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POPSHonda's Walking Assist Device Honda unveiled a walking assist device that helps support bodyweight to reduce the load on the user's' legs while walking, going up and down stairs, and in a semi-crouching position.
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POPSThe Next NASA Rover U.S. space administration NASA has revealed an ambitious plan to launch a new Mars rover in 2009, the Mars Science Laboratory, and advanced robotic vehicle, able to make decisions and avoid hazards on its own.
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POPSLiving in the Future Some info and videos about how technology might change daily life in the future: the house of tomorrow, a supermarket of the future and a robotic restaurant.
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POPSRobots inspired by animals Robots inspired by animals, ranging from a robotic salamander, mechanical cockroaches to swarms of tiny robots that can be manipulated with electromagnetic forces to create various forms.
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POPSVirsona -- Talk with Artificial Intelligence Virsona is a social media service that provides a real-time chat interface where it looks like you’re having an instant messager conversation,with historical, fictional or public figures like Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, etc. Moreover Virsona is a social media service that allows you to create virtual personas and interact with others.
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POPSModular Robotics Scientists are building a new kind of robots capable of self-assembly and doing tasks too difficult or too dangerous for human beings. These modular robots are also able to deliberately change their shape by rearranging the connectivity of their parts, in order to adapt to new circumstances, perform new tasks, or recover from damage.
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POPSiCub A Robot with Artificial Intelligence Robots developed on the iCub platform have technologies for – grasping, locomotion, interaction, and even language-action association – these are of great relevance to further advances in the field of industrial service robotics.
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POPSSwarm robotics (videos) Some videos, with an introduction and examples of swarm robotics, a field of study based on the supposition that simple, individual robots can interact and collaborate to form a single artificial organism with more advanced group intelligence.