Sale - Tekno the Robotic Puppy

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Product Details :

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 12.8 x 13 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000F6RWT6
• Item model number: 19363
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)

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Product Description
The next time your child asks you for a dog, you'll want to say yes. Because unlike real puppies, the Tekno robotic puppy isn't a lot of work -- he's just a lot of fun. He walks forward, backward, right, left, and expresses emotions through color-changing eyes and puppy whimpers. Just like any young pup, Tekno is perfectly content to chomp on his bone and play fetch with his ball. With the included wireless translator, you'll always know exactly what this pooch is thinking and eventually he says several English phrases. He also impresses his audience with a wide selection of tricks, such as dance, speak, sing, and more. Children ages three through eight will be delighted as they learn how to program and work this amazing robotic toy.

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Robot Arm on How it's Made

This is a clip from How it's Made showing the assembly of a simple robot arm.

A robotic arm is a robotic manipulator, usually programmable, with similar functions to a human arm. The links of such a manipulator are connected by joints allowing either rotational motion (such as in an articulated robot) or translational (linear) displacement.[1][2] The links of the manipulator can be considered to form a kinematic chain. The business end of the kinematic chain of the manipulator is called the end effector and it is analogous to the human hand. The end effector can be designed to perform any desired task such as welding, gripping, spinning etc., depending on the application. For example robot arms in automotive assembly lines perform a variety of tasks such as welding and parts rotation and placement during assembly.(wikipedia)

Robot manipulation of arm

Robot manipulation of arms paralyzed by stroke, in conjunction with standard rehabilitation therapies, can improve arm and shoulder mobility. So says a new study that followed 60 stroke victims in six rehabilitation centers in Japan presented at the America Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011.

Study lead author Kayoko Takahashi, ScD., O.T.R. said that robots can carry out repetitive movements time after time exactly, unlike human physical therapists. Improvements were measured against patients working through a standard self-training program for paralyzed patients. “Combining robotic exercise with regular rehabilitation may be the key to successful intervention,” said Takahashi. Therapists could focus on helping patients master daily activities while the robot performs the repetitive training.

Patients receiving robot therapy showed improvement on the Fugl-Meyer flexor synergy score, reflecting recovery of voluntary arm movement, and the Fugl-Meyer shoulder/elbow/forearm score. The average patient age was 65. Patients with severe hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) were more likely to benefit from robotic therapy, based on initial mobility scores. Those patients are unable to correctly perform self-training programs because their arms have only reflex or minor voluntary movement.

The study was partially funded by Teijin Pharma Limited.

source : http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/robot_therapy_improves_arm_and_shoulder_mobility_after_stroke

controll puppy robot with nokia internet tablet

Mobile Rules! is the world’s leading annual competition initiated by Nokia which looks for innovative mobile technology.
In the Nokia Lounge, there were presentations of many great and innovative projects, among them a simply unbelievably impressive work.

Somebody created an application for a Nokia Internet Table which is based on Linux that is able to control a puppy robot. It looks very very cool, you must have a look at the video.
It would have been even better with a Nokia N95 controlling the robot using an application which utilizes its accelerometer to control the puppy robot through movements.
After a little research, I have found that it should be this project. The software is running on the old N770, anway a great thing. Follow the link to learn more about the project.

Nokia Internet Tablets are as I said not based on the Symbian platform, but they are anway part of Nokia’s Nseries and apart from that it’s a very impressive example for a further step of mobile technology progress.

The Robotic Puppy - tekno -

Tekno is an authentic robot friend who does everything a puppy can do.. and more. He walks, barks, talks and even cries. With your help, he can also learn to perform amazing trick! Thanks to his artifical intelligence program (and a few barks, whines and pants), Tekno will let you know how he's feeling and provide feedback on the care you provide. Tekno knows how long it's been since you've fed him and he's quick to remind you when he's in need of some playtime.

Tekno is programmed to respond just like ant 8-week-old puppy. His state-of-the-art sensors allow him to see and hear everything around him, including you and your voice. Tekno's sensors also enable his powerful computer brain to know when it's getting dark, if your house lights suddenly turn on or if a friend is knocking on your door. Made by Manley Toy Quest

Mini robot

wow... this a mini robot
MINI-ROBOT RESEARCH — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Doug Adkins takes a close-up view of the mini-robots he and Ed Heller are developing. At 1/4 cubic inch and weighing less than an ounce, they are possibly the smallest autonomous untethered robots ever created.
“This could be the robot of the future,” says Ed Heller, one of the project’s researchers. “It may eventually be capable of performing difficult tasks that are done with much larger robots today — such as locating and disabling land mines or detecting chemical and biological weapons.”

roxxxy, robotic girlfriend

about roxxxy from wikipedia, Roxxxy is the world's first sex robot. The robot is built by the New Jersey-based company TrueCompanion. Its engineer is Douglas Hines, founder and president of the company, who worked as an artificial intelligence engineer at the Bell Labs before he founded TrueCompanion. Development of Roxxxy is said to have cost between $500,000 and $1 million, and taken approximately 2½ years. The robot is also described as the "world's first life-size robotic girlfriend".

Roxxxy made its public debut at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) in Las Vegas in January 9, 2010. The gynoid stands 5 ft. 7-inch tall and weighs 120-pound (or 170 cm, 54 kg). It has flesh-like synthetic skin and an artificial intelligence engine programmed to learn the owner's likes and dislikes. The artificial intelligence personality software were given emphasise during development of the robot. An articulated skeleton allows Roxxxy to be positioned like a human being and to replicate human movements, but the doll can't move its limbs independently. A mechanical heart installed in the robot powers an internal liquid cooling system. The Roxxxy prototype is claimed to have been modeled after a college-aged Caucasian fine arts student. Roxxxy is offered for purchase with the buyer's choice of five different personalities — outgoing Wild Wendy, reserved and shy Frigid Farrah, a young naive personality, Mature Martha, and adventurous S&M Susan. She is also able to talk about sports and cars. According to the website of the company, Roxxxy is not limited to sexual uses and "can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and be your loving friend. She can talk to you, listen to you and feel your touch." [1] Other features include touch sensors that give Roxxxy the ability to sense when it is being moved, and a program that allows it to converse with the owner via an internal loudspeaker. The robot's vocabulary may be updated with the help of a laptop (connected to the back by cables) and the Internet.

Customers can ask TrueCompanion to customize the Roxxxy according to personal preferences, such as hair color, eye color, skin color, breast size and other features. Roxxxy is priced at $7,000 to $9,000 plus a separate subscription fee, and is currently offered for sale in the United States and Europe with plans for eventual global availability.