All the stories tagged with: Robots
Jimmy The Robot Aids Stroke Patients
02/28/2013, We all know that “there’s an app for that” has proven to be quite the famous saying, but sometime down the distant future, a new saying could very well arise, such as “there’s a robot for that”. Thing is, there [...]
Kibo Robot Tested For Existence In Space
02/28/2013, Kibo, the Japanese communication robot that will eventually join up with the rest of the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) later this summer, will also need to suit up and undergo some sort of “training”, if you will, [...]
Japanese Robot Suit Gains Worldwide Rollout Approval
02/27/2013, When I was a kid, watching movies like Robotech sure got my adrenaline pumping. Imagine walking around in a giant robot suit which can transform into a jet fighter capable of defending the innocent against alien attacks, only to revert [...]
Robocop Would Be Proud Of The Robosparrow
02/26/2013, Do you remember Robocop, the dead human brought to life with the help of cybernetics in order to administer justice without getting emotion into the way? Well, if Robocop were real, he would definitely be pleased to have a sidekick [...]
Two Quadrocopters Seen Performing Pole Acrobatics
02/22/2013, We’ve seen quadrocopters do some amazing things over the years as they’ve played the entire James Bond theme song, can fly autonomously with the help of the Kinect and even fulfill the dreams of a dead cat by taking him on a [...]
Blackjack Dealer Robot Helps Even Up The Odds
02/21/2013, Do you love Blackjack? If that is the case, surely part of the thrill include reading emotion at the table as you see the Blackjack dealer deal out cards for everyone. The game tends to be stacked against the players [...]
Germ-Killing Robot
02/21/2013, We know that the world of robotics has clearly crossed paths with everyday life, and just as an example, Mark Stibich was greeted by the Star Wars theme song when he walked into the boardroom of a Florida hospital in [...]
Russian Ostrich Robot Costs Only $1,500 To Build
02/21/2013, Necessity is the mother of all invention, but what about building stuff just for fun, or out of interest as your hobby? I suppose enthusiasm as well as the constant striving to improve oneself is there in this bunch of [...]
Robohand Helps 5-Year Old Kid Grasps Things Again
02/18/2013, Richard Van As, a developer who resides in South Africa, is currently working on a prosthetic replacement for his hand that had already lost a quartet of fingers in an accident. Working alongside Washington-based prop manufacturer Ivan Owen, they came [...]
SpaceJustin Robot Fixes Your Satellite While Looking Cool
02/18/2013, Sending up a satellite into space is one thing, but should something go wrong with it, then fixing it is going to be a whole lot trickier than expected. After all, it is not as though you can just drive [...]
Robot Octopus Developed By Army
02/18/2013, The Army certainly wants to get ahead of the competition where cool devices are concerned, and this time around, they will continue to use nature as their source of inspiration, creating self-sealing suction cups for robots that are similar in [...]
Robot Penguin Spies On Penguin Colonies
02/13/2013, You know what they say – when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Well, what happens when you want to get a closer look at how a waddle of penguins interact with one another? Dressing up in a penguin [...]
Creating Robotic Tentacles
02/11/2013, Meet Matthew Borgatti, owner of Sleek and Destroy, where he creates and sells frighteningly stylish jewellery designs. He is now trying to create a fully functional robotic tentacle. Instead of using run of the mill technology, he’s come up with [...]