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Tokyo, Japan: During a demonstration performed at Honda Tokyo headquarters, Japanese scientists showed that the company’s famous ASIMO robot can be controlled by thought patterns alone.The person sitting still and wearing a helmet which measures it’s the electrical currents at person’s scalp as well as the cerebral blood flow. A live demonstration is still not possible however, due to possible distractions in person’s thoughts. Honda […] Read More

The research done in Georgia Tech University explored the physics of movement of robots walking on sandy surfaces. The general conclusion reached was that the robots walking on sandy surfaces should move their legs slower than usual. Sandy surfaces present extra challenges because the characteristic of the surface can alternate between solid and liquid in an irregular and unpredictable pattern. The researchers performed the experiment […] Read More

The robot that has been developed by University of Pennsylvania, USA, is capable of reassembling itself after being scattered into pieces.The units first detect each other’s location by their light sensors and signals, and then decide how to reassemble themselves according to the given objective, which is to assemble into different forms and shapes to make various types of robots for a variety of different […] Read More

One of the main obstacles in front of robots being widely used in our everyday lives is to provide mobility for longer durations with less weight and fewer recharge requirements. The solution seems to be the developing fuel cell technology, however the current state does not yet allow us to use these in everyday practical aplications. The main hinderance factor so far is the cost […] Read More

A new rubber material has been developed by Japanese scientists that is able to flex but conduct electricity as well. The material can stretch as much as 38 percent before starting to loose its conductivity and conduct electricity 570 times more than a regular rubber. It can also be used to make flexible integrated circuits. This is a important development in making more humanlike robots, […] Read More

The Autosub6000 a UK made Autonomous Submarine, will soon start to explore the deep undersea volcanoes in the Caribbean. It has a range of 1,000 kilometers without any battery recharge and can dive up to the depth of 6000 meters. The unit has an advanced GPS system on board and will be used to map the ocean floor as well as discovering new animal specimens. […] Read More

A new concept of manufacturing mini robots has been presented at the University of Southampton in United Kingdom. The research team demonstrated the use of cell phone technology to manufacture robots. The motors that are used to vibrate cell phones are used to power these robots. The motors are then attached to circuit boards, eliminating the need for individual manufacturing and thus allowing mass production. […] Read More

A new robot has been developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which can learn to use new tools by itself. It achieves this by touching and moving the tool first and observe how it’s parts move in relation to each other. One of the biggest challenges in robotics has always been to make them capable of dealing with unfamiliar environments and objects. This robot […] Read More

Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions. Just as challenging, leakage points in the water system must be located, the condition of oil and gas pipelines must be checked and ventilation systems need to be cleaned.In the main, today’s robots are not that clever. They cannot climb or navigate in vertical pipes – and very few have […] Read More

PITTSBURGH, General Motors Corp. and Carnegie Mellon University today announced a new Collaborative Research Lab (CRL) and a renewed commitment to work jointly on technologies that will accelerate the emerging field of autonomous driving – a family of electronics and software technologies that could influence the way drivers and their vehicles interact in the future. The GM-Carnegie Mellon Autonomous Driving Collaborative Research Lab is being […] Read More