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Personal robotic friends are much closer then you think
Written by Olivier Adam on Monday, 26 April 2010 11:06
With this key breakthrough in robotics, we predict that by 2020, you should be able to play against your Robot ic personal friends on your neighbour's tennis court. Look at this video, and then think about how close we are for a game! Are Your ready for the future? My 13 years old daughter is certainly ready for this; in the summer time she 's always chasing her brother and sister for a tennis game... with limited result. Soon playing a match will be much easier... even alone!
Robot teacher
Written by Olivier Adam on Saturday, 14 March 2009 16:49
An interesting article talks about the development of robot teachers in Japan. Japan's population is aging rapidly and instead of relying on immigration to fill up the vacant jobs like most western countries, they aim at using robots wherever they can. The robot that was created at the University of Tokyo is named Sara and can take student's presence and show emotions in reaction to student's behavior.