Idea Contest "Affordable Robots"

Here are the ideas, which were submitted to the idea contest:
 

1.
Hamid Abdi, Majid Abdi
Electronic Development Co. of Researchers, Iran
Humanoid Robot for Traffic Control
2.
Syed Qaseem Ali
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Park-o-bot: a robot which feeds the parking meter when you are not there
3.
Claudio Castellinia, Angelo Fiorillaa
Univ. of Genoa,
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Surface-EMG control for hand prosthetics and neuro-rehabilitation
4.
Nikolaus Correll
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
An Affordable Robotic Plant Butler
5.
Jamshid Dastur University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Autonomous Housemaid
6.
Raymond Davies
Dundee University, Scotland Recorded Mail Collection Robot
7.
Enes Dayangac
Univ. of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Robot that exchanges lightbulbs
8.
Nagendra Donthi
Univ. of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Multipurpose Camera Robot
9.
Nagendra Donthi
Univ. of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Window Cleaning Robot
10.
Boris Duran University of Skövde, Sweden SnowBot: a robot that removes the snow from entries to buildings and walkways
11.
Stephan Edel
Humboldt-University Berlin
Laser-based navigation for autonomous robots
12.
Serena Ivaldi, Alessandra Sciutti
Univ. of Genoa,
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
AQUABOT: a robot that waters plants
13
Serena Ivaldi, Alessandra Sciutti
Univ. of Genoa,
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Night Garbagge Collectobot
14.
Jeff Kramer
University of South Florida, USA
Robotic Ironing System
15.
F. Mastrogiovanni, A. Sgorbissa,  R. Zaccaria
University of Genova, Italy
BarBOT serving drinks, medication
16.
Jean-Pierre Merlet
INRIA, France
CARLA: Concept of Adaptable, Robotized, Lifting Assistant
17.
Deniz Özgören
Izmir American Collegiate Institute, Turkey
The Follower: a flying torque which enlightens your paths in the night
18.
Florian Petit
DLR, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Germany
TRIVbots – a robotic trivet system
19.
Luis Villeda et al.
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
4-MultiP is a household multipurpose robot

The best idea will be selected during a town hall meeting on "affordable robots" at ICAR 2009
(www.icar2009.org) in Munich. The winner will be awarded a prize of 1000 EUR.