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Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd and Sumitomo Corp announced Dec 3, 2008, that they introduced their jointly developed unmanned floor cleaning robot system into Sumitomo Building in Osaka City, Japan.
In this system, an autonomous cleaning robot moves between the floors of the office building using elevators and cleans the floor surfaces of corridors and other common spaces. It is operated by Reibi, the company that is in charge of cleaning the building and partially financed by Sumitomo.
The robot used in the system is based on the one that was introduced in Harumi Triton Square in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, in 2001. But the new robot features an enhanced drive motor, more durable power circuits and other improved functions.
Specifically, its safety was enhanced by employing a laser-type range sensor to detect obstacles and improving the signal processing program. In addition, the lifting mechanism of the vacuum device was changed from a motorized system to a manually-operated mechanism with a wire, reducing the cost and weight.
When the robot moves between floors, the light transmission devices installed in the robot and the elevator communicate with each other to open and close the door and indicate the destination. It can be equipped with a camera to record its work. It is possible to check the status of the robot and its surroundings by recording the whole operation on a hard disk.
In the past, Fuji Heavy Industries developed an outdoor cleaning robot for the "Next-Generation Robot Commercialization Project" of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). And the company demonstrated it at Expo 2005 Aichi Japan in 2005.
Furthermore, taking advantage of the "Service Robot Market Creation Assistance Project" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the company improved the safety, reliability and maintainability of the robot.
Fuji Heavy Industries and Sumitomo have already introduced this system to Royal Parks Shinden, a rental apartment building in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, and the Sumitomo Shoji Izumi-cho Building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. In December 2006, the system was awarded the grand prize of METI's "Robot Award 2006."

 
現在鋼管女郎們或許也該開始替自己的飯碗擔心了，因為有些機器人正在集訓鋼管舞，準備進軍這個行業。
目前這個機器艷舞團正在倫敦的 Mutate Britain 展中演出，演出的曲目應該有「搖落企，搖落企」跟「爬上去，爬上去」這幾首經曲曲目。不過就看過的觀眾表示，場子裡的聲光效果不錯，但舞者的表現跟中元節的電子花車( 不是真人的那種 )差不了多少。所以，短期間應該還不會搶光真人的工作才是。引用來源有 BBC 的採訪報導。
註：Mutate Britain 展自 11/21 起，於倫敦 Cordy House 一連展出五個星期。(癮科技)
The British are known for pushing the boundaries of underground art, but somehow they always manage to offer new surprises. The latest is a troop of pole dancing robots (yes, as in stripper) equipped with CCTV heads. The full-motion robots were recently unveiled at the Mutate Britain, Behind the Shutters Gallery in London. Artist Giles Walker perfectly meshed the UK's new national symbol (the CCTV) with robotics in a way that almost makes their Orwellian future sexy. You can check out the sexed up robots in action here.
Via BBC

真ㄉ~全球首屆BEROBOT精密型機器人研習營在苗栗仁愛國小熱熱鬧鬧的完美演出!!
説實在的~一開始還挺擔心台灣的國小生是否可以操作這機器人苗栗仁愛國小."國小5.6年級生"ㄛ!!
後來經過專業人事一路帶領下~
咦~厲害喔!!不分男生女生.都可以成功編輯出好幾套動作.
創造出屬於自己的精密玩具喔。
再說一次...
苗栗仁愛國小"國小5.6年級生"ㄛ!!

坦克椅（Tank Chair），有一雙像瓦力的「大腳」，坐在上頭遊山玩水不是太大問題。據說開發者是為了不幸癱瘓的妻子而開發，讓熱愛戶外運動的妻子能重溫舊夢。
圖片上這張坦克椅是剛剛升級的二代產品，齒輪馬達可達每分鐘127轉，全天候運作，最大爬45度的坡，價值15,600美元（約新台幣521,660元）。(癮科技)

機器人可以做什麼？大家應該不難想像，可以當武器、當管家、甚至當人類的朋友，這在各種科幻電影、動畫裡早已不稀奇。在大阪的國際次世代機器人大展上，日本安川電機Yaskawa Electric又秀出其多用途機器人Motoman SDA10的新功能 - 做菜。去年Motoman-DIA10是用來在工廠進行產品包裝分類，在大阪的展場則搖身變成「煎餅機器人」，從點餐、做菜、上菜統包，把菜端到你面前後還可以貼心地幫你加調味料，跳轉之後的影片，則是拿Motoman SDA10來組裝相機，組裝一台只要兩分鐘，在這裡不禁為各位作業員叔叔、阿姨擔憂...orz(癮科技)

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  A U.S. government intelligence agency thinks robots may be so capable by 2025 that questions such as "Would you like fries with that?" may be uttered by a smiling machine at the order counter.
The National Intelligence Council, in a report titled "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" that was released last week, offered its long-range strategic thinking about the military and economic challenges the U.S. will face from other countries over the next 17 years, as well as the environmental challenges ahead. The report also looks at technologies, and it includes some sweeping ideas about the future.
IT workers have long been familiar with the ways that advances in automation have reduced the need for people, especially in data centers. By 2025, robotics technology will be far enough along to take over low-skilled jobs, according to the NIC.
That could provide benefits, such as enabling robots to be used to help provide care for the elderly. But the machines also may be far enough along "to disrupt unskilled labor markets," the NIC said, adding that they could also affect immigration patterns by taking over some jobs now performed by migrant workers.
Vendors such as MobileRobots Inc. already are offering products that provide an idea of what the future may look like. Meanwhile, a British artificial intelligence researcher wrote a book last year predicting that humans will fall in love with and even marry robots by 2050.
The NIC's report doesn't address that possibility. But it does say that robotic technologies may be used to augment human capabilities, much like in the 1970s television show The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-off The Bionic Woman. At the extreme end, the report foresees the possible development of an exoskeleton resembling "a wearable humanoid robot, that uses sensors, interfaces, power systems and actuators to monitor and respond to arm and leg movements, providing the wearer with increased strength and control."
What may be more widespread, the NIC said, are "human cognitive augmentation technologies" -- wearable devices that can help improve vision, hearing and memory.
Separately, the agency also predicted that by 2025, there will be an "Internet of Things" created by the ubiquitous use of radio frequency identification tags on a wide variety of physical items, such as food packages, furniture and paper documents. Such objects will be able to be located, identified, monitored and remotely controlled via the Internet, according to the report.
The vast reservoir of RFID data will be managed on high-performance computers connected together via next-generation Internet technologies, the NIC said. It contended that the trend toward increased use of RFID is inevitable and will be driven by the need to improve supply chain operations and logistics as well as energy efficiency and data security. But privacy concerns will create a big barrier to entry for companies, the agency said.
Other predictions in the report include a belief that new kinds of energy storage technologies, such as batteries and fuel cells, will emerge by 2025. In addition, much of the report focuses on how the U.S. will fare in a changing world. "By 2025, the U..S will find itself as one of a number of important actors on the world stage, albeit still the most powerful one," the NIC said.
根據美國國家情報委員會（National Intelligence Council）最近的一份報告指出，2025年人形機器人的夢可能成真！該報告指出，2025年的科技將會大幅提昇機器人的「類人」工作能力，可以比現在從事更多的工作。屆時大量的人力機器人更有可能會破壞低技能勞力市場結構，也就是說一些高技術的勞力工作，例如：洗車、除草...等工作，都可能被機器人給取代！（癮科技)

Actor robots take Japanese stage
First there were dancing robots, then house-sitting robots and now a new breed of acting robots is making its big debut on the Japanese stage.
The play, which had its premiere at Osaka University, is one of Japan's first robot-human theatre productions.
The machines were specially programmed to speak lines with human actors and move around the stage with them.
Playwright Oriza Hirata says the work raises questions about the relationship between humanity and technology.
The play, called Hataraku Watashi (I, Worker), is set in the near future.
It focuses on a young couple who own two housekeeping robots, one of which loses its motivation to work.
In the play, the robot complains that it has been forced into boring and demeaning jobs and enters into a discussion with the humans about its role in their lives.
So far, the play is only 20 minutes long but it is hoped to become a full-length production by 2010.
The Wakamaru robot is manufactured by Mitsubushi but the software to train it for the stage was developed over two months at the university.
The 1-m (3-ft) tall humanoid robot is best known as a mechanical house-sitter and secretary.
But soon they may be signing autographs or trying to roll away from paparazzi.
No word yet on whether they are pleased with the apparent job promotion.

一、主旨：
由經濟部工業局委由財團法人精密機械研究發展中心執行之「智慧型機器人產業發展推動計畫」，近年與國外機器人學研單位實驗室及協會、廠商進行多次國際技術交流，以掌握國際機器人產業新興資訊及產品發展現況與趨勢，期透過參訪交流及展覽參與，建立國際溝通管道，發掘合作商機。擬將近年參訪及各國技術資訊蒐整，透過此一活動，與國內參與機器人領域之人士交流，共同推動台灣機器人產業。
　
二、主辦單位：經濟部工業局
　　承辦單位：財團法人精密機械研究發展中心（PMC）

來自英國 Bristol 大學的 Jules，機器人一位，推測應該為男性。
這個計畫叫做「Human-Robot Interaction」，在布里斯托機器人實驗室設計，由英國東部大學和布里斯托大學。這些工程師花了三年半的時間，開發了這款軟體，可以讓人類和人工智慧產生互動。在橡膠皮膚底下，該男性機器人內建了34條運動神經來表現面部表情，以25幀/秒的速度來觀察在他面前某人的面部動作，然後可以立刻模擬出來。
這項技術還混和了10種人類的情緒，像是快樂、傷心、關心等等，研發團隊透過程式「教」Jules如何表達。