于仁颇黎@机器人

前段时间突闻许多的同学朋友，都慢慢的开始一个个的步入围城，似乎有些个不可思议，觉得似乎这个事情还是离自己很远的，还是不太愿意去相信，自己也到了需要来考虑这个事情的年龄。但是，母亲那种渴望儿子成家的目光，还是给了我一些这方面的压力，也让我去思考了这个问题，也就是我要什么时候来考虑結婚这件事。doubanclaim099d3b1ba4a6d884

曾在上学时，有一个朋友ibookman非常诚恳的给我一个意见，如果你与你的女友一起很和的来的话，你们毕业了就可以去結婚了。这样，对你来说对她来说，这种稳定的关系会帮助你们前进，对你们将来的发展有非常大的帮助。当时，对他的话，我一直是持一种听听的态度。觉得只是别人的经历后的一种想法，我并不在这种想法的过程当中，自然也不需要去听这种建议。只有生在这个过程中的人，自己会去体味自己需要的是什么，一个有主见的人，是不会盲从于建议的，他们会听取建议，但是会分析建议，再去决定是否接受这个建议，而我就是这样一个人。因此，最后，我并没有采纳这个建议，觉得，它不适用于我。

但是，每次回家看到母亲的那种期待，我又不好去说什么，因此我也开始去考虑这个事情。首先，自己是男生，而且84年生人来说，还处于一个年轻的状态，并不是那种急于结婚；其次，目前自己的重心放在自己的发展上面，不能分心去很好的处理这么一个两个家庭的事情；再次，需要有这么一个人，能够让我完全的安心的稳定的与她在一起生活，一起前进。这三个理由放在一起，让我完全没有理由去处理这么一件重要的人生大事,因此，发展是当前的头等大事。

之前定下的第一个五年计划，目标比较底，正因为如此，已经提前实现了。下一个五年计划，正在计划当中，自己要怎么样去发展，需要有一个比较清晰的规划与安排。当然，这一次将会比上一次更加的理性，也会更加的明白自己所需要的东西，计划在上半年，确定下来自己的发展计划，这些会包括自己的工作方面的，经济方面的，还有一些个人能力培养方面的等等。

PS:　前几天看了lie to me 的第十集，当中的这首歌曲非常喜欢Four Seasons in one day

Four seasons in one day
一天四季
Lying in the depths of your imagination
深藏在意识深处
Worlds above and worlds below
天堂或是地狱
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain
阳光普洒，乌云笼罩天空
Even when you’re feeling warm
温暖的时候
The temperature could drop away
也会有突然的寒冷
Like four seasons in one day
就像一天四季
Smiling as the shit comes down
微笑，坦然欺骗
You can tell a man from what he has to say
言谈举止是他的为人
Everything gets turned around
拥有所有都会轮回
And i will risk my neck again, again
愿意一次次冒险
You can take me where you will
与你同行
Up the creek and through the mill
渡过逆流，穿越高山
All the things you can’t explain
我心无悔
Four seasons in one day
一天四季
Like rain, like rain
就像雨丝
Fills my cup
将杯子充溢
Like four seasons in one day
就像一天四季
It doesn’t pay to make predictions
享受现在
Sleeping on an unmade bed
在凌乱的床上睡去
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
感受现在
Only one step away
再迈出一步
Like four seasons in one day
就如一天四季
Blood dries up
血液干涸
Like rain, like rain
就像雨丝
Fills my cup
将杯子充溢
Like four seasons in one day
一天四季

It’s official now: this planet is about to be invaded by robots. The UN’s annual World Robotics Survey says the use of robots to do domestic work will surge seven-fold by 2007. That means over four million robots doing chores that have been the exclusive preserve of human beings: from mowing lawns and cleaning floors to babysitting and pulling guard duty. They may only be automated vacuum-cleaners that drive this domestic helper boom, but they’ll boost orders for industrial robots and ‘leisure’ robots like Sony’s all-dancing, voice-recognising, dog-like Aibo. High-end robots not only play football and jig (watch QRIO, Sony’s bipedal entertainment robot, showing off in Delhi this week), but are increasingly used for specialised and sometimes dangerous jobs in scientific and medical research, defence and surveillance. ‘Service robots’ carry out tasks like handling toxic waste, ferrying medicine around hospitals and assisting surgeons with the same elan as they milk cows or clear mines.

Ever since Karel Capek coined the word ‘robot’ from a Czech word for ‘work’, these creations have evolved faster than you can say Capek. Sci-fi helped them mutate into androids and cyborgs, and today technology can virtually translate them into bionic humans ― an entity whose organic and mechanical parts are melded completely. For years, researchers tinkered away on prototype gizmos to make humanoid robots ‘smarter’ by developing artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Take the original ‘iron man’ the Americans developed in 1972: it stood over six feet, weighed a hefty 100 kilos, and used its computer brains to wander through the corridors of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory in Baltimore, surprising the unwary. Actually robots only need the object recognition of a two-year-old, and the dexterity of a six-year-old, to substitute humans in everything from manufacturing to healthcare for the elderly. But this is easier said. Currently, the best robots have neither the pliant hands nor the sensors for touch, moisture and temperatures to handle objects half as well as, say, a dog does with his teeth and paws. They don’t have human vision capabilities either to compensate for shadows or recognise facial changes that happen over time.

Organising AI along biological lines got a leg-up in 2000 when scientists created a bionic chip that mixes human cells with layers of silicon to incorporate a live biological cell in the electrical circuit. Fancy having a man-machine interface where each neuron and integrated circuit hums with synchronised electrical fidelity. Robots could then be provided with sexual identities, personalities and real feelings. Israeli scientists have designed robots that embody man-like muscles and can see, talk and even feel. And the machine that can create another machine has been invented using GOLEM (genetically organised life-like electro-mechanics), suggesting a possible future where robots outnumber man and rule the world.

Remember, robots evolve millions of times faster as man combines separate improvements directly, while nature has to depend on fortuitous events of recombination to drive evolution. Your cortex may accommodate a billion bits of permanently retrievable information; but computers transfer this from one magnetic memory to another in less than a minute. Still, a child tossing up a ball and catching it is too intricate a feat for the advanced robots to perform. "At least for now." Er… that was the computer!

帮助瘫痪病人行走的机器人
by chinarobot

There are almost 250,000 paralyzed people in the U.S. because ofspinal cord injury. Most of them are using electric wheelchairs to movearound. But now, Hocoma, a Swiss company, has designed a roboticdevice, named Lokomat, which can help paralyzed people to walk on treadmills, reports the Associated Press.After training, some of the patients, who rebuild confidence by usingthe Lokomat, have also regained muscle power and can walk over shortdistances. Today, the Lokomats are available at a price of about$250,000, which certainly explains why there are only 14 Lokomats inuse in the U.S. But prices will certainly decrease in the future.

Hereare the opening paragraphs of the Associated Pressstory.

With each swish of the robotic device attached to hislegs,Chuck Benefield takes a step, smiling easily as he clocks in an hour onthe treadmill.

"It feels good to be up there going," said Benefield,who was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 2003.

With a harness supporting his weight over thetreadmill,Benefield's legs and hips are strapped into a robotic exoskeleton,known as the Lokomat, which simulates a walking motion as he "stands"in front of a large mirror at the University of Texas SouthwesternMedical Center in Dallas.

As of today, the Lokomats are not in widespreadusage.

Dr. Keith Tansey, who coordinates Southwestern'sclinicalprogram for spinal-cord injury, said more research is needed before theLokomat becomes more widely available.

About 14 Lokomats, which cost about $250,000 each,are now available in the United States.

	Here is a photograph of a patient trying the Lokomat (Credit:Hocoma, Switzerland).
	And this one shows the automated equipment without a patient.(Credit: Hocoma, Switzerland)

Here are more details about Benefield's experience with therobotic device.

"I knew it was going to be a tough road," saidBenefield,who could only move one big toe after the accident. "My goal is to beas self-sufficient as I can be." The Lokomat may help him dothat.

In May, about a year after his accident, Benefieldwalkedacross a room with the help of three therapists and a walker. Theprocess was slow and he needed a lot of help, but he started to movehis legs on his own. Benefield still needs the help of therapists and awalker, but he now moves his legs on his own most of thetime.

He says working on the Lokomat has helped reduce theswelling in his legs and improve his endurance. He's regained muscletone and feeling in his legs. His fingers, tightly curled before hestarted his workout, become more loose after an hour on the machine,Benefield said.

The above images have been extracted from one of the twoLokomat short movies available from Hocoma ofSwitzerland. You'll find additional information about this technologyat Hocomaand WoodwayTreadmills who entered a joint venture todistribute the Lokomat.

联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)与索尼公司在印度举行QRIO机器人程序大赛

by chinarobot

The National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan and Sony India Pvt Limited will launch the QRIO Science Programme in India on October 26 at Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, at 9.30 in the morning. The mega attraction of the event is a ‘performing robot' which can, among other things, sing and dance

The product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamic technology, QRIO is an entertainment robot, designed to live with humans and make their lives fun.

Even among robots, QRIO's capabilities are unique. It can walk on two legs, manage uneven surfaces, dance, sing , recognise faces and voices and even carry on a conversation.

The QRIO can also express its feelings through movements, conversations and the use of lights.

Once aware of your interests through conversation, QRIO can connect to the Internet and share with you information you would be interested in.

The QRIO frequently asks questions and never speaks negatively of others. He dreams of eventually being a symphony conductor and is loves proverbs.

October 17, 2004 – First it was econ omy cars, then slightly moreemotional machines like the Yan kees' Hideki Matsui.

Now the hot new Japa nese import is ifbot ― a pint- sizedpersonal robot that knows when you're happy or sad, can teach youJapanese and loves to hug.

Ifbot is the latest and greatest in the new trend of"companion robots," already a hit with Japanese kids and their parents.

Starting next year, designers are hoping they'll rush off the shelves here, too ― for a cool $5,000.

"He's too cute! I could hang out with him for hours," said YaoLi, 25, a scientist from Boston. "I've been talking to him just fiveminutes, and he already knows my favorite colors, food and that I'mlooking forward to a friend's party tonight."

Li and more than a thousand other gadget geeks got a firstlook at ifbot at the DigitalLife exhibition at the Javits Center.

The handshaking, dancing toy says things like, "You seem tolike me, and I like you ― let's play together" and "I'm feeling prettysad ― maybe if we talk for a while you could cheer me up!"

"He's been two years in the making and is the most advancedand certainly the most fun out of all the robots in Japan," saidcreator Yoshimichi Hashiba.