Androids

In an experiment that was run by University of Pittsburgh and DARPA,  two microelectronic devices were placed on the brain of a volunteered patient, on a location where the brain processed tactile sensations, in order to achieve sense of touch between a robot hand and brain. After connecting electrodes from the brain to the robotic arm, the patient correctly was able to identify which finger […] Read More

UBIC and Vstone to Co-Develop “Kibiro” Personal Robot Capable of Understanding Human Preferences and Sense TOKYO, Nov. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UBIC, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBIC) (TSE:2158) (“UBIC” or “the Company”), a leading provider of Asian-language eDiscovery solutions and services; Rappa, Inc. (“Rappa”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBIC engaged in digital marketing; and Vstone Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and sales […] Read More

Almost every year, we see and publish new advancements to robotic prostheses, and this year is no exception. In the video below by darpa, the robot hand is not only controlled by brain, but it is also able to sense things.   Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/DARPAtv/videos Read More

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We see more and more 3D printed robotic components everyday. The best advantage of 3D printing are the cost and time savings. The post below is a good example, which is about a 3D printed robotic hand: http://www.roboticstrends.com/article/superhero_inspired_robot_hand_wins_james_dyson_award Read More

Atlas Robot of Boston Dynamics in action. https://m.youtube.com/watch?utm_medium=social&v=NwrjAa1SgjQ&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=buffer38715&utm_campaign=buffer Read More

A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said Yong-Lae Park, an assistant professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Park, working with collaborators at Harvard University, the University of Southern California, MIT and BioSensics, developed an active orthotic device using soft plastics and […] Read More

It has been a while since we have not posted a robotic body part, and it looks like with each year there are considerable improvements. Soon, we will be able to make body parts, of at least equal, or even better abilities than the natural ones. View the videos below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtWiIHhYhDc Video Credit: Popular Science See the more detailed story at popular science here. Read More

I would like to call this “the most advanced robotics competition we will witness”. It is called DRC (DARPA Robotics Challenge) organized by DARPA, the initiator of internet, the organization which helped advance the use of autonomous cars, and many more cool technologies. It is an ambitious competition that only the most advanced robotics teams around the world is participating, to demonstrate a robot that […] Read More

Roboy, of which we had made a post a while ago here, finally comes to life. The robot has been designed by University of Zurich and the project is sponsored by various international firms and organizations. See the pictures on yahoo. Read More