Roboy is alive
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.
The Pneupard Project of Osaka University
Osaka University Japan – in order to design more efficient robots with higher speed and agility the anatomy of a cat is taken as a model in the project Pneupard. What makes the Pneupard distinct among other biomimetic robots is the use of pneumatic artificial muscles. The project team, which also studied pneumatic artificial muscles […]
Providing robots to education for free
C-Link Systems announced that they would be making 50 desktop education tracked robots available for schools free. They have a form to fill out for teachers, which provide a minimal criteria who like to participate. you can see the form here: http://www.c-linksystems.com/contest.html The robot to be provided is a Trak-Bot-C3 (TB-C3), which is one of […]
Leaping Silicone Robot with Inflammable Gasses
The soft robot designed by the researchers of Harvard University is able to move upright, crawl below objects and change its color; and now leaping is another recently improved ability of it. The precisely controlled mixture of methane and oxygen in the tubes shown in the picture creates a slight explosion and with that explosion […]
NASA Robot Curiosity starts drilling on Mars
NASA Rover Curiosity used its on-board drills for the first time on February 8th, to sample Martian rock. The robot dug a hole of 2.5 inches deep and 0.63 inch diameter into the bedrock, in order to collect rock sample, which will be studied to gather evidence of the history of the planet. The collected […]
Gumstix Supports ROS
Gumstix Inc., the premier provider of Linux computers-on-modules (COMs), today announced official support for ROS, the open source Robot Operating System originally created by Willow Garage, on its ARM-based line of Overo COMs For more detail visit: http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aabjaj.htm https://www.gumstix.com/
RASSOR: the Mini-Mining Robot of NASA
The newest space explorer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), RASSOR is a mining robot at the prototype stage for now, but landing a similar robot to moon is planned. It is both an autonomous and a teleoperated mobile robotic platform with space excavation abilities and can be regarded as a closer step […]
Dragonfly Robot
It would be considered a game changer if you had a flying robot that could relay information to you from anywhere you want, at the same time being undetectable by people, because of looking like a natural insect. Well, now you have it. The dragonfly robot, developed by TechJect Inc. is a flying robot insect […]
The 5 technologies that will improve our lives
IBM recently announced the 7th annual 5 in 5, which is the 5 technologies likely to change the way we interact, work and live within the next 5 years. 5 human senses, which are the vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch will have a new meaning with the developing computer technologies and AI. For instance, […]
Juggling Humanoid Robot
Researchers in Disney have developed a humanoid robot that can juggle balls with great skill with human visitors. In addition to looking human and having a lot of humanlike movements, the robot can juggle balls with great skill. Watch the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83eGcht7IiI&feature=player_embedded