Robot finishes maze in record time
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2065266/Robotic-rodent-completes-complex-maze-record-breaking-time.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Robot guards will patrol prisons at South Korea
The robots will be used to detect unusual behaviour and ease the workload on their human counterparts. See story here: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/66869
Robotic Arm Flight Simulator
It might look like a state-of-the-art theme park ride, but the thrills with Deakin University’s latest innovation will only be experienced by the likes of future jet fighter pilots. Unveiled at Deakin’s Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus today (Friday 18 November) by Federal Innovation Minister Kim Carr, Deakin’s Universal Motion Simulator (UMS) will take trainee pilots and drivers through their paces in a safer, cheaper and […]
Japanese telepresence robot
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/telesar-telexistence-robot/
Robotland Theme park in South Korea
http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/la-trb-robot-land-south-korea-11201117,1,539151.story
Biggest robot snake ever
http://mashable.com/2011/11/16/35-foot-robot-snake/
Italian Cousin of American Big Dog Robot
http://www.zeitnews.org/robotics/hyq-robotic-lipizzaner-does-more-than-just-prance.html
Flexible and functional artificial skin from carbon nanotubes
The researchers at Stanford University have created an Artificial Skin that is able to sense touch and pressure and very flexible which can be used for almost indefinitely. It can sense a wide range of pressures, the team reported. The material has a lot of applications, including robotics, prostethics, smartphones. To read more, visit IEEE.org […]
How Google’s Self Driving Car works
Here is a pretty good video from Google that explains how the self driving car works.
Lego Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in 5.35 seconds: world record
It is amazing what can be done with what so many considers just a toy kit… People have managed to make a rubik cube solver out of lego mindstorms, which gained the new word record for solving a rubik’s cube. To add to the coolness of the robot, it is controlled only by a Samsung […]