Schaft robot owned by Google wins DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Google has proven itself as a tech giant in the robotics industry.Its

humanoid robot, Schaft won the DARPA robotics challenge.This comes in

the wake of the company buying over eight robotic companies this year.

Schaft was bought by Google which bought it before the competition

from Japan's,University of Jouhou System Kougaku.It uses liquid

cooling motor technology with a capacitor instead of batteries.The

technology gives it enough power through arms and legs as compared to

normal those with normal batteries.

The robots were given tasks to complete each lasting 30minutes.Points

were awarded according to accuracy given in completing a task.These

tasks included walking up a ladder,opening a door,driving a vehicle in

a road with obstacles,fitting a horsepipe to a fire extinguisher etc.

The schaft robot obtained 27 out of 32 points.It was the best

performing robot completing all eight tasks with minimal assistance.

The second position was held by Google's Boston Dynamic's, ''Atlas'',

owned by IHMC.

Event organisers DARPA institute explained that they wanted to

encourage design of multitasking robots which could offer a helping

hand in disasters.The robots are expected to be more flexible to move

through rubbles and even enter potentialy unsafe buildings e.g.

Nuclear reactors to close valves. The institute offered the top eight

performing humanoid robots, with borrowings upto $1million to fund

their projects.

The winner, Google's Schaft was awarded with $2million.

BMW rolls out the new design for the BMW i8spyder.

The Bmw i8 which featured in the movie Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol has been given a nod for production. The concept car that was displayed in 2012 at Frankfurt Motorshow will now be a reality.BMW company has officially released its design. Exterior design '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The new design will be a little different from the concept car.The look is now more elegant but less sporty than its concept.However, the bluish laser lights will still be a common feature which save on battery power than the LED counterpart. Interior Design ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The automobile is a hybrid car. It comes with a combination of both electric and a 3-litre petrol engine.The combination makes it both economical and environment

Irobot and the law of robotics. Do human-like robots exist?

I-robot was at the premier of movies when it was released in the year 2004. It bewildered, many a fan, including myself of how the future technology would look like plus the existence of robots, running almost equal or parallel lives with human beings. Perhaps, one century into the future, a possibility of self-driven cars and more flexible robots is a reality. Taking into mind those memoirs, I became quite interested and fascinated about the three laws written by Prof. Alfred Lenning in the movie Irobot in which Will Smith, a detective tries to unearth the meaning of robots and their existence as a threat or benefit to humanity . I wanted to find out how it relates to robotics and physics. I-robot 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does

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