From March 17 to June 28, 2020, the Musée des Arts et Métiers is giving pride of place to contemporary scientific and technical heritage. The exhibition Prototypes, from experimentation to innovation presents to the public nearly thirty precursor objects and instruments. First experimental models of bipedal robot, neutron trap, the
PlusLes signes de la crise de l’hôpital public sont manifestes : pénurie de médecins et d’infirmières, attentes et encombrements dans les services d’urgence, épuisement professionnel des soignants, « grèves » et manifestations, démissions de chefs de service, … Tout le monde s’accorde pour dire que l’hôpital public va mal. Comme
PlusYou like to take yourself as a selfie? You are not reluctant, far from it, to publish photos of yourself on social networks? Are you a bit of a narcissist? What Facebook has in store for you: a personal paparazzi robot that'll take pictures of you all day long, never tired of your
PlusTo enable paraplegics to regain the use of their legs, this is the ambition of the Wandercraft project, which has created the first exoskeleton that reproduces the movements of walking identically: With it, paraplegics can regain the most advanced natural walking in the world; several million people
PlusLa start-up lyonnaise Navya a présenté mardi son nouveau véhicule, un taxi sans chauffeur à propulsion 100% électrique, qui a l’ambition de fluidifier la circulation dans les centres urbains, et dont les premières livraisons sont attendues au troisième trimestre 2018. « C’est une révolution pour la mobilité en centre-ville, ce
PlusOn the occasion of the "Future Investment Initiative" economic forum, Saudi Arabia announced that the anthropomorphic humanoid robot Sophia has received Saudi citizenship. A first! This Wednesday, October 25, Saudi Arabia was the first country in the world to offer this anthropomorphic humanoid robot citizenship.
PlusVous aimez bien manger mais faire la cuisine ne vous excite pas trop ? Ce robot est fait pour vous. Il est capable de préparer une centaine de repas et, cerise sur la gâteau, sa tâche terminée, il nettoie la cuisine ! D éveloppé par la société britannique Moley Robotics, ce
PlusAccording to its etymology, the word "robot" refers to an anthropomorphic entity, as the word was first used to refer to a humanoid automaton in a play by the Czech Karel Čapek, RUR, Rossum's Universal Robots, created in 1921. But in recent years, the term
PlusAccording to its etymology, the word "robot" refers to an anthropomorphic entity, as the word was first used to refer to a humanoid automaton in a play by the Czech Karel Čapek, RUR, Rossum's Universal Robots, created in 1921. But in recent years, the term
PlusSoseki Natsume is, for the Japanese, like a Dickens, a Proust or a Goethe for Westerners. Dead a century ago, Natsume will be resurrected as a robot android by teams of researchers in artificial intelligence from Nishogakusha University in Tokyo. His robot
PlusTwo years ago, when the adventure began, two students from the school of industrial biology in Cergy-Pontoise, came up with the idea of using robotics to interest a population whose attention is very difficult to capture. Ladislas de Toldi and Marine Couteau had a dream: to help exceptional children to live in
PlusYear in and year out, French farmers dump 30,000 tonnes of herbicides into their crops. The best known, probably because of its bad reputation, is Monsanto's Roundup. This practice is denounced by environmental associations and organic farmers who have been doing without it for a long time. However, for
PlusOn connaissait les robots dans les usines, devenus des outils indispensables dans toute chaîne industrielle. Mais ces robots-machines conservaient l’apparence de machines. Une nouvelle génération de robots apparaît aujourd’hui. Des robots humanoïdes, capables de réaliser des tâches, comme les hommes, aux côtés des hommes. Le groupe Airbus, associé à un
Plus"I am wary of the contagion of machines" said Georges Duhamel. Or again, Isaac Asimov: "The robots will free us". So what should we think? Without us realizing it, we are really changing the world with robots driven by thought or the generalization of Big Data opening up to analysis.
PlusStudent engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich developed a robot that can roll over walls using mobile aerial propellers at the request of Disney Research Laboratories. It is called VertiGo. A very light four-wheeled robot with a strong grip, propelled by a mobile aerial propeller.
PlusStudent engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich developed a robot that can roll over walls using mobile aerial propellers at the request of Disney Research Laboratories. It is called VertiGo. A very light four-wheeled robot with a strong grip, propelled by a mobile aerial propeller.
PlusL’association WomenTechnology a mis un point un robot capable de réguler la circulation dans la capitale de la République démocratique du Congo, Kinshasa. Taille : 2,5 mètres de haut, et un look rock’n roll avec lunettes de soleil, diodes clignotantes vertes et rouges, le tout alimenté de panneaux solaires lui permettant
PlusBefore moving the blue cube, you have to remove the red cube," explains to the iCub robot Grégoire Pointeau, a PhD student in the research group led by Peter Dominey at the Institut Cellule souche et cerveau de Lyon (Inserm). iCub repeats the instruction, moves his hand towards the red cube and closes his fingers on it,
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