All the stories tagged with robotics
Robot head takes on a more female look
11/04/2011, KIST’s Center for Intelligent Robotics know that to remain stagnant is actually to fall backwards in terms of development and advancement of knowledge, which is why the organization has been hard at work at what they do best – that [...]
Spider robot looks like something out of Contra
11/04/2011, Remember the shoot ‘em up known as Contra, where you and another half naked commando actually saved the world (those who are less proficient in the game received a little help from Mr Up Up Down Down Left Left Right [...]
Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN is a BigDog on two legs
10/31/2011, Remember the BigDog robot from Boston Dynamics that is still something to look at even today? Well, it seems that the company have managed to cobble together a two legged version of the BigDog, calling it PETMAN – short for [...]
Robot wears shirt on a dummy
10/31/2011, OK, so robots have already been created to resemble humans as closely as possible, and not only that, they are able to ‘taste’ to a certain extent with their ‘tongue’, so why not check this out that makes robots one [...]
Robot surgeon ensures your eyes remains safe and sound
10/28/2011, To be a surgeon, one needs a steady pair of hands. Otherwise, you would not want a sensitive operation done on your eyes with one who has jittery hands, do you? Well, a robot will certainly eliminate all sorts of [...]
Kibo 2.0 debuts at Robot World 2011
10/28/2011, If you ask me, the Kibo 2.0 that you see on the right looks rather lost, as though the decapitated head of a ladybug was stuck on a rotund Honda Asimo body. Well, at least there were developments and advancements [...]
Soft robot creeps around – creepily, no less
10/28/2011, Want to see something that might just creep you out? You won’t go wrong, really, with the soft robot in the video demonstration right after the jump. All the brains over at MIT’s DARPA and Boeing-funded Chembots program have managed [...]
Electric Walking Aid prevents patient from falling over
10/28/2011, As careful as senior citizens might be, some of them still suffer from falls – and many a fatal injury has been caused by a fall, so walking aids will definitely come in handy to prevent such unwanted tragedies. The [...]
Groundbot spherical surveillance robot does 3D broadcasts, too
10/25/2011, When it comes to a nation’s security, the whole game changed when 9/11 happened – air travel became a whole lot more inconvenient, and there was this super long list of ‘Don’ts’ issued. It is nice to see technology work [...]
Touch-sensitive robots coming your way soon
10/25/2011, Great, not only do we have ever increasingly realistic robots that would certainly give some of us the creeps, here is word that Stanford researchers have taken yet another step towards the uncanny valley through the use of carbon nanotubes [...]
GuardBo is your third eye
10/25/2011, Some of us keep dogs as a form of security instead of companionship, and unless you are going to train that pooch really well in the right way, I’d suggest investing in a proper security system instead. Or at the [...]
Actroid-F robot gets a sibling and an eye implant
10/25/2011, Remember the Actroid-F robot that we covered earlier this year, bringing us nearer to the uncanny valley when one is face-to-face with it? Well, AIST decided that it is not good for the Actroid-F to be alone, hence coming up [...]
NEC PaPeRo might end up in homes next year
10/21/2011, NEC and their pet robot project, PaPeRo, has certainly come up with a fair number of iterations to date, but somehow or rather, it has never made it past the commercialization stage. I guess all of that is about to [...]
