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Building small flying robots, for whatever reason, is a cool thing to do, so we couldn't pass up the opportunity of sneaking a glance in the direction of this small airplane.
Built by three members of MIT's CSAIL group, the MAV (micro air vehicle) has displayed a significant degree of ability in flying thr... |
17 May 2012
08:57 GMT |
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Robots usually need to incorporate locomotion in order to accomplish whatever they are meant to do, but for Toby Baumgartner's invention the situation is different. The project he came up with, and which still needs $2,600 in order to get off the ground, is for a robot whose whole purpose is to move aro... |
17 May 2012
08:26 GMT |
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A researcher in the United States says that exploring other planets and moons could be made easier by using swarms of robots that can literally hop on the surface of these celestial bodies. Hopping and bouncing are excellent ideas for exploring these locations on account of their low gravity.
Mars and the Moon, for... |
16 May 2012
07:55 GMT |
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Lots of robot ideas have been cropping up, but few of them have actually won the backing of companies with money.
Sharp decided to come up with one of its own: the Cocorobo TX-V100, whose name does a wonderful job of not hinting at its purpose in the slightest.
Fortunately, you have us to tell you what Sharp intend... |
8 May 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Experts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Aerospace Robotics and Control Laboratory (ARCL) announce the successful development of a flying robot capable of perching on a human hand at landing.
This is made possible by sophisticated control algorithms, coupled with an innovative design of th... |
7 May 2012
04:48 GMT |
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It really was only a matter of time before this happened, and we only hope that the technology doesn't work both ways.
After all, it would not be fun for you to put on a cap and direct your robot only for it to suddenly decide to control you back.
Anyway, a team of scientists from Switzerland's Ecole Poly... |
28 April 2012
06:54 GMT |
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Scientists at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) say that exobots are the way forward in exploring other worlds, beyond our solar system. These machines are self-replicating, autonomous robots, capable of displaying a high degree of initiative and adaptation.
Exobots are also the optimal solution when i... |
18 April 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Scientists with the Distributed Robotics Laboratory (DRL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) announce the development of algorithms that could enable the creation of smart sand.
The material could be used to create reconfigurable robots... |
2 April 2012
05:41 GMT |
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With funds from the National Science Foundation and the US Army, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have recently tested a new type of gel. The material holds great promise for numerous applications, including robotic skins.
Coating future machines with this ge... |
30 March 2012
09:30 GMT |
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A recent video by Boston Dynamics, uploaded to YouTube, showcases the Sand Flea, a robotic RC car that has a special talent. When it has to, the 11-pound (5-kilogram) vehicle can jump as high as 30 feet (9.1 meters) into the air.
This enables it to clear very high obstacles, given the robot's own size. It repre... |
30 March 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Have you ever seen a robotic dog with an expressive face? Neither have I, and they most likely are still a few years away. But you can console yourself with the machine shown in the video above, provided that you have an iPhone. Engineers at the Japanese company that created Tamagotchi – Bandai – have re... |
28 March 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Perhaps the worst part of working in a large warehouse – such as those operated by the most important retail stores – is that you have to walk tens of miles each day in order to retrieve various products. But that may no longer be the case, if a new approach developed by Kiva Systems gains a foothold.
Th... |
24 March 2012
07:54 GMT |
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Arizona State University (ASU) engineer Wolfgang Fink recently constructed a prototype robotic explorer that is shaped like a boat. The machine was designed to work autonomously, and its creator hopes to one day use it to gather data from the surface of lakes on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
The hull protectin... |
22 March 2012
09:30 GMT |
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Looks like Amazon won't be employing any more people for finding and moving packages and crates in its warehouses, having chosen to call upon robots instead.
Amazon seems to have decided that it just isn't automatized or effective enough when it comes to storage and supply management.
When it boils down ... |
20 March 2012
05:44 GMT |
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The developer at EA Play have launched a new update for free-to-play multiplayer title Battlefield Heroes, which allows gamers to use powersuits that make them look like human robots and offers new options when it comes to weapons and items.Both factions included in Battlefield Heroes get access to the robots and alo... |
17 March 2012
03:28 GMT |
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University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers are currently working on a way to integrate advanced biometric sensors into the fur covering robotic pets. They say that this will help the synthetic animals sense the moods of their owners, and act accordingly.
The team has already developed a bunny that can do that... |
6 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Waltham, Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics recently showcased a robot that is capable of running very fast on four legs. Called the Cheetah, the machine broke a record set in 1989, and is now the fastest-running robot of its class in the world.
During a recent series of experiments, scientists managed to make the... |
6 March 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Fully aware of the fact that our eyes relay vast amounts of information about ourselves, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) are currently researching a new technology, which will allow robots to basically teach humans various things.
In order to do that, the machines will have to become excell... |
5 March 2012
06:54 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists announces the development of a robotic fish that could easily infiltrate fish schools in their natural environments. This instrument could help reveal some of the things scientists still don't know about the social behavior of marine animals.
As evidenced in the vid... |
23 February 2012
09:45 GMT |
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The developers at Roadhouse Interactive and A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. have announced some more information on their upcoming MechWarrior Tactics, the robot-based combat title to be launched later during the year.
The official description reads: “It's the year 3025. Hostile enemy lances are closing in all around you.... |
22 February 2012
12:31 GMT |
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We've seen lots of robots crop up over the years, especially the past half a decade, and we seem to have finally reached the stage where humanoid bots can start to help around the house. The Romeo project has, as primary goal, the creation of a humanoid robot capable of carrying out menial tasks. That is to s... |
21 February 2012
03:21 GMT |
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The so-called “passive universal gripper” invented by a team of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Chicago has become the star of its own video.Rather than trying to recreate the human hand and the power of the opposable thumb, it relies on a technique so arguably basic that it leav... |
16 February 2012
08:50 GMT |
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A group of robotics experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the creation of a continuous mapping system, which enables robots to first construct, and then constantly update, a map of their surroundings.
What this implies is that future generations of robots may be able to move around aut... |
16 February 2012
08:03 GMT |
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Materials scientists at the Harvard University envision sets of paper robots that could be used during surgery, in situations where a more delicate touch is needed. They say that air could be used to fold the paper robots like origami. The resulting structures would be able to lift 120 times their own weight.
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13 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Remote-controlled technology was bound to eventually lead to real-life robotic avatars that allow you to transfer your consciousness into a different body.
Granted, the Telesar V doesn't exactly go so far, but it does have the technological equivalent of sight, hearing and touch.
A team of Japanese researchers... |
11 February 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Before any technologically advanced chihuahuas sprout up, let us just say that it wasn't dogs but Microsoft developer Jordan Correa that came up with the DarwinBot.
Basically, this is a telepresence robot that allows him to be with his dog even when at work, if not in body then at least in heart.
The name of t... |
10 February 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Since soldiers often have to go through all kinds of places during a mission, and since they can't be expected to carry around a truckload of supplies, DARPA is thinking of giving them pack mules.
Not just any pack mules, though, but robotic ones. Mules that are essentially quadropod machines.
Only a prototype... |
9 February 2012
08:33 GMT |
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One cannot simply look at this video and not think about a future where Terminator-style flying robots soar through the sky, enslaving humans for some obscure purpose. Experts at the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab were obviously oblivious to this when they create their new quadrotors. These machines are excell... |
3 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Special effects come in all kinds, even mechanized and/or robotic humanoids when the situation calls for it.It so happens that there will soon be a soap opera airing in the UK, one that will involve a baby.Actually procuring a baby to star in a show is harder than it sounds, though, so special effects wiz Chris Clark... |
23 January 2012
07:33 GMT |
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Over the past few years, robotics experts have been working on developing intelligent robots, capable of conducting a wide array of missions. Right now, scientists based at the Georgia Tech University are working on emulating ants' teamwork and snake movements in two new classes of robots.
These machines would ... |
23 January 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Biologists and engineers at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) say that designing jumping robots becomes entirely possible if robotics experts take inspiration from leaping lizards in designing their innovative machine. The video below provides a clear example of how this can be achieved. A tail appears... |
5 January 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Space robotics experts at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are working on a new generation of exploration rovers. They say that the machines would look entirely different from the robots we're used to seeing launch in space. For starters, they will be powered by microbes. Scientists acknowledge the fact th... |
4 January 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Robotics is an area of science that is constantly being worked on, but it is inevitable that things will take a turn for the weird once in a while.
The Qbo robots, made by TheCorpora, are supposedly simulating self-awareness.
The demo of this capability involved letting a Qbo look at itself in the mirror.
It was a... |
30 December 2011
16:31 GMT |
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With a little bit of programming skills, and the necessary hardware, it is entirely possible to create a song using nothing more than an HP scanner and a robot snare drum. Sprinkle a microphone, some ornaments and set of Christmas lights on top of it all, and you've got yourself your own personal show.
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29 December 2011
08:53 GMT |
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The 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill that affected the Gulf of Mexico evidenced a major flaw in the design of underwater, autonomous, robotic vehicles, namely that they cannot properly anchor themselves to anything. Recently, experts managed to address this issue in an innovative manner.
Scientists at the Massac... |
11 November 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Years ago, when Honda first presented Asimo to the world, everyone was utterly impressed. But the corporation managed to leave everyone speechless again, when it launched the new-generation Asimo, which can now perform tasks which seemed impossible to get a machine to do just a decade ago.
One of the most remarkabl... |
8 November 2011
10:15 GMT |
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Learning more about how each species or group of species evolved over time is a daunting task, especially considering that the fossil record is incomplete. But some time robots can shed light on history, as was recently the case with a robotic bug that got a set of wings. As soon as experts outfitted the tiny bug wit... |
18 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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When we reach for a mug on the table, our brains are kind enough to plot a course for our hands that takes them beyond obstacles, yet on the most efficient paths. Doing the same thing for robots has thus far proven to be a tremendously complex task, but one that has finally been completed.
Researchers at the Massa... |
21 September 2011
08:35 GMT |
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Yesterday, August 22, the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) powered up their newest crewmember, Robonaut 2. This is a robotic astronauts designed to assist the astronauts with some of the most perilous and complex tasks on the orbital facility. The machine was launched to the ISS on Febr... |
23 August 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States announce the creation of the world's fastest bipedal robot. Capable of reaching a peak speed of no less than 6.8 miles per hour (10.94 kilometers per hour), the machine is the fastest in the world that also has knees. What the University of Michigan team wanted to achieve with th... |
16 August 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Officials from the American space agency announce that engineers are working on refining new technologies that could be used for space exploration. Particularly, their goal is to enable the creation of a new generation of robotic landers that could be sent to numerous locations in the solar system.One of the long-ter... |
16 August 2011
03:12 GMT |
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For many years, experts have been suggesting that robots be used as personal assistants, especially to people with disabilities. While technological and engineering challenges still remain, that goal is now closer than ever, thanks to recent innovations achieved by various research teams.Only recently, a man named He... |
19 July 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce the creation of a new rover, which is meant to act as a testbed for a new remote-control technology. Astronauts in low-Earth orbit (LEO) will control the machine through specialized, exoskeleton-like gloves.As astronauts prepare to conduct space exploration beyond... |
6 July 2011
10:51 GMT |
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The United States Army could soon have a new weapon at its disposal, the first in a new generation of combat equipment meant to give warfighters an edge over their enemies. The Hulc robotic exoskeleton has just entered a testing phase at a military research center.This series of biomechanical assessments is aimed at ... |
1 July 2011
05:01 GMT |
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A team of experts is currently working with funds from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a new robotic language. With it, robots will be able to communicate amongst themselves more efficiently, which should ultimately increase their productivity and overall performances. Interestingly, the language ... |
27 June 2011
07:55 GMT |
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Our current culture and world could be coming to an end, say experts who are monitoring the development of science and technologies – and especially in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence development. Within a few decades, humankind may reach a level of intellectual and scientific development tha... |
29 April 2011
07:28 GMT |
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James Cameron, the creator of “Terminator” and director of hit movies like “Titanic” and “Avatar,” definitely likes to keep track of the prophecies made in his movies. On April 19, 2011, Skynet was supposed to take over – but cell phones have already done that. Fans of the &l... |
20 April 2011
07:42 GMT |
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For decades, experts have known that the human brain contains a set of nerve cells that were part of a so-called mirror neuron system. This structure has recently been demonstrated to work on a larger variety of things than initially thought, including on robots.
Many people have found themselves feeling sympathe... |
5 April 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Since in-flight refueling was shown possible, in 1923, the range of aircraft has extended considerably, and their time in the air has been also augmented by a large margin. Now, experts want to extend the same capability to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).These drones are currently incapable of performing mid-flight r... |
30 March 2011
08:47 GMT |
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