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Making Robots Human

HERB a robot being developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Intel Labs Pittsburgh is a prototype service bot that might care for the elderly and disabled in the not too distant fu
HERB a robot being developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Intel Labs Pittsburgh is a prototype service bot that might care for the elderly and disabled in the not too distant fu

Long caption: All of these images are included in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands July 26.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/robots-photography

(© Max Aguilera-Hellweg/National Geographic)
At Carnegie Mellon University the robot Actroid-DER took a crash course in becoming more human.
At Carnegie Mellon University the robot Actroid-DER took a crash course in becoming more human.

All of these images are included in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands July 26.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/robots-photography

(© Max Aguilera-Hellweg/National Geographic)
With no human coach at the controls, Virginia Tech's robot soccer team dribbled, passed, and scored its way into the 2010 RoboCup "kid-size" semifinal in Singapore.
With no human coach at the controls, Virginia Tech's robot soccer team dribbled, passed, and scored its way into the 2010 RoboCup "kid-size" semifinal in Singapore.

The tournament founders' goal is a robot team that will defeat the human World Cup champs by 2050.

All of these images are included in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands July 26.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/robots-photography 

(© Max Aguilera-Hellweg/National Geographic)
The August Issue of National Geographic Magazine
The August Issue of National Geographic Magazine

All of these images are included in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands July 26.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/robots-photography

(National Geographic)
Ready to fire bullets and hurl grenades, a Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System, operated by a soldier behind cover, rolls into action in a training setup at Fort Benning , Georgia.
Ready to fire bullets and hurl grenades, a Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System, operated by a soldier behind cover, rolls into action in a training setup at Fort Benning , Georgia.

Future military robots endowed with ethical programs might be able to decide on their own when, and at whom, to shoot.

All of these images are included in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands July 26.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/robots-photography 

(© Max Aguilera-Hellweg/National Geographic)
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