Paris, France -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/04/2011 -- CeBIT is the place to be to show cutting edge technologies. Gostai takes this opportunity to showcase its Jazz robot with a brand new LCD screen in Hannover. Jazz will roll down the aisles of hall 9 starting from booth B09 in the French Pavillion from March 1 to March 5.

Jazz is a robot made for mobile telepresence. It is 1-meter tall, fitted with a camera and connected to the Internet over WiFi. The user connects to the robot from afar via a regular web browser. He can then control a robot in Paris from New York and see through the robot's camera, which image is displayed in the browser in real-time. That way, the user can take part in a meeting, visit a place, and see what is happening in their office or factory in a natural and interactive way. There is no need to travel as the robot "teleports" the user so they can watch the robot's surroundings while talking & hearing through the embedded loudspeaker and microphone. All this is done while controlling the robot's moves via an intuitive interface.

Mobile telepresence is a new way to communicate, which makes informal talks easier. In addition to the sound and image provided in usual videoconferencing systems, mobile telepresence also enables the user to move. With mobile telepresence, it is now possible to keep in touch with a distant place while away or teleworking. It also helps reduce carbon footprint and travel costs, as well as being a device to welcome guests. Jazz is now available for sale starting at 7900€.

CeBIT is the first time Gostai showcases its Jazz robot with an LCD screen. The screen makes it possible to see the person who is controlling the robot. This, in addition to Jazz's articulated head, makes interactions even more natural. According to Gostai founder and CEO Jean-Christophe Baillie, " mobile telepresence will completely change long-distance communication. Gostai decided to make the Jazz line of robots user-friendly and elegant without compromising on quality, proving that robotics can be both efficient and a pleasure to use ".

About Gostai
Gostai is a robot manufacturer and an editor of innovative software for robotics & Artificial Intelligence. The Jazz robots line is Gostai's flagship, with business applications in mobile telepresence and telesurveillance. Jazz integrates Gostai's innovative software, which includes the Urbi open source operating system for robotics, as well as Gostai Suite, a suite of graphical programming tools for robotics and complex system, and the GostaiNet cloud computing architecture for robotics.

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Gostai, Europe’s leader in service robotics & Artificial Intelligence solutions, reveals its Gostai Jazz® autonomous service robots line.

Paris, Ile-de-France -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/22/2010 -- Gostai Jazz robots have been made for telepresence. 1-meter tall Jazz robots are mobile, fitted with a camera and connected to the Internet via wifi. The user connects to the robot from afar via any web browser. He can then control a robot in Paris from New York and see through the robot's camera, which recorded image appears in the browser in real time. That way, the user can take part in a meeting, visit a place, and see what is happening in their office or factory in a natural and interactive way.

There is no need to go anywhere as the robot "teleports" the user, who can listen to and see the robot's surroundings and talk through the embedded loudspeaker while controlling the robot's moves via an intuitive interface.

Telepresence is a new way to communicate, which makes informal talks easier. In addition to the sound and image provided in usual systems, telepresence also enables the user to move. Thanks to telepresence, it is now possible to keep in touch with a company while away or teleworking. It also helps reduce carbon footprint and travel costs, as well as being a device to welcome guests or looking after a place from afar.

Jazz can also patrol autonomously at night thanks to an infrared camera and a map of its surroundings as well as a laser system, with which the robot can localize things. It detects suspicious moves and is an addition to a night watchman or traditional alarm system. In case of any alert or doubt, the teleoperator can control the robot to check on the situation in real time.

According to Gostai founder and CEO Jean-Christophe Baillie, " robotics telepresence will completely change long-distance communication. Gostai decided to make the Jazz range of robots user-friendly and elegant without compromising on quality, proving that robotics can be a pleasure and efficient".

About Gostai
Gostai is a robot manufacturer and an editor of innovative software for robotics & Artificial Intelligence. The Jazz robots line is Gostai's flagship, with business applications in telepresence and telesurveillance. Jazz integrates Gostai's innovative softwares. Gostai also develops the Urbi open source operating system for robotics, as well as Gostai Studio Suite, a suite of graphical programming tools for robotics and complex system, and the GostaiNet cloud computing architecture for robotics.

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Gostai decided to open its Urbi operating system for robotics to the community in May. To support this release and stimulate the Urbi programming community, Gostai now organizes a free contest based on Urbi open source.

Paris, France -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/21/2010 -- Gostai, the editor of innovative software for robotics & AI, decided to open Urbi's code base to the community in May, 2010. To support this release, Gostai has decided to organize the first Urbi Open Source Contest, in which all robotic enthusiasts can participate to demonstrate their creativity and skills in programming robots or complex systems in general.

Urbi is an advanced open source robotics operating system, already available for a large number of robots like Aldebaran® Nao, Segway® RMP or Lego® Mindstorm, among 15 other different robots. One of its main innovations lies in a new orchestration script language called urbiscript, which natively integrates parallelism and event-based programming.

Next to Urbi, Gostai also offers the Gostai Studio graphical programming tools, and compatibility with various simulators, making the Urbi framework one of the most advanced and complete solution for robot and complex system programming available today.

Urbi is very simple to use even for beginners. This contest is the best opportunity for them to start their first robotics project and show their skills in programming.

Application process: Anyone can participate, as long as they use Urbi open source for their project. Any tool can be used, including the Webots simulator for people who do not have a physical robot. The application form is on the Urbiforge portal: http://www.urbiforge.org/index.php/Main/UrbiContest2010.

As soon as the application is complete, participants will receive a confirmation mail with a password to a personal wiki page where they will be able to publish everything that is related to their project: photos, videos, code lines, making of, etc. In effect, this wiki page is considered to be the project itself. Each participant must publish at least one video of the project and give their source code to the community with a GPL, BSD or equivalent license.

Gostai provides a Pro Gostai studio suite® license during the entire contest, as well as a Cyberbotics Webots® Pro license, Ogre, Bullet and Qt, all running Urbi.

Prizes:
1st place:
-A 400€ Robopolis purchase voucher
-A Gostai Studio Suite license, with a retail price of 2990€
-A Pro Webots license & Urbi for Webots, with a retail price of 2990€
-A 500€ discount on the purchase of a Developer Program edition Nao and special access to the Developer Program
-A great Gostai T-shirt to show off with your robotics friends!

2nd place:
-A Gostai Studio Suite license, with a retail price of 2990€
-An Edu Webots license & Urbi for Webots, with a retail price of 399€
-A great Gostai T-shirt to show off with your robotics friends!

3rd place:
-A Gostai Studio Suite license, with a retail value of 2990€
-A great Gostai T-shirt to show off with your robotics friends!

The five best projects will also benefit from a free subscription to Planete Robots magazine for a year.

Contest dates are September 15 to December 15. A jury made of Jean-Christophe Baillie (Gostai), Bruno Maisonnier (Aldebaran Robotics), Bruno Bonnell (Robopolis), Frederic Boisdron (Planete Robots), Florent Souvestre (Planete Sciences) and David Filliat (ENSTA Paristech University) will determine the best projects based on the information made available on the Urbiforge project page.

Participants will be judged on the originality, the execution and the design of their project as well as the clarity and interest of the content they post on their project page. All the information about the contest is available on Urbiforge.

About Gostai and Urbi
Gostai is a Paris-based editor of innovative software for robotics & AI. Gostai's flagship is Urbi, an open source, flexible, modular and innovative solution for robot operating control, which is compatible with Linux, Windows or real-time operating systems. Gostai also develops Gostai Studio, a suite of graphical programming tools for robotics and complex system, GostaiRTC, which extends Urbi with standard interfaces like RTC for the industry, and the GostaiNet cloud computing architecture for robotics.

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Gostai, the editor of innovative software for robotics & AI, is pleased to announce that its core Urbi technology is opening its code base to the open source community.

Paris, Ile-de-France -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/20/2010 -- Urbi is an advanced robotics operating system, already available for a large number of robots like Aldebaran® Nao, Segway® RMP or Lego® Mindstorm, among 15 other different robots. One of its main innovations lies in a new orchestration script language called urbiscript, which natively integrates parallelism and event-based programming. Next to Urbi, Gostai also offers the Gostai Studio graphical programming tools, and compatibility with various simulators, making the Urbi framework one of the most advanced and complete solution for robot and complex system programming available today.

Remarkably, Urbi is also very simple to use, even for beginners. It is perfectly suitable for advanced industrial or academics applications, as well as for the educational market.

The source code is covered by an Affero GNU GPL v3 license and is available for immediate download and use from Gostai's website. This initiative will allow developers worldwide to participate in the growth of the industry's most innovative robotic software solution.

Jean-Christophe Baillie, Gostai's Founder and CEO, announced at the ICRA'10 conference in Alaska: "Going open source with a GNU GPL compatible license is the best way to make sure that Urbi will always be available freely for everyone to use, check and share, while maintaining a dual licensing model providing support and advanced features for commercial partners. Coming from an academic research lab, Gostai has always believed in the open-source model and sharing of innovation. It has been a long time since we worked to prepare Urbi for that move, and now it's ready!"

About Gostai and Urbi
Gostai is a Paris-based editor of innovative software for robotics & AI. Gostai's flagship is Urbi, an open source, flexible, modular and innovative solution for robot operating control, which is compatible with Linux, Windows or real-time operating systems. Gostai also develops Gostai Studio, a suite of graphical programming tools for robotics and complex system, GostaiRTC, which extends Urbi with standard interfaces like RTC for the industry, and the GostaiNet cloud computing architecture for robotics.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm