It is normal the presentation of new and updated, upgraded prototypes of Humanoid Robots, almost every month we see a new video from youtube of a genre of robot doing this or that. Actually they are tested to be used in the future as a common electrodomestic to help the human being on the daily routine. When one day that I talked to a Portuguese creator of robots, the thing I asked was:

How the company on which you are working will make money with this? They are all in test phases, this is an investigation work of decades!!!??? Are you selling any product right now?

He answered: “MH (my nickname right here), you even imagine how my company is profiting…They are offered work investigation from other companies, as NASA or something like that, and they pay for the development and things that are then uncovered by our company. Whit that we make money, and we also sell some gadgets to hospitals (mainly this institutions, but also particular clients), because every single step we walk is a new world discovered to the medicine. Of Course, the State also contributes to this kind of work.”

I had, on that day a great and big talk with him, and this business still being misterious.

Now, I am here to post a video of a new and improved robot from Pal Technology Robotis (REEM). They have two prototips, and the second can get 12 kilos on him and do all the job needed to. Check it down:

REEM-B is the evolution of the first humanoid created by Pal Technology Robotics, the REEM-A. The first prototype was designed to play chess with the Hydra chess engine and to be used as development platform. With REEM-B, Pal Technology comes astonishingly close to its final goal; to create a humanoid service robot that will be able to help humans in the future with sophisticated tasks. Our robot can walk dynamically, recognize and grasp objects, lift heavy weights and go around by itself inside any building complex, avoiding obstacles.

It can speak with people and accept voice commands, recognize faces and remind appointments as a secretary. All these features, including the large battery autonomy, makes REEM-B unique in its type. Discover REEM-B, one of the most sophisticated humanoid robots in the world. Discover REEM-B, one of the most sophisticated humanoid robots in the world.

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And the awaited video….

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The Lynx space shuttle is developed by XCOR Aerospace, who have been developing and researching propulsion systems for nine years.

Virgin Galactic announced it was looking for a SpaceShipTwo, after the success that the SpaceShipOne contest created, and the Lynx could provide heavy competition if it joined the contest. The two-seat space vehicle is capable of reaching outside the Earth’s atmosphere in mere 3 minutes, which will be fast enough to let plenty scientists amaze themselves with views only possible in documentaries and computer animations.

“We have designed this vehicle to operate much like a commercial aircraft. Its liquid fuel engines will provide the enhanced safety, durability, reliability and maintainability that keep operating costs low,” Greason said. “These engines will also minimize the impact of these flights on the environment,” Greason added. “They are fully reusable, burn cleanly, and release fewer particulates than solid fuel or hybrid rocket motors.”

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