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Robots taking large steps to coexist with Humans
Madrid's regional president, Ignacio Gonzalez, attends the 14th edition of the 'Humanoid' Congress in Madrid, Spain, 2014. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Madrid, Nov 19 (EFE).- Humanoid robots endowed with human-like features are taking bold strides towards coexisting with humans in their daily activities, such as helping elderly people, therapeutic training, providing medication to patients or babysitting children at home.
More than 400 experts are participating in a three-day conference that opened on Wednesday in Madrid on humanoid robotics called "Humanoids." It is considered the largest conference in the world in this field, organized by the Carlos III University (UC3) in the Spanish capital.
This is the fourteenth edition of the conference, which runs until Thursday and is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The event, which is held every year in a different continent and now for the first time in Spain, has for its theme "Humans and robots face to face," and intends to demonstrate the importance of this technology in everyday life activities.
Experts such as asayuki Inaba from the University of Tokyo; Alin Albu-Schäffer, director of robotics of the German Aerospace Center; Jerry Pratt, from the Institute for Human Machine Cognition in the United States; and the Spaniard Carlos Balaguer, from the robotics lab at Madrid's Carlos III University are all involved in the conference.
Many academic leaders in humanoid robotics attended the opening ceremony, in addition to government officials such as the President of the Greater Madrid regional government, Ignacio Gonzalez, who highlighted his commitment to this promising field in modern technology.
The event brings together humanoid robots with outstanding human recognition skills, who possess highly-advanced sensors in order to interact with the surrounding environment, in addition to the most recent navigation-system generations in order to overcome obstacles and recognize people without hurting them as they pass by.
One of the humanoid robot stars in the conference is NAO, a small and versatile machine available for sale as a toy at a price ranging between 5,000 and 6,000 Euros ($6,265 to $7,518). NAO is also being marketed as an educational platform exploiting the robot's ability to teach or write on interactive whiteboards.
NAO can also take care of patients and participate in therapies for children who suffer from mobility problems or autism. It can also be programmed to have social skills, as is being done at the Charles III University in a project in cooperation with other Spanish universities.
NAO provides children with messages of encouragement and correct them as a way of motivation, according to Fernando Fernández from the Computer Science Department at the UC3.
REEM-C is another humanoid robot with great autonomy, as its battery lasts up to six hours; it can greet visitors, walk, and it speaks several languages
Madrid's regional president, Ignacio Gonzalez, attends the 14th edition of the 'Humanoid' Congress in Madrid, Spain, 2014. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Madrid, Nov 19 (EFE).- Humanoid robots endowed with human-like features are taking bold strides towards coexisting with humans in their daily activities, such as helping elderly people, therapeutic training, providing medication to patients or babysitting children at home.
More than 400 experts are participating in a three-day conference that opened on Wednesday in Madrid on humanoid robotics called "Humanoids." It is considered the largest conference in the world in this field, organized by the Carlos III University (UC3) in the Spanish capital.
This is the fourteenth edition of the conference, which runs until Thursday and is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The event, which is held every year in a different continent and now for the first time in Spain, has for its theme "Humans and robots face to face," and intends to demonstrate the importance of this technology in everyday life activities.
Experts such as asayuki Inaba from the University of Tokyo; Alin Albu-Schäffer, director of robotics of the German Aerospace Center; Jerry Pratt, from the Institute for Human Machine Cognition in the United States; and the Spaniard Carlos Balaguer, from the robotics lab at Madrid's Carlos III University are all involved in the conference.
Many academic leaders in humanoid robotics attended the opening ceremony, in addition to government officials such as the President of the Greater Madrid regional government, Ignacio Gonzalez, who highlighted his commitment to this promising field in modern technology.
The event brings together humanoid robots with outstanding human recognition skills, who possess highly-advanced sensors in order to interact with the surrounding environment, in addition to the most recent navigation-system generations in order to overcome obstacles and recognize people without hurting them as they pass by.
One of the humanoid robot stars in the conference is NAO, a small and versatile machine available for sale as a toy at a price ranging between 5,000 and 6,000 Euros ($6,265 to $7,518). NAO is also being marketed as an educational platform exploiting the robot's ability to teach or write on interactive whiteboards.
NAO can also take care of patients and participate in therapies for children who suffer from mobility problems or autism. It can also be programmed to have social skills, as is being done at the Charles III University in a project in cooperation with other Spanish universities.
NAO provides children with messages of encouragement and correct them as a way of motivation, according to Fernando Fernández from the Computer Science Department at the UC3.
REEM-C is another humanoid robot with great autonomy, as its battery lasts up to six hours; it can greet visitors, walk, and it speaks several languages
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Madrid's regional president, Ignacio Gonzalez, attends the 14th edition of the 'Humanoid' Congress in Madrid, Spain, 2014. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Madrid, Nov 19 (EFE
More than 400 experts are participating in a three-day conference that opened on Wednesday in Madrid on humanoid robotics called "Humanoids." It is considered the largest conference in the world in this field, organized by the Carlos III University (UC3) in the Spanish capital.
This is the fourteenth edition of the conference, which runs until Thursday and is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The event, which is held every year in a different continent and now for the first time in Spain, has for its theme "Humans and robots face to face," and intends to demonstrate the importance of this technology in everyday life activities.
Experts such as asayuki Inaba from the University of Tokyo; Alin Albu-Schäffer, director of robotics of the German Aerospace Center; Jerry Pratt, from the Institute for Human Machine Cognition in the United States; and the Spaniard Carlos Balaguer, from the robotics lab at Madrid's Carlos III University are all involved in the conference.
Many academic leaders in humanoid robotics attended the opening ceremony, in addition to government officials such as the President of the Greater Madrid regional government, Ignacio Gonzalez, who highlighted his commitment to this promising field in modern technology.
The event brings together humanoid robots with outstanding human recognition skills, who possess highly-advanced sensors in order to interact with the surrounding environment, in addition to the most recent navigation-system generations in order to overcome obstacles and recognize people without hurting them as they pass by.
One of the humanoid robot stars in the conference is NAO, a small and versatile machine available for sale as a toy at a price ranging between 5,000 and 6,000 Euros ($6,265 to $7,518). NAO is also being marketed as an educational platform exploiting the robot's ability to teach or write on interactive whiteboards.
NAO can also take care of patients and participate in therapies for children who suffer from mobility problems or autism. It can also be programmed to have social skills, as is being done at the Charles III University in a project in cooperation with other Spanish universities.
NAO provides children with messages of encouragement and correct them as a way of motivation, according to Fernando Fernández from the Computer Science Department at the UC3.
REEM-C is another humanoid robot with great autonomy, as its battery lasts up to six hours; it can greet visitors, walk, and it speaks several languagesRobots taking large steps to coexist with Humans
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Madrid's regional president, Ignacio Gonzalez, attends the 14th edition of the 'Humanoid' Congress in Madrid, Spain, 2014. EFE/Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Madrid, Nov 19 (EFE).- Humanoid robots endowed with human-like features are taking bold strides towards coexisting with humans in their daily activities, such as helping elderly people, therapeutic training, providing medication to patients or babysitting children at home.
More than 400 experts are participating in a three-day conference that opened on Wednesday in Madrid on humanoid robotics called "Humanoids." It is considered the largest conference in the world in this field, organized by the Carlos III University (UC3) in the Spanish capital.
This is the fourteenth edition of the conference, which runs until Thursday and is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The event, which is held every year in a different continent and now for the first time in Spain, has for its theme "Humans and robots face to face," and intends to demonstrate the importance of this technology in everyday life activities.
Experts such as asayuki Inaba from the University of Tokyo; Alin Albu-Schäffer, director of robotics of the German Aerospace Center; Jerry Pratt, from the Institute for Human Machine Cognition in the United States; and the Spaniard Carlos Balaguer, from the robotics lab at Madrid's Carlos III University are all involved in the conference.
Many academic leaders in humanoid robotics attended the opening ceremony, in addition to government officials such as the President of the Greater Madrid regional government, Ignacio Gonzalez, who highlighted his commitment to this promising field in modern technology.
The event brings together humanoid robots with outstanding human recognition skills, who possess highly-advanced sensors in order to interact with the surrounding environment, in addition to the most recent navigation-system generations in order to overcome obstacles and recognize people without hurting them as they pass by.
One of the humanoid robot stars in the conference is NAO, a small and versatile machine available for sale as a toy at a price ranging between 5,000 and 6,000 Euros ($6,265 to $7,518). NAO is also being marketed as an educational platform exploiting the robot's ability to teach or write on interactive whiteboards.
NAO can also take care of patients and participate in therapies for children who suffer from mobility problems or autism. It can also be programmed to have social skills, as is being done at the Charles III University in a project in cooperation with other Spanish universities.
NAO provides children with messages of encouragement and correct them as a way of motivation, according to Fernando Fernández from the Computer Science Department at the UC3.
REEM-C is another humanoid robot with great autonomy, as its battery lasts up to six hours; it can greet visitors, walk, and it speaks several languages
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