Following our article on the Nissan Pivo will see one of the most interesting is this vehicle. For many people, driving is equal to release all within. In fact, when we take a car we can relax, get angry, have anxiety, have fun, listen to music while riding, and much more. It’s not just get in front of a flyer miles and make no more. Unfortunately, in what everyone agrees is that we become when we lose the worst drivers nerves and unload our frustrations at the wheel. It is unfortunate that many times we can not just get off the car and wait until we pass the state of nerves. While not believe it, the robot model built into the Nissan Pivo 2 can help with bad humor of the people. This may sound like science fiction, but the truth is that Nissan has managed to develop a rather interesting detect our moods.

What has been incorporated in the Pivo 2 is a system of cameras with facial recognition as a small head on the dashboard of the car, we can recall in a way the robot from “Star Wars” R2D2. This “friend” keeps the driver alert and happy while at the same time provides important information such as directions and distances that we must follow. Fortunately, we have to decipher a series of beeps and whistles like the movie, to understand what the robot is saying Nissan. In videos of shows that Nissan has distributed to the media, the robot can talk Pivo English and Japanese with a clear voice and polite child. As mentioned, the robot also uses a technology to recognize facial features of the driver , which includes the position of the eyes, brow height, smiles or even frown.

Nissan Pivo The robot has been compared to a doll’s head out of the dashboard, and even some magazine called it “robotic monkey head with eyes.” The idea of ​​the designers they said, was to create a robot that seems somehow organic and enjoyable for passengers of the vehicle, making them feel closer to the – no way to frighten or disturb people. Some comments from Nissan’s designers have said they wanted to deviate from the mechanical design concept and make a concept of “human design”. The car becomes more like a partner through the help and robotic personal assistant company. Thanks to the robot movements designed for the Nissan Pivo 2, gives a warmer feeling and with a human touch.

Other innovations have the Nissan Pivo are some mechanical changes for passengers to be more comfortable. Many of the problems in small cars is the lack of space, especially for those who go back, and this is often due to the design of the functions in the car. Key to the Nissan Pivo is that it is done with cable control systems. Cable means for braking systems and steering wheel turns are controlled by electrical impulses instead of mechanical linkages directly. This allows more space and less weight, which are two important variables in any car.

Citing the system of rotation of the vehicle as a driver only see the flyer . But the wheel is just a mechanism that triggers a complex system that makes the wheels turn in one direction or another. It is composed of many elements that add weight and space in the car. On the other hand, the Nissan Pivo this system starts with a steering wheel that looks much like a video game control. Instead of mechanisms and fat pieces you can find in an ordinary car, the Pivo turns converts into electrical signals. Wires transmit commands to special devices located in the wheels.

Nissan has developed a robot capable of moving in groups, without colliding with each other and can also avoid obstacles. This technology plan to use in the car to help prevent accidents.

The robots, which have called EpoR, are inspired by the behavior with the fish when they travel in large banks , which we know can move with great speed and without crashing into each other. The researchers say that this is due largely to the position with the eyes of the fish, which allows a very good peripheral vision. Trying to imitate nature, laser sensors have been located (the “eyes” for robots) in the same way. These signals allow a group of robots detect one another (including obstacles), and correct the trajectory whenever needed.

The size of each EpoR is about 50 inches tall, his weight is 13 kg and has a top speed of 1.4 km / h. Nissan will demonstrate at the CEATEC JAPAN 2009 next week. They have also said they hope to use that technology in the future, real cars, helping to prevent accidents on congested roads.

Nissan is investigating with robots in the future, which many see as possible, that the circulation is regulated independently by means of the positioning data from GPS integrated a reality. It’s something we see often in films that reflect the future traffic, as well as flying cars.

On October 6 will be released on EpoR robot, latest development of the Japanese. EpoR, as well as nice in appearance, is capable of detecting obstacles and remain in groups close together even without the risk of accident or collision.

The operation is based on sharing the position and route information with other group members. In addition, laser sensors are responsible for the obstacles are detected and shunned. For this aspect Nissan is set at the position of the eyes in the fish, which being slightly on the sides, you get a very useful peripheral vision to go into banks without colliding with each other. Have you ever noticed the precision of movements of fish?

For bands we had seen almost everything: more than punks, more glamorous, some even virtual and Gorillaz, but a robot is somewhat less frequent, but seeing the other functions which make the robots lately, a matter of time.

The Toyota Robot Live Band comes to fight with a group of hairy it is. Without any complex. There are four amazing musicians and developed by Toyota according to witnesses so heavenly touch. Four and of course, have names. The leader and trumpet is Harry, a biped robot, Dave is in the shadow of Harry’s ego is the second trumpet, Chuck is responsible for the tuba and Richie battery.

The Toyota Robot Band Live acts every day with great critical and commercial success at the headquarters of Toyota. No catches close as the seat is in the huge Toyota City in Aichi prefecture, but it is clear that if the success continues, they will soon make a world tour.

Richie plays a drum set, Yamaha by the way, with both arms fully articulated hands and weighs about 65 kilos and has a freedom of movement of 16 degrees. Chuck, the tuba is more ligerita, about fifty kilos, articulated fingers to go by operating valves. Harry and Dave are the greatest, and were created by Toyota for the Aichi Expo in 2005.

Few of us like to talk or relate to machines. At least for those who are less refined its humanoid aspect. Well, if you are of this type of person will like to know more about AIDA, a GPS-shaped robot head, which is able to express emotions while guiding you to your destination.

This curious wit, whose name comes from the concept Afecctive Driving Intelligent Agent (or in Castilian affective intelligent driving agent), aims to change traditional methods of driving these devices, which provides, without doubt, a premium grade high of complicity with its user.

This cute robot (halfway between Wall-E and KITT, the Knight Rider) is the work of the restless and productive team of engineers from the Technical Institute of Massachusetts (MIT), which designed to fit easily into the dashboard the car. From that privileged position, AIDA is capable of becoming an efficient passenger travel, which can make recommendations for route, remember that Leveled down perform activities in a given area of the city, warning of potential dangers, or even make a brief description of commercial activities of the areas we go through with our car.

But, yes, all through a repertory of facial gestures that range from a smile, a gesture of mourning or sadness, a conspiratorial wink of an eye, or just playing (in your face light) a danger signal that is near and we have not noticed.

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We do not know if it will be our friend, but its creators say will be able to detect even if our leadership is abnormal, if we ran out of fuel (including a stop on the route at a station reporting) or what our tastes, taking statistical account of activities during the previous weeks.

For the moment, it is uncertain date of disposal. Although every indication that the Volkswagen brand vehicles will be the first to enjoy this nice machine.

There are already robots that run, play, cooking, making the bed, fighting, exploring other planets, which become even cars that emulate human emotions. But soon they may serve as more than enough to go with his skills when at the time of charging batteries depend on humans for not staying in standby. The little that we had control over the humanoids can be up in smoke because of the guys from Intel, which has made everything a responsible adult Marvin has proved to be the most independent of these devices.

Not that Marvin is a unit with an attractive finish and seductive to the technophile. Not even boasts a refined and futuristic forms. It looks like a vacuum cleaner with the guidance of a bullet past the gin and tonic, but it can do that makes him unique. Through a sensor system that has not been sharpened for best performance, is capable of tracking the emissions that cause electrical outlets, draw a map and get to it to power your battery.

As we say, Marvin has learned to feed, but does not know to buy the food, play with the analogy. The displacement and electric field sensing its environment seems to be significantly improved, although it is clear that this robot promises to be the beginning of a technology that could make life easier reach to the human user to supply when the supply energy equipment. Now there is only one basic question: Is Marvin the beginning of a generation of notebooks that are traveling all alone to note that the plugs when they are left without energy?

A robot controlled by a computer linked to it is nothing too new. Now that the robot takes an entire computer inside and goes a little longer than usual.

An ultraportable is ideal platform for this, it offers enough power for a task of this type, but a compact size and reduced energy consumption. Within this robot is an Intel Atom Z530 at 1.6 GHz, Wi-Fi connectivity, USB port, …

We can install, therefore, any operating system, Windows and Linux, from which we can control their twenty degrees of freedom, receiving signals from the various accelerometers and gyroscopes that includes.

That itself is an expensive fad, as the price of Vstone Robovie-PC is a little over € 3000 to change, something that makes it accessible to only a privileged few who like to tinker with these devices .