All the stories tagged with robotics
Robots end up testing underpants
02/10/2010, Just when you thought that robots were supposed to perform complex functions and help out in International Space Stations, along comes Gunze’s new commercial that points out to their new range of Body Wild underpants, boasting bipedal robots that wear [...]
Spy Video TRAKR remote controlled robot
02/10/2010, Watched the movie Spy Kids with your family, only to have the little ones bug you about getting them the latest spy gear, never mind that you’re already on the dole? Well, assuming you managed to pick up a job [...]
Wearable Robot project
02/09/2010, Now here is one of the more unique robot projects out there from the folks at the Tsumaki Telerobotics Laboratory (Yamagata University) who have devised a Wearable Robot. Known as the Telecommunicator T1, this experimental model aims to offer gestural [...]
PFU Systems prototype dual display kiosk
02/08/2010, PFU Systems’ latest prototype dual display kiosk is pretty special, considering it relies on face recognition technology that is capable of delivering a more personalized advertising experience. The top screen on the kiosk will show off a rather dorky looking [...]
Miniature robotic hands could be marketed
02/05/2010, Hobbyist BloodKeith from China came up with this pair of magnificent miniature robotic hands which will be part of his line of upcoming TK humanoid robots, where he is toying with the idea of selling his creation sometime in the [...]
Lego Spider Robot
02/04/2010, MkMan has come up with the rather delectable Lego spider robot, where it was created using pieces from a Mindstorm kit alongside a bunch of milled plastic parts. The legs themselves are provided by a locomotive concept known as Klann [...]
Whole-skin locomotion ChIMERA robot
02/03/2010, ChiMERA (Chemically Induced Motion Everting Robotic Amoeba – interesting acronym, that) is one robot that has no wings, but instead is a type of slippery water-loving serpent that features a flexible silicone skin with water or gel within. ChiMERA is [...]
WIND master-slave controller
02/03/2010, Future Robotics Technology Center (aka fuRo) has come up with a nifty master-slave controller known as WIND (Wireless Intelligent Networked Device). WIND consists of a bunch of tiny System-on-Chip processors and 3D position sensors which are mounted to a vest [...]
Omnitread snake robot
02/03/2010, If you happen to suffer from ophidiophobia (an unnatural fear of snakes), then you might want to wean yourself off this fear with the Omnitread snake robot – don’t worry, this one is non-venomous and will most probably only hurt [...]
Security robot in Mujiro and Ligurio forms
01/20/2010, This rather futuristic looking security robot will be available in Mujiro and Ligurio models, where they come in purple and blue colors, respectively. Makoto Ishigaki is the brains behind the designs, where they have hidden retractable arms that feature 7 [...]
Here comes Neato XV-11, the Roomba killer
12/16/2009, There’s a new vacuum robot in Silicon Valley: Neato has officially launched and it aims at grabbing the top spot from Roomba, the current champion in the robotic vacuum category. To take on Roomba, Neato is said to solve old [...]
