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Current AffairsCzech scientists collaborate on robotic household ‘nurse’
Czech scientists working in collaboration with colleagues from four other
European states have created a robot that can assist elderly or
post-surgery patients in a variety of situations. Commercial interest in
the Robo M.D. was quickly piqued with a demonstration of the new mechanical
nurse earlier this week, and the door to further development is wide open. More
PanoramaStanley Povoda – the Czech Republic’s number one robot-maker
Stanley ‘Robotman’ Povoda is the father of Czech robotics. After over
half a century of bringing people’s old colanders, chandeliers and vacuum
cleaners to life, Stanley has just become the subject of his first own
retrospective in Prague’s Trafačka Gallery. Stanley (real name Marián)
Povoda has been back in the Czech Republic for five years now, after
spending most of his life in exile in North America. On a recent tour of
his new show, Stanley told me where his passion for robots began: More
One on OneMichal Pěchouček – AI specialist developing ways of improving aviation and protecting ships from pirates
Though still only in his late 30s, Professor Michal Pěchouček is an
internationally recognised expert in the field of artificial intelligence.
His work includes developing machines that are capable of working together
without active human input, while he has also helped create sophisticated
programmes aimed at improving flight traffic control – and thwarting the
pirates that disrupt international shipping in the Gulf of Aden. More
One on OneMichal Pěchouček – AI specialist developing ways of improving aviation and protecting ships from pirates
Though still only in his late 30s, Professor Michal Pěchouček is an
internationally recognised expert in the field of artificial intelligence.
His work includes developing machines that are capable of working together
without active human input, while he has also helped create sophisticated
programmes aimed at improving flight traffic control – and thwarting the
pirates that disrupt international shipping in the Gulf of Aden. More
Science JournalScience Journal
This month in Science Journal: Czech robots not so different than Czechs
themselves, they play football and they pour beer. And what’s little,
looks like bamboo and eats up toxins and spits them out elsewhere?
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PanoramaStanley Povoda – the Czech Republic’s number one robot-maker
Stanley ‘Robotman’ Povoda is the father of Czech robotics. After over
half a century of bringing people’s old colanders, chandeliers and
vacuum
cleaners to life, Stanley has just become the subject of his first
retrospective in Prague’s Trafačka Gallery. Stanley (real name Marián)
Povoda has been back in the Czech Republic for five years now, after
spending most of his life in exile in North America. On a recent tour of
his new show, Stanley told me where his passion for robots began: More
MagazineMagazine
If a Czech were to create a robot what would it do? Tap beer of course!
Visitors to the Olomouc town library can now admire the smallest cookbook
ever shown in the Czech Republic. And, showing off your Mini - the owners
of British Mini cars hold their tenth annual car jamboree. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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PanoramaRobot-assisted heart surgery reaches Czech Republic
I have just arrived at Prague's Na Homolce hospital. Last week, its
cardiologists performed the first ever robot-assisted heart surgery in the
country and they have since successfully operated on six patients.
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Current AffairsThe robot turns 85
From R2D2 to the Terminator, robots are a common theme in modern fiction,
but not many people realize that the robot was born in Prague exactly 85
years ago. To celebrate its birthday a project last week at the University
of Cambridge in England examined the life of robots and their Czech
creator.
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