DARPA Robotic Challenge Seeks Humanoid Rescue Worker
The world of Asimov’s i-Robot may be just around the corner thanks to DARPA’s new robotic challenge. Details of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s new $2 million challenge have been…
Robobusiness Conference 2011 – Boston, MA
The Robobusiness conference organized by Robotics Trends took place on Nov. 2 and 3, in Sheraton Hotel, downtown Boston. A lot of well known robotics firms were represented with their…
Android movie classic Blade Runner is coming back
According to sources, the movie will not be a remake but a prequel or a sequel. The 1982 movie is among the classics of science fiction. It looks like we…
IBM shows human brainlike chip possible
Working on a six year research project funded by DARPA, and involving about a hundred researchers, IBM has just announced that they have reached an important milestone in making chips…
Robot hand – fast as a bullet
The robot hand developed at Japan’s Ishikawa Komuro Lab, is so fast and skillful that it can complete many different tasks without errors and at very high speeds. The hand…