Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Thank You

The project is now complete. We would like to thank all the participants, contributors, partners and the media who took part in this exciting research project. A short paper outlining some of the findings of this project will appear at the HRI2013 conference in Tokyo.


Sunday, December 2, 2012

Swarming Heads

Some photos from the Swarming Heads installation taken by the Artist himself (Stelarc)




Sunday, December 4, 2011

Swarming Heads - Pedestal




 It has always been a pleasure working with the Powerhouse Museum, this is taking it to another level, Matthew and the team has been very generous in getting this lovely pedestal made at no cost to MARCS (and in no time!) for the "Swarming Heads" installation. Thank you guys!




Sheepdog Trials - Controlling Your Robot!


Controlling your robot with gestures...

Attention!
Come towards me...
Turn left.

Turn right...

Stop!

...and combining them together...

video

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The MARCS Technical Team welcome their Robot "TECHIE"


The Technical team received our robot today. We have decided to call him TECHIE! As you can see we have put TECHIE straight to work, and have attached ears so that he can field ALL on going technical requests. This gives the technical team the opportunity to put their feet up and and enjoy a well earned rest!