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What's New at Android World
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Check out our updated BOOKS
and MOVIES pages. World's greatest android projects
There are 94 major android projects around the world -
42 are in Japan, 10 in the US,
10 in Korea, 9 in Germany, 7 in China,
4 in the UK, 2 in Sweden, 1 in Australia, 1 in Thailand,
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in Singapore, 1 in Bulgaria, 1 in Iran, 1 in Italy,
1 in Austria, 1 in Spain, 1 in Russia
& 1 in UAE
(* Added 3 -
01/05/08 *)
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Entertainment androids or robots
Many companies offer entertainment androids or robots for advertising or promotion.
73 companies are listed here.
(* updated 7/28/2007 *)
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| Smaller android projects Here
are 73 smaller android projects around the world. Of these,
19 are in Japan, 20 in the US, 7 in Australia, 8 in the UK, 2 in
Canada, 2 in Sweden, 1 in
Germany, 2 in Hungary, 1 in Argentina, 1 in Brazil, 3 in Denmark, 1 in India , 1 in
Mexico, 1 in Indonesia, 2 in Malaysia, 1 in Italy, 1 in Colombia, and 1 in China. If you are building an android
and would like a link, send me an email. 4 new 10/28/2006
 
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Analog Gyro/Accelerometer Board
See
our 6-axis sensor board for android balance. Three orthogonally mounted gyros and three
orthogonally mounted accelerometers provide a great inexpensive 6-axis sensor.
Price reduced from $695 to just $595
(7/8/7)
Analog board.
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New
10/09/2008
2008 US
Election
Why National Polls are Worthless
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New 9/16/2008
New email virus removal
help
msserv.exe sends email from your PC
dmxxx.exe sends email from your PC |
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DARPA - Grand Challenge
Carnegie Mellon University's team called
Tartan Racing (Pittsburg, PA)
won the $2 million first prize in the DARPA Urban Challenge.
The race was held at Victorville, California on November 3, 2007.
In second place was the
Stanford Racing Team of Stanford University (Stanford, CA) -
taking home the $1 million second prize. In third place was
the Victor Tango team
of Virginia Tech University ($500,000 3rd prize).
(* New 12/6/2007 *)
Tartan Racing wins!
Many pictures are
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Pollsters
prove they are INCOMPETENT (again) 01/08/08
$10 Million dollar prize
for Hydrogen Fuel Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists, inventors and
entrepreneurs will be able to vie for a grand prize of $10 million,
and smaller prizes reaching millions of dollars, under House-passed
legislation to encourage research into hydrogen as an alternative
fuel.
Bill is H.R. 5143
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NASA's Rocket Challenge
$2 Million dollar prize
Competing teams have to build a rocket that can launch
vertically, climb to a certain altitude and suspend in the air, land
at a target 100 yards away and then return to its original launch pad.
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4 DOF Android Fingers
available now for only
$55 each unassembled
$110 each assembled
60 parts per finger
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Squse offers robot hand with 5 moving fingers.
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Touch Bionics offers the i-Limb hand
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No Food = No Problem
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Reality Check for Anti-War People
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Killer Asteroids
Another HOAX!
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Honey Bees Dying
A True Crisis
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Current Product List
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Nuclear War is
Inevitable
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Are super-intelligent machines a danger to humanity?
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Has the Turing test become Worthless?
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No Civil War in Iraq
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See our complete
list of globes here
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S$1,000,000 robot prize
Singapore government offers S$1,000,000 prize for an autonomous urban warfare
robot. DSTA (Defense Science and Technology Agency) has
announced a robot competition called the Tech X Challenge, to take place in 2008.
Rules.
The only drawback is that the team leader (but not the team members)
must be a resident of Singapore. You must submit your proposal
by May 31, 2007. Robot limitations are 150 Kg and 2 m/s speed.
The robot needs to walk up stairs, use an elevator, find a target,
mark it, and retrace its route back to the starting point all in under
one hour.
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Robotex, based in Palo Alto, California has introduced a new killer
robot for the military. This little killer sports two
Assault 12-gauge shotguns which can fire at up to 300 rounds per
minute. The cost is only $30,000 to $50,000.
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Android Head Projects This page
shows 31 android head projects. 
Einstein head.
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LOW cost
Animatronic Head Kit - $295
 Silicone face (front & back) and
plastic skull (front & back) - 4 pieces. Kit includes - 2 small ears & 2 medium ears plus a tube of Shin Etsu and
a piece of power stretch.
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Android Hand
Projects There are several groups and
individuals who are building android hands. Perhaps you would
like to check them out. Added 2 new hands
05/20/2006
Shadow
hand
Maryanto hand
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Here is Yuki-taro, a Japanese robot designed to remove snow from
highways. It chews up snow and converts it into bricks of ice.
It has a GPS system and is completely self-guided. (* 01/05/08
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Android Touch Sensor Board
Tactile Sensor Board
Haptic Sensor Board
Read Any 32 Analog Signals (0 - 5V)
We are offering our android touch sensor board which
reads 32 FSRs (force sensing resistors) and can be daisy-chained to read 128
FSRs. The board is SMALL & STAND-ALONE (includes 32 FSRs and
software) Only $595.
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Animatronic Eyes/Android Eyes
They have 2 color video cameras with pan & tilt and eyelid motion. They are adult
human sized eyes. The eyes can be ordered with or without servos and with or without
cameras. Full kit with 2 color video cameras only $750.
Basic kit is only $99 (no servos & no cameras).
Android eyes
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We are now offering beautiful latex masks
by DH of Holland. (Shipped from Holland)
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Check out David Ng's
Animatronic Head
- $5000
Animatronic Hands
- $1625 - $3780
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| Android Cop Video
The Embassy
Visual Effects Inc of Vancouver, BC, Canada, has produced an
android policeman video which is just OUTSTANDING. The video
shows an android cop patrolling in a poor part of town near
Johannesburg, South Africa. It shows the android running,
driving a patrol car, and shooting guns. Fantastic! (Only
problem is the video is 16M).
Android cop.
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Robotic Hand/arm by David
Ng.
13 DOF
Hand/Arm - $6000
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| Analog Gyro/Accelerometer Board
See
our 6-axis sensor board for android balance. Three orthogonally mounted gyros and three
orthogonally mounted accelerometers provide a great inexpensive 6-axis sensor.
Price reduced from $695 to just $595
(7/8/7)
Analog board.
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Digital Gyro/Accelerometer Board.
We
are also offering a 6-axis digital sensor board with 3 orthogonally mounted gyros and 3
orthogonally mounted accelerometers. This board comes with a watertight enclosure and a
USB connector and software to drive it.
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We do
Contracting / Subcontracting / Outsourcing work.
If
you have a project you need completed fast and cheap -
Let us bid on your project.
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| NASA Anthropomorphic Projects . Several
projects are underway at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. 
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Special Mention
Katsuhisa Ito from Tokyo, Japan has
built another SUPER
android called Silf-H2. It has 20 DOF and is 25 cm tall. He
has movies on his site too.
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Live to be 100
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FREE
Guaranteed Weight Loss Plan
(Updated 12/6/07) |
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World Deaths & Media Distortions Thereof
(updated)
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Want to do a Robot
Mind Survey for Harvard University?
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Who are the best Pollsters?
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Which
pollsters do you trust?
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| Baby and Mecha projects Several
groups are building either baby androids or giant androids which are called
Mechas. Land Walker is here
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Jump 20 years into the future with the NS-5,
a fabulous android debuting July 16, 2004. 20th Century Fox
has a super promo for their new movie starring Will Smith called
"I, Robot" which is based on Asimov's book of the same name
(which is actually a collection of short stories).
NS -5
We do
Contracting / Subcontracting / Outsourcing work. If
you have a project you need completed fast and cheap -
Let us bid on your project.
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Expert system databases
(Available now for $20)
All the Bird species in the World - Linnean Classification of.
This list contains 29 orders, 201 families, 2073 genera, and 10010
species.
All Mammal species in the World - Linnean Classification of.
This list contains 28 orders, 161 families, 747 genera, and 4939
species.
All Dinosaur species in the World - Linnean Classification of.
This list contains 2 orders, 70 families, 673 genera, and 995 species.
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Historical android projects
Several major android projects have been developed in the past. Here are some of them. If
you know of others, please email us their URLs and we will add them to our list.
Wabot-2, Japan, 1984
Free fun Software
Page
listing FREE SOFTWARE which you may want to download.
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| Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
Perhaps the reader would enjoy my comments on Asimov's three laws of robotics.
Isaac Asimov - World's Greatest Author |
Secret Android Projects What other unseen groups are
building androids? Here are 9 likely candidate organizations.
Aibo |
| Robotics / Computer Science Education
This page will help you choose the right college or university to attend.
It includes robotics and computer science schools in the US and around the world. |
The Philosophy & Future of Androids Questions
answered: Why androids? When? How much? What can they do? How smart will they be? |
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CMU
(Carnegie Mellon University)
has a robotic receptionist called Valerie. Valerie, the new
receptionist at Carnegie
Mellon University's computer science department, can give you
directions to labs and offices and she can give you an update about
the weather. Here is another
longer article.
Valerie
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King's College London
also has a robotic receptionist - which is called
Inkha. It was built by Matthew Walker and went on-line full time
last December. Inkha is attracted to small movements and is frightened
by large movements which makes it a popular addition to the reception
area. Inkha's lifelike movement results from studies of human
behaviour.
Inkha
Mr. Walker is offering these kits for
sale. Contact him if you are interested. His
website is here.
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| World's Smallest Video Cameras
These cameras are small enough
to use for android's eyes. Supercircuits
has introduced two new tiny cameras which are only 3/8" sq by
5/8" long (9mm sq x 16mm). They have both a B&W version
(PC206XP)
and a color version (PC207XP).
PC206XP B&W camera
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Bipedal Projects & Info
22
projects are listed here.
U of South Denmark. |
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World's Largest Robotics Sites
These are the largest robotics sites which we have found. If you know of some others,
please email us their URLs.
Robot Media Online These
sites offer news, magazines, books, etc.
Books of Interest Looking
for Robot books? Here are a few links plus four books that I have
written.
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Domestic Robots or Androids 15
domestic robots are shown which are available for purchase today. Added
Anybots
domestic robot 01/05/08.
Dishwasher robot |
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AI Site: Recluse
Robots is a site in Pretoria, South Africa which has developed a unique
Brain Model. They have a simulator to run it and you can try
it out for FREE. Check them out!
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Fun Animatronics Sites Here are
some animatronics sites which you will enjoy browsing.
Animatronic Hardware & Software -
We are now offering products to get your animatronics project rolling.
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| Contacts |
Contacts |
- Chris Willis
- Android World, President
- 3311 Santa Monica Dr.
- Denton, TX., 76205, USA
- Phone: (US) 940-382-7363
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- General Information:
crwillis@androidworld.com
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- Regis Serrat
- Advanced Controls & Communications, President
- 1124 Plantation Court #B
- Las Vegas, NV, 89117, USA
- Phone & Fax: (US) 702-243-6344
- (GMT minus 8 hours)
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