Trash picking robots

It looks like the possible tasks of industrial robots are extending to other areas... These robots are slowly moving out of the assembly lines, as they are able to carry out better visual recoginition capabilities and combining them with their improved motion ability. In comparison to assembly line industrial robots, which work on predefined environments, this definitely seems like a huge step forward....See link below...

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/abb-demonstrate-groundbreaking-robotic-bin/story.aspx?guid=%7B13A9CD91-8C9D-4712-A4A0-E5BE9CDC264C%7D&dist=hppr

Talking androids

The real life talking verison of what you can see as AI programs on the web has been developed by the researchers. There are many AI chatting programs on the web which responds to you from its predetermined text, based on your sentences, however these are the applied version to the actual built versions....See link below...


http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-researchers-develop-humanoid-robots-that-can-hold-conversations

Helicopters learning to fly better

The AI software developed by Stanford University scientists enable helicopters to improve their flying skills autonomusly...Looks like a positive contribution to the development of AI...Considering the fact that the AI as humans will need to have the ability to learn and improve itself. Apart from developing the pure AI part, the developers had significant challenges with the robotics software portion as well, considering the difficulty of stabilizing a flying helicopter. Full Story

Fighting robot following human motion

For the battling robots, a good example of what's to come is that the robot's ability to follow the human motions exactly. Looks like this is the future of gaming. As the robots get more and more complex, stronger, and more agile, the quality will increase...Check it out here

Snakebot

Just another example of how much variety of robots we soon will have in our daily lives. Currently looks like it is being used for military purposes but when the cost of making these robots decrease, along with the ever increasing strength of artificial intelligence, there is no doubt that we will see these robots just "snaking" around (reasons might include surveillance, treatment of tight and irregular spaces, entertainment etc...) Check out the link here