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Topic Name: Bangladeshi graduate student is developing a humanoid robot
Category: Robotics
Research persons: Mr Feroz Ahmed Siddiky
Location: 154/A, College road, Chittagong-4203, Bangladesh
Details
Move over Japan? A
Bangladeshi graduate student is developing a robot capable of picking up
objects, mopping floors and performing other simple tasks -- at the fraction
of the cost of other humanoids.
Feroz Ahmed Siddiky of the
International Islamic University in
Chittagong says his "IRobo" responds to voice commands, has spatial
intelligence and is cheap because it's made from scrap materials he's
collected from electronic shops and car mechanics.
"On completion, this robot
will comply with different verbal commands for tasks like shifting objects,
cleaning floors and standing guard," Siddiky told Reuters.
"It can also be used for
some risky jobs like in coal mines, where workers commonly suffer many
accidents."
Siddiky has been working
on the robot for two years and says he has got another year's worth of
engineering to do before its completed. He said he is currently discussing
commercial production of the robot with an Australian software firm.
"I hope people will be
able to buy it for less than $1,000," he added.
Cyber-crazy Japan is
hooked on androids with several companies selling robots that mimic human
action for medical and cleaning purposes, as well as entertainment.
About International Islamic University
Chittagong
International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)
is one of the Government Approved private Universities in Bangladesh. The credit
for the idea of establishing this University goes to Islamic University
Chittagong Trust (IUCT), which is the founder organization of the University.
The Trust is a non-political and non-profit voluntary organization, registered
with the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh under the Societies
Act XXI of 1860. Under the aegis of IUCT and the grace of Allah (Swt), Islamic
University Chittagong got the Government Approval on February 11, 1995 and the
University was founded in the same year accordingly.
In 2004 IIUC was recognized as one of the 9 Top-graded (out of 52) Private
Universities by Government-appointed High Powered Team led by the UGC Chairman.
At present it is the largest private University with 287 (183 Full Time)
teachers and around 6000 students from home and abroad. The total space used for
academic and administrative purposes is around 4,59,990 sft. A good number of
full time teachers are studying abroad for higher degrees with IIUC scholarship.
Address: 154/A, College road,
Chittagong-4203, Bangladesh
Tel.: +88-031-610085, 610308, 638656-7, 639981, 625230
Fax: +88-031-610307
Email: info@iiuc.ac.bd
About iRobot Corporation :
iRobot Corporation is a public corporation
(NASDAQ: IRBT), based in Burlington, Massachusetts, that designs robots for
businesses, homes, and the military. iRobot's best known products are the Roomba,
an autonomous home vacuum cleaner, and the Scooba, a similar robot that scrubs
and cleans hard floors. The company also makes a line of PackBots, robots for
military use (such as with bomb squads and SWAT teams). The three iRobot
founders – Rodney Brooks, Colin Angle and Helen Greiner – were inspired to
found the company after working in MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. Rodney
Brooks is the former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory.
Scrap materials:
Scrap is a term used to describe waste metal.
Old, unwanted metal such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus
materials, are taken to a wrecking yard (known colloquially as scrapyards),
where they are processed for later melting into new products.
A scrapyard (also known as a breaker's yard), depending on its location, may
allow customers to browse their lot and purchase items before they are sent to
the smelters although many scrap yards that deal in large quantities of scrap
usually do not, often selling entire units such as engines or machinery by
weight with no regard to their functional status. Customers are typically
required to supply all of their own tools and labor to extract parts, and some
scrapyards may first require waiving liability for personal injury before
entering. Many scrapyards also sell bulk metals (stainless steel, etc) by
weight, often at prices substantially below the retail purchasing costs of
similar pieces.
Humanoid:
The term "humanoid" refers to any being whose
body structure resembles that of a human. In this sense, the term indeed
describes primates, as well as mythological creatures and artificial organisms
(robots), especially in the context of science fiction and fantasy fiction. An
android or gynoid is a humanoid robot designed to look like a specific gender,
although the words are, in principle, synonymous.
Usually, a fictional humanoid species has the same basic body outline as a
human, being bipedal with hands which include fingers and opposable thumbs, but
differs in details such as number of digits, coloring, ear form, presence of
hair, average height and weight, size of nose, form of skin, "extras" such as
horns, plates, claws, tails or multiple appendages, limb structure (such as
having digitigrade legs) and taxonomic lineage (being descended from reptiles,
fish, rodents, marsupials, or a phylum not evolved on Earth, perhaps, instead of
primates). Reptilian humanoids are a common concept.
About Researcher:
Name: Feroz Ahmed Siddiky
International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)
E-Mail: firoz_moni@yahoo.com
Country: BANGLADESH
Most Important Online Resources:
http://www.recycle.net/trade/aa975058.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5657425-claims.html
http://www.rense.com/general31/tinyt.htm
http://hubpages.com/hub/Bangladeshi_develops_humanoid_robot
http://www.tradekey.com/ks-scrap-materials/
http://www.engadget.com/tag/iRobot/
http://www.Roboticsnewstoday.com/
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