All the stories tagged with: robot
Robots help farm Japan’s disaster zone
01/20/2012, It is nearly a year since the mega disaster which comprised an earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan, wiping out entire villages in the process while killing thousands of people with its path of destruction that also turned once-fertile farmland [...]
Art helps robot come alive
01/20/2012, Ever paid a visit to the uncanny valley? The next adventure down that road might end up even creepier than usual, as roboticists are working on a way to make robots even more lifelike by observing the techniques used by [...]
Cardboard robot looks cool and is eco-friendly
01/10/2012, Have you ever seen a robot made from cardboard? Before today, neither have I, and if you’re curious to what a moving creation made from cardboard would look like, you’re in luck. A designer named Mike Estee recently came up [...]
DragonBot is one smart toy
12/14/2011, If you’re a fan of intelligent toys, you might be in for a treat with the DragonBot. Created by researchers from MIT, Harvard and Northeastern, this robot toy features an Android phone for a “brain”, and animated eyes thanks to [...]
Asterisk the omnidirectional robot picks up objects
12/13/2011, Some researchers in Japan have managed to develop a six-legged robot, Asterisk, which can use two legs as arms when needed so it can pick things up and carry them. In addition to normal walking motions, the robot will be [...]
Robots summoned to make sandwiches
12/12/2011, Don’t you find it rather surprising that despite the seeming leap in technological advances where the field of robotics is concerned, no one has really come up with a robot that is full well capable of making you a sandwich [...]
Body sharing robot lets you transcend space
12/07/2011, Ever looked at your schedule and thought to yourself, wondering just how the heck are you going to manage being in two different places at the same time? Well, you can now do so in a sense, thanks to a [...]
Flying robots construct 20-foot tower in France
12/04/2011, Now here is something that might just pique your interest – a bunch of flying robots actually got down and dirty, constructing a 20-foot tower in France in the process. There is no need to employ anyone who suffers from [...]
Quadcopter robots is a work in progress
12/02/2011, Robots are constantly being improved upon by scientists in laboratories, and they certainly do have a major role to play on the battlefield. Take for instance, the Predator drone that has been dispatching off high value targets for the longest [...]
Guide robot at the Bucheon City Hall
12/01/2011, Robots seem to be in the limelight a whole lot more often these days than in the previous decade, simply because they are able to do a whole lot more than their predecessors with the advancement that we’ve seen in [...]
Dream Robo scales ladders in a jiffy
12/01/2011, Robots are starting to get more and more agile these days, and the Japanese as well as the Koreans are spearheading this particular robotic movement with aplomb over the past few years. Dream Robo from Osaka-based industrial equipment maker Muscle [...]
Gumby-like robot moves around in style
11/29/2011, We would have thought of robots to be hard and unyielding, but here is an interesting “soft” robot that was inspired by squid and starfish – allowing it to crawl, undulate, and even squeeze under obstacles. A team over at [...]
Nextage humanoid robot could be your colleague in the future
11/28/2011, Nextage, a humanoid robot that was developed by Kawada Industries, was specially designed so that it can function with the rest of humanity without looking out of place. The start of a protocol droid, or someone – should I say [...]
