Roboticist sees improvisation through machine's eyes Heather Knight, who specializes in social robotics, sees the robot Data as a way of investigating her area of study. Roboticist Heather Knight has a performing robot named DataData's abilities include joke-telling and dancingData's reactive abilities highlight true human improvisation, a key creative traitHuman brain is capable of so much -- and must be kept limber to be at peak Editor's note: This is the fourth in a weekly series on characteristics of creativity. Next week's piece will focus on acting teacher Elizabeth Kemp and the role of mentors. Pittsburgh (CNN) -- The comedian, a small robot named Data, takes the stage. Rising from a crouch, as if psyching himself up for his audience, he waves. He launches right in to his routine, telling a doctor-patient joke, a Swiss army joke, old chestnuts from Fred Allen and Groucho Marx such as the line about why television is called a medium -- it's neither rare nor well done. What's Next: A gal and her robot A girl and her robot Creating space
NAO's specifications - NAO Developer Fully programmable, open and autonomous: make the most of a full integration of state-of-the-art hardware and software Easy to use and understand: achieve better project results and improve learning effectiveness Attractive and motivating: highly increase and catch audience attention CameraThanks to improved camera sensors, we provide higher sensitivity in VGA for better low light perception. For image processing work on the robot CPU, you can use up to 30 images/second in HD resolution. NAO can move the head by 239°horizontally and by 68° vertically, and his camera can see at 61° horizontally and 47°vertically. Smart StiffnessA unique feature which automatically adapts the power needed by the motors during the movements of the robot. Note : using the video stream in remote highly depends on the network and the video resolution chosen. LEDs
NAO Developer Take your NAO and Choregraphe in hand: turn your robot on, connect it to a network, make a Choregraphe behavior... I. Opening the box Remove NAO from his box and place him in a stable position. Charge NAO: plug the battery into his back before use. II. Press and hold his chest button for 2 seconds: he will boot up, then say his name and his battery level. III. Remove the hatch behind his head to allow access to the Ethernet socket. Connect NAO to your router via an Ethernet cable.Get his IP address: press his Chest button.He says his IP address (e.g. “192.168.1.4”).Open an Internet browser, type the IP address which NAO has just spoken into the address bar and press Enter.NAO’s webpage opens. To turn NAO off, press and hold his chest button for 5 seconds. IV. On the webpage of the robot, go to Network.In the list of available networks, click the one you want to use. Its configuration page opens. Note: the router should act as a DHCP server. I. First, create a new box from scratch. Click Ok. V.