Dear Friends
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to our new association. It has taken over a year to get all the ‘ducks-in-a-row’ and finally we have a registered Section 21 (not for profit) company with the express purpose of furthering the objectives of Robotics, Automation and AI in South Africa.
Registered on 3 September 2009 with the Registrar of Companies and allocated reference number 2009/017265/08, we can now proudly say we have a unifying ‘vehicle’ for collective cooperation among the various Robotics and Mechatronics research and development initiatives across the region.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
• To galvanises and coordinate the efforts of the various Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and research initiatives across Southern Africa.
• Promote awareness of the Robotics and AI research initiatives taking place at the primary and tertiary education institutions in the region.
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"Why cockroaches, octopuses and lizards serve as design inspiration for the next generation of robotic helpers"
Lezette Engelbrecht of ITWeb writes about how robtics researchers are turning to the animal kingdom for ideas, and even to improve on nature's designs. |
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Obama Announces Major Robotics Initiative |
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In a speech last week at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center, President Barack Obama announced a new national program to advance “next-generation robotics.” The administration’s new National Robotics Initiative will make available up to US $70 million per year to fund robotics R&D. The focus is on robots that can work closely with humans—helping factory workers, health-care providers, soldiers, surgeons, and astronauts to carry out tasks.
Will the initiative be sufficient to usher in a new era in robotics?
Read more about it here... http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/obama-announces-major-robotics-initiative |
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A free Robotic Developer's eResource Kit |
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Design, prototype and deploy sophisticated robotic architectures
A free Robotic Developer's eResource Kit for engineers and scientists available for download now
National Instruments has compiled a free Robotic Developer's eResource Kit for engineers and scientists involved in developing robotics applications.
Download your free technical Robotics eResource Kit today
See how the next generation of embedded technologies, using graphical system design, is helping roboticists design, prototype and deploy sophisticated robotic architectures. Engineers, researchers, and educators worldwide have used NI LabVIEW and graphical system design to create robots such as autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, fixed-base industrial robots and personal/home service robots.
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IBM's Watson Jeopardy Computer Shuts Down Humans in Final Game |
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By: Erico Guizzo / Thu, February 17, 2011
The Jeopardy-IBM challenge has ended, and silicon prevailed over gray matter. Watson, the Jeopardy-playing supercomputer designed by IBM, defeated its human competitors, finishing in first by a wide margin.
As one of the contestants, Jeopardy super champion Ken Jennings, put it, "I for one welcome our new computer overlords."
In this third and final round, Watson's performance was much more impressive than its lackluster debut, but not as enthralling as in Day 2, when it completely dominated the game, except for its now-infamous "What is Toronto?????" mistake. This was one of a few errors that proved embarrassing for IBM, but perhaps entertaining for viewers. Watch what happened!
The final game started with Jennings, Watson, and the third contestant, Brad Rutter, another Jeopardy champion, each getting a bunch of answers right. It was funny to see that one of the categories was "Also On Your Computer Keys." You'd expect that Watson, a computer, would know about computer keys. Not! When this clue, "It's an abbreviation for Grand Prix auto racing" came up, Watson's choices (shown to viewers on the TV screen) were "gpc," "NASCAR," and "QED." Apparently Watson doesn't know about the "F1" key.
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