Posts Tagged Robots
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Robotic Snake – SnakeBots in the Spotlight
Over the years, several models of robotic snakes have been developed by the researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer. Their recent robotic snakes are called snakebots. Snakebots move like the real thing. Snakebots are intelligent and they move with the help of hydrauli...
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Wall Climbing Robots Do More by Amir Shapiro
In the previous article, we featured a wall climbing robot that's able to climb up a freely configurable wall unassisted. But as I did further research on these types of robots, I've realized how new robots could climb on either a smooth or a rough wall surfaces without having to configure their pat...
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Japanese Fish Robots Teach Children About Marine Life
A marine biologist and ecologist came up with the idea of creating miniature marine life robots in order to broaden the learning of school children about sea life. Japan is famous for its diverse selection of tropical fish. In fact they are the first ones to breed several kinds of aquarium fish l...
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Robovie Goes Shopping with Grandma
In response to a very significant statistics of seniors in Japan, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International or ATR developed a robot that will come to the aid of grandma whenever needed. Robots, in Japan are essentially making a great deal in helping out seniors do their tasks....
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NASA All Set for 2010 FIRST Kick-off
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency or NASA is all geared-up for the 2010 FIRST Robotics design and build competition which will kick-off on Saturday, January 9, 2010. FIRST was first founded in Manchester, NH back in 1989 with Dean Kamer as the founder. FIRST started its robotics competiti...
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Japan’s First Autonomous Agricultural Robot
According to an ancient folk song "Planting (rice) is never fun, Bent from up 'till the set of sun. Can not stand and can not sit, can not rest for a little bit". This is how planting rice used to be and oh well, some other countries do still have these traditional way. However in Japan, planting...
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Robot Workers Increase
We cannot discount the fact that science and technology is getting more advanced and sophisticated each time. This is indeed remarkable, as scientists and engineers, alike, are making robot workers to improve our lives. We know also that robot workers cannot exist and function without humans oper...
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Robobees Buzzing Around In the Hope To Save Soldiers’ Lives
Micro Air Vehicles or MAV's are being built at the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory at the University of Maryland, in the hope to save the lives of soldiers at war. The project is a five-year grant of $12 million from the U.S. Army to study the way insects, birds, snakes, and bats navigate and commu...
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Robotic POP’s eye, Perception On Purpose
Perception on Purpose (POP) researchers from Europe attempted to integrate the two major sensory disciplines to a robotic head. In the process of development, the technology has taken the robot to a new level, combining data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. C...
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Nao Sees, Speaks, Interacts and Surfs the Web
In the robotic language, humanoid is literally a common term. It is already very common nowadays, and seemingly humanoids, if not for artificial intelligence would not do any good but for display. The only good thing about robots is that we (humans) are able to use them in making our lives bette...
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Optical Pressure Provides Robotic Skin A Humanly Touch
Historically, robots are made of iron and lots of electrical circuitry. There were attempts to make their metallic case, smoother but nothing natural to the human sense of touch. Nowadays, the metallic skin can be hidden with an artificial material that really looks natural. It's humanly appearance ...