Multitasking and real-time, in the field of operating systems, are antonymous. Normally all general-purpose operating systems, such as Windows and Mac OS, are multitasking and non real-time. Whereas in the embedded system market operating systems […]
Just as ATMs changed banking and computers took over the home and workplace, robots and artificial intelligence are going to transform a bunch of industries over the next decade. By 2025, a machine may be […]
With the release of this years Boston Dynamics Christmas card (a company now owned by Google), there has been further scaremongering about how humans will eventually loose control of the very things we are building […]
At least 10% of U.S. homes (1 in 10) may contain a service robot by 2020, if a recent report by Juniper Research is to be believed. Many may be surprised that at least 1 […]
Robots have traditionally been made from hard materials such as metal and plastic. They have been driven by motors and other heavy electro-mechanical actuators. These robots are more like machines than biological organisms. Soft robotics […]
Introduction Each decade since the 1970’s it has been said that, in 10 years time people working with robots would be common place in both industry and at home. Although the question of why this […]
From Metropolis (1927) to Chappie (2015) we think Robots always make a film better… but which film featuring a Robot is your favourite and why?
≈250 B.C. – Ctesibius, an ancient Greek engineer and mathematician, invented a water clock which was the most accurate for nearly 2000 years. ≈60 A.D. – Hero of Alexandria designs the first automated programmable machine. These ‘Automata’ were made from […]
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