Androids

Today, motors and servos are used on a majority of robots that we use for various purposes, as well as on the robots in development stage. Artificial Muscles is one alternative way in robotics for providing force to moving structure of a robot. A German company called Festo, designed a robot arm based entirely on artificial muscles which seems to move as elaborately as a […] Read More

In recent study, performed by a consortium of universities and robotic companies across Europe, the robots are programmed to have emotions and develop bonds with humans. The behaviour is modelled after what a yound child does when he/she interacts with their parents, in the sense that it uses the same type of behavioral cues and expressions to develop emotions. For original story, please visit here. […] Read More

Robid, a new humanoid robot developed by Tomatoka Takashi of Robo Garage, a japanese company, is able to perform moves that are pretty good for its size… The robot weighs 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lbs) and its height is 38 cm (15 inches). The frame is made of carbon and plastic and it has 30 degrees of freedom which is very good for a robot at […] Read More

After the Big Dog robot, a four legged technology marvel which mimicked the natural walking mechanism of a four legged animal, the US based robotics company called Boston Dynamics has now developed a two legged version of the robot, and this one seems to imitate walking of a human. The bipedal robot called Petman, has primarily been developed for the US army, to test military […] Read More

Japanese company Vstone has just unveiled a new humanoid robot called Robovie-PC, which has PC equivalent controls inside the body. The robot goes for around $4,500 in the US, with 20 degrees of freedom, a built in camera, USB connections and a gyrosensor. The robot may be considered a high end humanoid robot in its category due to its mehcnaical abilities as well as controllers. […] Read More

Making a working artificial hand has always been a great challenge in medicine. Even until now, most amputees without arms have to make use of hooks in place of their hands. Recently however, technology seems to get close to making a really functioning artificial hand. The artificial arm is called the DEKA arm, which is part of a $100 million Pentagon program under the direction […] Read More

The artificial leg developed by an Iceland based company called OSSUR, can learn the users walking gait and then adjust itself accordingly. Not only that, but the leg is also able to give the user enough strength so that the natural walking motion is not interrupted as in ordinary artificial legs. The future of this technology is of course the artificial leg providing the user […] Read More

The european humanoid robot research project called Eccerobot, which stands for “Embodied Cognition in a Compliantly Engineered Robot” aims to mimic the human anatomy in a humanoid robot more than any of its kind before. The project is run by University of Munich and has several European partners and supporters. By making a design that mimics human body, which is called a “Anthropomimetic” design, a […] Read More

Autonomous navigation is one of the most challenging parts of building a robot and especially, if it is a humanoid robot you are dealing with, things easily get much more difficult. Of course, real world conditions involve changing environments as well. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, were able to come up with an algorithm that enables Honda’s famous humanoid robot Asimo to walk through a […] Read More

Making bipedal running motion is a challenging task. Engineers at Toyota achieved not only this but were able to break the speed record for a running bipedal robot. Another addition to the robots physical abilities is balance keeping, such as when pushed backwards, the robot regains it balance and straightens itself up back again. See video below… Read More