days before the attentive gazes of the hundreds of spectators who will attend the event.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
