Robots: Part 1. Transferring material from the Big Picture website

In this post , I present to your attention the translation of the first of the three ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) articles about robots from boston.com , or rather its section “The Big Picture” . Articles are a selection of photographic materials about robots and robotics, supplemented by comments about the essence of what is happening, as well as about the place and time of events. My personal comments will be in italics.

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"Twendy-One" demonstrates the ability to delicate handling of objects by manipulating a straw between your fingers in the laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute "Waseda University" in Tokyo, January 14, 2009. This robot was developed by the laboratory team led by Dr. Shigeki Sugano, in the hope that such technologies will be able to help older people in the future. © AP Photo / Shizuo Kambayashi
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LEMUR (NASA's Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot) was designed to maintain and repair equipment in space. Its advanced version of Lemur IIa could serve as an assistant for the construction of dimensional structures in a vacuum. “Lemur IIa” in the photo is shown standing on a segmented telescope model. © NASA / Planetary Robotics Laboratory

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A robot named "da Vinci" assists surgeons in a hernia surgery, at the University Hospital Geneva. University Hospitals of Geneva opened a department for surgery with the use of robots in 2008, in which from 50 to 80 surgeons from around the world can be trained throughout the year. Geneva, Switzerland, November 13, 2008. © AP Photo / Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi

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Spanish Queen Sophia, King of Spain Juan Carlos, Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are watching the show in a robotic costume called “HAL” (Hybrid Assistive Limb), capable of lifting bags of rice to 30 kg ( Ha-ha, wimps! ) At the university Tsukuba University, north of Tokyo, November 12, 2008. © KATSUMI KASAHARA / AFP / Getty Images

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Human-like robots "Wakamaru", developed and produced in "Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industry", participate in the performance. On the right is Momoko, on the left - Takeo. The performance is the first experiment of this kind in the world with the simultaneous participation of robots and humans, written and directed by Hirat Oriz, and staged at Japan's Osaka University. Osaka, Japan, November 25, 2008. © YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP / Getty Images

In the comments, one of the users says that in his hometown of Tomsk there is also a theater with robots. Of course, everything is not as technologically advanced, but this factor is important only in the context of our stereotypes, in my opinion.

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A sapper robot examines a suspicious package for an explosive device during the exercise “I don’t undertake to accurately translate this name ) at the Lemonier military camp. Djibouti, October 21, 2006. © Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with the Bruno robot at the Darmstadt University of Technology booth, at the national IT summit held in Darmstadt on November 20, 2008. © REUTERS / Alex Grimm

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A rescue robot belonging to the Tokyo fire brigade loads the mockup of the victim during counter-terrorism exercises in response to the placement of the radiological device in Tokyo on November 7, 2008. The exercises were held in conjunction with 11 organizations, including the Metropolitan Police Department. © TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / Getty Images

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The biomimetic ( exactly ) underwater robot, dubbed “RoboLobster”, was developed by Professor Joseph Ayers. RoboLobster is designed to study changes in seawater, as well as to search for and destroy underwater mines. Nahant, Massachusetts, August 17, 2007. © Robert Spencer

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Two "ATHLETE" (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer: designed for rough terrain on other planets, six-wheeled) are moving in a desert area adjacent to Dumont Dunes, California. © NASA

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Toyota Motor Corporation production robot at the exhibition in the cabin. Tokyo, December 11, 2008. © REUTERS / Michael Caronna

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Urology Department in Milton, Dr. Clifford Gluck works with the da Vinci robot. Milton, Massachusetts, April 23, 2008. © Boston Globe / Milton Hospital

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Japan's Minister of Health, Yoichi Masuzo, will test the work of the “My Spoon” robot assistant during the presentation of robots designed for medical care in Tokyo, November 10, 2008. My Spoon, developed by Japan's Secom, is designed to help people with disabilities take food by controlling the joystick and using their lower jaw, leg, or arm to choose from. © AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS

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Three robots manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation are playing musical instruments. Tokyo, May 4, 2008. © REUTERS / Toru Hanai

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Demonstration of catching a criminal with the help of a “network” by a robot with remote control T-34, in Tokyo, January 21, 2009. T-34 operators can monitor events in real time with the help of a camera and control it via a mobile phone. The T-34 has sensors that respond to heat and sound, with which it can be controlled in real time. © REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Farmer Wu Yulu drives his self-made walking robot from a rickshaw in a village on the outskirts of Beijing on January 8, 2009. This robot is the last and most important invention of Wu, which began to fascinate robotics in 1986. The robot is made of wire, metal, screws and nails found in ordinary garbage. © REUTERS / Reinhard Krause

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The man shakes the hand of the “Berti” robot at the Science Museum in London, February 17, 2009. The robot is a full-size humanoid machine and is designed to imitate human gestures. © AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth

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NASA's K-10 “Red”, an experimental robot using a system that allows you to create 3D terrain models, WA in June of 2008. © NASA / Ames Research Center

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Thai and American soldiers shoot the Big Dog robot at their photo and video cameras during the opening ceremony of the Cobra Gold military exercise at a hotel in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, on February 4, 2009. © AP Photo / Apichart Weerawong

Selection of videos from “Big Dog” . I fully agree with the user in the comments - there is something frighteningly infernal in him.

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Visitors to the exhibition are watching the human-like robot of the Justin Rollin system engaged in making tea at CeBIT, the largest high-tech exhibition, on March 2, 2009 in Hannover, Germany. © RONNY HARTMANN / AFP / Getty Images

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The Royal Marine of Great Britain poses with the Unmanned Vehicle Robot, Testudo during the presentation of military equipment in London on February 26, 2009. © REUTERS / Luke MacGregor

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Clara Wu, a software developer at Harvest Automation, is testing a robot called “Mr. Incredible, a prototype of the second generation, in the office of the company. Massachusetts, August 29, 2008. The robot is a part of the maintenance of greenhouses, and is designed to place the pots of plants in a special grid, for the best use of free space. © Ellen Harasimowicz for The Boston Globe

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The two-legged model Tyrannosaurus Rex, at the Computer Achievement Expo 2008 in Tokyo, Japan, on October 23, 2008. © Koichi Kamoshida / Getty Images

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A student at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology) demonstrates a prototype of the robot watchman “bino3” during an exhibition of advances in security systems, in Tokyo, March 3, 2009. "Bino3" has four "eyes", which are equipped with two wide-angle lenses, and are two stereo cameras and two tele-photo lenses that can track certain objects, including intruders. © AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

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Vince Martinelli (right), the storekeeper of Kiva Systems, conducts inventory at the company's “demo stock” using robots from their own production ( those are the orange pieces under the shelves ). © Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

Here you can see a demo of this process. Funny things, I would buy myself a couple for home needs.

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Matthew W. Fisher, along with Hanson Robotics, is keeping their highly controversial development - a synthetic human face, designed to show how easy it is to imitate human emotions. Massachusetts, May 15, 2007. © David L. Ryan / Boston Globe

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The Talon 3B, a naval robot, is examining a Claymore mine (M18A1 - American anti-personnel mine) standing in the ground during exercises in sand dunes at a test site in the African city of Djibouti, on April 14, 2005. The robot is controlled from a safe place with the help of monitors and video equipment installed on the robot. © DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Robert R. McRill, US Navy

Interestingly, did the Americans guess that their sappers could be simply calculated using a radio signal, which is probably not the most secure, and for example with the help of one “super-mine” that can fly some distance and set somewhere on a minefield, in one fell swoop to destroy the entire sapper platoon.

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Developed for psychiatric institutions, the robot “Paro” at the exhibition of robots in Japan 2008, in the city of Yokohama, on October 10, 2008. This “toy” is worth 350,000 yen (US $ 3,480). The robot is made in the form of a baby seal and is equipped with an intellectual system of behavior that serves to calm patients in hospitals and nursing homes. © AP Photo / Itsuo Inouye

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Robots assemble a Samand car at the Iran Khodro car factory located west of Tehran, September 30, 2008. © BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP / Getty Images

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The “Rich” robot, produced by MSI, conducts a walking tour of the Grand Hills exhibition hall, owned by Far Glory, in the city of Linkou, which in turn is located in Taipei, Taiwan, in October 2008. © REUTERS / Nicky Loh (TAIWAN)

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Intel CEO Craig R. Barrett, California Governor Arnold Schwerzegger and German Chancellor Angela Merkel opposite the robotic arm at the opening ceremony of the largest high-tech exhibition CeBIT, in Hanover, on March 2, 2009. © NIGEL TREBLIN / AFP / Getty Images

Schwartz, with a steady smile on his face, is clearly trying to stay away from his alter-ego.

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NASA Laboratory for Mars Exploration. Photo of the rover during its assembly, before installing the manipulator, mast, laboratory equipment and other equipment, in August 2008. Its six wheels have a diameter of about 50 centimeters (20 inches). The frame is 1.1 meters (3.6 feet) above the ground. The rover is now ready for launch in 2011. © NASA / JPL-Caltech