I AM LEGEND!

wow.I think I'm going nuts!Its still my 1st day of semester end vacations and I'm soooo board to death.I can't imagine staying like this for 2 more whole weeeks.

At first I was hesitant to go back as I thought it would be a waste of money. Now I badly wish I had gone home :(.

I tried so many things today. I made tuna sandwiches for breakfast. Cleaned my room. Washed my clothes. Had a small work out. Watched couple of episodes of how I met your mother. Had one loooooooooooooong shower. Continued awesomeness....(If u know what I mean). Went out for lunch.Had one big Won Ton Mee with a bowl of rice. Back in the room continued watching awesomeness. When I woke up it was nearly 5 in the evening. Everything was blur! Had a bad headache. Had another loooooooooooooooooong shower. Ate a left over sandwich from breakfast. Thought eLbot would be at any help so decided to give it an upgrade. Unplugged the sensors from the micro. Now it lies down in the floor dead.Surprisingly even eLbot doesn't seem to entertain me. Very irony. I have no idea why?



Made my way to kottu.Was reading some old posts by couple of favorites.Decided to write my own. And here I am.

I hope it won't get any worse. Guss I would go out for a movie tomo all by myself and buy couple of games to keep me occupied until I get used to this isolation.Would be working with eLbot n blogging often in the coming few days. lol

"My name is Robert Neville. I am a survivor living in New York City. I am broadcasting on all AM frequencies. I will be at the South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky. If you are out there... if anyone is out there... I can provide food, I can provide shelter, I can provide security. If there's anybody out there... anybody... please. You are not alone."

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eLbot V 0.1 | MY FIRST EVER ROBOT

Its been almost 5 weeks since my last blog entry. Trust me, its been one hell of a time.So many things had taken place in the last few weeks of my life.Finance, Uni life and survival!

Despite all the downfalls, hear I am over flowing with joy and satisfaction.I can't believe it!Finally...I made it through. Say hello to eLbot people!

eLbot V 0.1 is an fully autonomous mobile robot that could play soccer.It has 4 servo motors and one of each touch, sound, ultrasonic and light sensors. Its equipped with a 32 bit microprocessor and has blue tooth connectivity.Design and analysis is done using Autodesk Professional while programming is mostly done using Microsoft Robotics Studio 2008 and LabView.

The current update of eLbot is capable of playing soccer.If you are a fan of the Robo Cup event I'm sure you would know what usually takes place in the Soccer event. eLbot was due to take part in the upcoming IJRC 2008 which was due on 28th July in Singapore and postponed to somewhere in late August.

I have been working on eLbot since December 2006. Actually it all began in year 2005 with IJRC 2005 ( International Junior Robotics Competition ) held in Singapore.I recall how I watched in amazement as mobile robots programmed by students some as young as 10 climb up a really steep incline and then pick and dispose the SOS signal blocks in their respective spots. There mission was to transmit an SOS alerting the cost guard about the blazing fire. The entire demonstration took place on a table modified that looked like an oil rig.

After struggling so hard to get the necessary funding I was almost about to give up.There were some who believed in me a lot and my work. I owe them a big deal.Thank you very much.If not for you two eLbot would have been just a dream.

Thank you very much indeed.

previous post related.

International Junior Robotics Competition

Robo Cup

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ROBOTIC INVASION : FUELING OUR NIGHTMARES OF BECOMING OBSOLETE

For decades science fiction writers have been fascinated about a robotic age where human made machines would dominate world power. The robotic age is clearly shown in films like The Terminator, Cyborg, I robot and Minority Report where robotic invasion and human fight-back is shown.

As to the rate of development in the area of robotics, we may become a thing of the past sooner than we ever imagined as crazy scientist all over the world are fueling our nightmares of becoming obsolete every second!

You may be aware that USA alone spend billions on developing robots that could be used at war grounds and police. Taser International and iRobot Corporation is working in collaboration to produce a new set of robots that will be capable of paralyzing a human with an electric shock.Will prove very useful as it comes to sentry operations where lethal weapons can't be used.

But these robots will be the new generation of robots carrying a weapon.Yeah non-lethal, but only for the time being.How can we assure it would remain the same for the next 10 years ahead?

What guarantee do we poses to say terrorist around the world would just sit back at home,doing nothing? Wouldn't they be interested in adopting to the modern warfare?

At first sight all these high tech equipment and cutting edge technology may seem amazing. But isn't there even a slightest possibility of messing things up? Isn't it just a matter of time before a machine, a cell phone, a PC, does everything better than us, efficiently and accurately?



Haven't the advancements in Artificial Intelligence drawn our attention yet, to the reality that machines can really learn to be independent and impressive?

I'm afraid the threat ahead is imminent. It is undeniable that we humans are loosing the battle.

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THE BLOGBOT: UR PERSONAL ROBOTIC BLOGGER

We humans sure do come across creative ideas. Even I agree.lol. We all love blogging don't we? And we all like getting tagged :)

Then how cool it would be to have a robot to blog about you ? Meet PaPeRo! [I prefer calling it the The Blogbot]

Blogbot is a small personal robot that could take elements of a persons activities and blog in the internet. It will record and analysis your activities and speech, and then search for related content.

Blogbot will then compose a post about you and your views on them and upload it to the internet daily.The Blogbot also comes with a large vocabulary and continuous speech recognition system. So you need not worry.

Sorry I couldn't find any videos in English

You may also want to keep in mind not to engage in or speak out too personal issues when Blogbots around. If not you might have to kill yourself the next day.

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GARBAGE TRUCK OF THE FUTURE

Ever since I can remember Sri Lanka is having problem with garbage. Last December when I was down there I've seen piles of garbage lying around here and there even in Kandy.I can't imagine how people live in some parts of Colombo.I pity them.

I have no idea hows the situation out there as for today.Guess the government have come up with a solution. May be the Garbage truck of the future would be at any help. Check it out.



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TAKE A RIDE

News regarding robots always excites us. I don't know about Sri Lanka but it sure does excites me...

Anyway if you are one of the constantly connected 21st century man; having continuously on the computer day and night and we need to have walk everyday to remain fit talk, this post might be be for you. But only if you are already having a walk everyday and just want to spice it a bit.lol

You will be amazed to know that there are few robot out there that are much much cooler and different from what we see everyday.






One such superb robot is the Hubo FX 1. Hubo is basically a robot chair featuring two legs. It can walk forward,backward,side to side and turn.Its quite awesome. Check out the video you would know what I mean.

Another two legged robot is the WL-16IV developed by students of Waseda Uni, Japan. It uses a combination of hydraulics and algorithms to saunter along and is capable of climbing stairs.

WL-16IV

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HAPPY WEDDING DARLING SIS

Billions of blue blistering barnacles in ten thousand thundering typhoons! My sis is getting wed today! :)

Today's a great great day for me. A day, I would remember through out my life. A day I have been waiting for so long. A day that had kept me worrying as a sincere brother. Wow!!!!!!!! This is really happening.My little sis is getting married today! Seriously,I can't believe this is happening.

I'm soooooo happy and at the same time very very sad as well. I need not tell how happy I am. But I wonder why my parents never kept me in the loop regarding issues at home, especially about the marriage stuff. Seriously they never told me a damn about it.

I knew nothing and still I do not know much. I'm not kidding. Two days back I was informed that she would be getting wed today to an engineer from Aus whos currnetly working in Ireland.Oh yeah, the grooms name is Raiz. Thats all what I know.

May be they didn't want me to worry over things at home.May be they thought Its better not tell me anything untill eveything is finalized.Still I'm so sooooo pissed.

I wana go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want be there when my sisters getting married.Come on,its once in a life time occasion. I seriously want to be right next to my sis when she's wed.

But now its too late. I wont be able to make it. Guess they will have to move on without me.I want ever again get to see her in a red Saree.


I can't help crying.Words aren't coming to my mind either.I'm winding up.:(

I wish I was a robot.

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10 THINGS THAT MAKES THE CYBORG HAPPY

Thanks for tagging me Scrumpulicious.

Ok,what ten things could possibly make The Cyborg happy........

1.BLOGGING

Writing and reading blogs makes my day great! There are lot of weired in a good way and different people out there.One thing I understood from my stay at kottu.org is that everyone likes blogs related to sex!

Another thing I realized is that not much people out there like blogs about robots! :(


2.HOME N FAMILY
I miss them sooooo much, wish they were right here with me.Miss their affection, care, scolding, smile. I miss being "pody eka". Miss all the silly fights used to have with my bro.Miss my two sisters caring.Miss dad's advising n scolding. Finally I miss mom, her smile, her love, her scolding, her fooooooood...simply everything of her.


3.ROBOTS
By now I'm sure you all would have labeled me as one sick freak madly in love with machines! Or am I doing it by myself? lol. As a kid I was greatly fascinated by Transformers the cartoon. Since then I have been craving for knowledge in the filed of robotics.I have been reading n researching about robots n robotics ever since. And here I'm today, a 2nd year graduate doing Robotics. :) Soon you will meet eLbot as well.May by end of October.

4.MEMORIES OF MY SCHOOL DAYS

I miss school days sooo much.Guess everyone of us do.

This was my last day at school.By the way I went to Kingswood in Kandy.

5.SERIES/MOVIES

F.R.I.E.N.D.S
I can't remember how many times I have repeatedly watched the entire ten seasons. I simply love it! Favorite characters are Joe n Phoebe.Love season 1,2,3,7,9,10.

TERMINATOR : THE SARAH CONNER CHONICLES.

I love this new series.Its awesome.The story,graphics everything!Its now on AXN.

6.A "SHE MIND" MAKES ME HAPPY

7.BEING CLEAN
An unusual one ha? I like being clean and weirdly it makes me happy too.I shower at least 6 times a day! no kidding.

8.TRAVELING N PHOTOGRAPHY
I love traveling and exploring new cultures. And I hv loadz of photos!


9.FOOD
I love eating!I think I can call eating as a hobby of mine.I munch all the time.This doesn't mean I'm out of shape or over fat :).

10.SPORTS
Love watching rugby,basketball n one-day cricket.


I had to put extra thought in this blog. But somehow managed to come up with ten. They might not be in correct order though...lol

Oh and I would like to tag A SHE MIND , SPARKLEMIST n SACHITHVIDA

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UNIVERSAL ROBOT'S DAY

I know I'm radically obsessed with machines and this would sounds stupid,but here it goes...

Don't you think its high time we have "a day" for Robots as in Universal Robot's Day?

I spent hours today googling whether there is an existing day for Robot's and it turned out to be an utter waste of time. Then I spent some more time writing to IFR, AAAI and some other Organizations.

As far as I'm aware there is no known day for robots, not yet.So why not name 2nd January : the birth day of Isacc Asimo, father of robotics as the Universal Robots Day?

Or is there some other day which makes more sense? I'm kinda very serious regarding this matter.

Now that I have written to many I'm waiting for there response and I hope it would be a positive one.

In the mean time have look at this video.Its an extract from the movie Bicentennial Man.You would love it.



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20 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ROBOTS. Ha Ha!

1.The first ever reported case of robot homicide had occurred in 1981 when a robotic arm crushed a Japaneses Kawasaki Factory worker.

2.Cybernetics Professor Kevin Warwick calls himself the world's first Cyborg, with computer chips implanted in his left arm.He can remotely operate doors and other electronic devices.


3.Elektro is the world's first humanoid robot. The 1939 built seven foot walking machine had managed to speak more than 700 words.

4.Elektro later appeared in the 1960 B movie, Sex Kittens to the College.

5.Chris Melhuish designed robots that used bacteria-filled fuel cells to produce electricity from rotten apples and dead files.

6.Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have reportedly used ladders to flip over the U.S military robots sent to scout out their caves.

7.The United State's military owns more than 4000 robots and most of them are used to scout roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

8.More than a million industrial robots are now in use and nearly half of them are in Japan.

9.The first ever robot was a mechanical bird driven by a steam compressed air was and it was built by Archytas a friend of Plato in the 5th Century.

10.The word "Robot" comes from the Czech word "robota" meaning drudgery or slave like labor. It first appeared in the 1921 play Rossum;s Universal Robots.The drama like most other movies with robots ends up badly by killing their creators and talking over the world.

11.Leonardo da Vinci drew up plans for an armored humanoid machine in year 1945.

12.The real Mars robots have logged 10.5 miles across the Red planet for more than three years which was built to last only 90 days.

13.Roomba robotic vacum cleaner manufacturer, iRobot has sold more than 2 million sets within a year.

14.R2-D2 is the only character in Star Wars movies that appears unchanged.

15.R2 was played by actor Kenny Baker who by the end was mostly given the boot and replaced by CGI.lol

16.A group of Australian researchers have built a microbot thats capable of imitating the swim stroke used by E.Coli. The microbot is injected into the patient so it could take biopsy from the inside.

17.Winebot can ID scads of different wines and cheeses.Recently it mistook a reporter's hand for cheese.

18.MIT's Media Lab is trying to make robots personal by developing RoCO, a computer with a monitor for head and neck and Leonardo, a robot designed to respond to emotional cues.

19.Hans Moravec, founder of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, predicts that robots will emerge as their own species by 2040.

20.Robotics expert Henrik Christensen predicts humans will be having sex with robots very soon.My favorite.Finally.Read

21.Cyborg Spy says he will marry a robot one day!lol

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