The EATR – Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot, which is currently being developed by Robotic Technology Inc. is able to extract energy from biomass in the environment, at the same time uses the conventional and alternative fuels such as gasoline, coal, cooking oil etc…) The advantage of this type of robot is that it will be […]
BOZEN , Italy, June 29. Health-Robotics today announced that it has signed an exclusive 5-year strategic partnership with Grifols S.A., the leading Pharmacy Automation provider in Spain, Portugal, and South America. Grifols desires to safely, accurately, and cost-effectively automate the preparation of non-hazardous IV Admixtures with Health Robotics’ i.v.STATION Robot. As part of this strategic […]
Scientists at Duke University of USA have built a robot that can autonomously locate pieces of metal in human flesh and guide a needle to the correct location. The procedure requires first vibrating the metal pieces by an electromagnet thus enabling the robot to detect the motion. After that, the robot advances the needle to […]
Boston Dynamics, a US based company, which is also the developer of the Big Dog robot that became very popular on youtube recently, is currently developing a four wheeled robot. The new robot which is designed to aid ground troops in combat will have four wheels and one strong leg, which will enable it to […]
LOGAN, UTAH, January 30, 2009. Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) announced that its Chaos™ small robot will be profiled in a series of exercises at Cobra Gold 2009 in Thailand. Cobra Gold involves the United States, Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Indonesian militaries and is meant to improve interoperability, enhance security relationships, and demonstrate U.S. support for […]
So far, the use of robots in military operations is mostly limited to exploring and transportation missions, but that seems to be changing soon.The robot called “Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System” (in short MAARS) is in safety testing phase which will also have mounted weapons. Please see original article here. Apart from being lethal, the […]
Robots in surgeries help surgeons to do less and less invasive operations all the time…A new robotic snake developed by an American company called cardiorobotics, is a new way of doing that.Just like the recent development of robot snakes in search and rescue missions, this device is a flexible and strong enough robot snake that […]
The robotic knee developed by a company called Tibion in Mountain View CA, helps patients with walking difficulty to regain their normal walking ability by providing constant assistance and resistance as necessary and also supplying feedback data to the brain. The device is lightweight enough for home use and primarily developed for patients with who […]
To be able to tend the wounds of a soldier injured in the battlefield as soon as possible and as good as possible is critical. With the new technology under current development, the robot enables the doctors in far locations to be able to tend to the soldiers wounds. Instruments such as on board stethoscope, […]
Equipped with 3D laser scanners and long range planning algorithms the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is able to detect objects as far as 150m away.The vehicle can make its own map of the environment and detect small objects such as thin electrical wires. The helicopter can fly as low as only 5-10 meters above ground […]