All the stories tagged with robotics
Toshiba Smarbo to challenge the Roomba
08/25/2011, Robotic vacuum cleaners seem to be picking up these days, especially when more and more people get too busy in their everyday lives in order to do something as basic as sweep the house and keep it clean from dust [...]
LEGO robotic arm powered by NXT
08/24/2011, What you see in the video after the jump would be the GBC (Great Ball Contraption), and in that particular setup, it boasts of a robotic arm that is constructed from LEGO and driven by an NXT – to get [...]
ETRO reading robot
08/24/2011, Robots are taking over just about every aspect of our lives, and for those parts that need automation or helping us out in a tight fix, we don’t mind, but somehow, when it comes to tasks that require human interaction, [...]
MK-1 Robotic Arm is extremely dextrous
08/23/2011, When you play Dungeons & Dragons with the Thief character class, how often do you try to pick locks only to fail simply because you do not have the dexterity level required? Darn those dice, you say, as you delve [...]
Robonaut by NASA is alive and kicking
08/23/2011, NASA’s humanoid robot aptly known as Robonaut has awakened from its slumber – in space, to boot. This was made possible as ground controllers sent the word to have Robonaut up and running, marking its “birth” ever since it was [...]
RoboCar MEV-C from Japan
08/22/2011, Robot company ZMP from Tokyo has a totally spanking new robot car known as the RoboCar MEV-C. This particular model might seem familiar to some, especially those who are well versed with robot cars, where it is based on COMS, [...]
Yobot robotic baggage drop-off machine
08/21/2011, If there is a place that I would hate to see the human touch disappear, it would have to be hotels. Many of us, regardless of whether for work or pleasure, check into hotels and do wish for all forms [...]
Gemini-Scout robot assists search & rescue operations in mining disasters
08/19/2011, Robots are handy assistants to have around – after all, they never suffer from fatigue and you don’t hear them complaining about the rigors of”‘work” that they are subjected to – the most they can do is to protest through [...]
F50 robotic flying drone from China
08/19/2011, China has had its fair share of firsts – the first aircraft carrier, the first stealth fighter, and now, we have the first robotic flying drone known as the F50. Sounds like a Ferrari to you, no? This is a [...]
Round robot look out for corrosion in nuclear reactor cooling pipes
08/18/2011, The tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan in March earlier this year sparked panic in that part of the world, especially when three of the half dozen nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan experienced a meltdown. [...]
Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
08/18/2011, Do you love art? Well, it is an extremely subjective, er, subject which is dictated by so many variables, you can’t really tell where it begins and where it ends. All I can say is, some love it, some hate [...]
Fastest bipedal robot in the world
08/18/2011, We did take a glance at MABEL earlier this week, where it was touted to be the fastest bipedal robot in the world, capable of hitting speeds of 6.8 miles per hour (for folks who are using the metric system, [...]
Singing robot head won’t win any Grammys
08/16/2011, Now here is something creepy – a disembodied robot head that can sing. Bad enough that it has no body, but for kids who have just been exposed to their first horror movie, they might not want this particular piece [...]
