Posts Tagged Autonomous Robot

  • New Sensing For Autonomous Robot Modeled On Fish New Sensing For Autonomous Robot Modeled On Fish

    The underwater robot “Snookie” is modeled on the blind Mexican cave fish Astyanax. Developed by the Technische Universität München under CoTeSys (Cognition for Technical Systems) excellence cluster in Munich, it can orient itself in murky waters with an artificial sensory organ inspired by...

  • Robotic Fly Takes Off Robotic Fly Takes Off

    There are already many flying robots that exist but this robotic fly is the first at such a small scale. Enthused by a true fly, Prof. Wood and his team from Harvard University developed a 60 milligram robot with a three-centimeter wingspan that is able to achieve the flight performance of a re...

  • Bioloid, An Autonomous Climbing Robot Bioloid, An Autonomous Climbing Robot

    If you think this is another kid's toy robot, think again and watch the videos below to see how a student assembled this kind of robot that accurately finds its way to climb up a freely configurable wall. This one is a bioloid. A Bioloid is a very powerful system from Robotis. It is basically an ...

  • Autonomous Surgical Robot Finds and Removes Shrapnels Autonomous Surgical Robot Finds and Removes Shrapnels

    One of the most remarkable medical advances today are surgical robots that do guide and even help surgeons perform critical operations with ease of excellence. I am so amazed at how these robots are able to do such critical, flesh-invasive tasks with little or no intervention from surgeons. Like ...

  • Pleo: The Charming Baby DinoBot Pleo: The Charming Baby DinoBot

    You would love to have one! Pleo is Ugobes little dinosaur robot that may replace your pet. It is one of the many robots that adapts to its environment. Unlike other interactive robots, Pleo responds to its environment by the sense of touch. It is enabled to walk, run and waggle its tail by the ...

  • TRESSA: NASA's Rock-Climbing Trio TRESSA: NASA’s Rock-Climbing Trio

    Seeing it for the first time, i thought it was a robot climbing by itself. It was not. Tressa, is the team name of three mobile robots helping each other climb a steep rock of up 90 degrees. A perfect slope for an autonomous robot huh? Tressa, Teamed Robots for Exploration and Science in Steep A...