Category: Robotics
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MIT Developing Drones That Can Recharge From Power Lines
A team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been working on a project for several years that would allow drones to locate power lines and recharge their batteries from them, before resuming their flight. A technology still under development that could revolutionize the commercial use of drones. A group of students from the Computer Science and…
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A DIY Mechanical Robotic Arm That Can Draw You Favourite Drawings
Engineers have developed a very unique robot that turns out to be much more talented in drawing as compared to most of us. Indeed, it is a robot whose drawing skills will make most of us Jealous. The TRS Drawbot is a drawing robot that can be created at home. It works? It has motorized joints controlled by an electrical…
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Pepper: A Robot That Can Understand Your Emotions
Robots are sometimes more efficient than humans in executing some specific tasks, but unfortunately they lack emotions and ability to read emotions. To solve this problem, World’s first droid has been invented that can read expressions, emotions and even crack jokes. It is one of the major milestone in the field of robots as now…
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MIT Researchers Develop Dr. Octopus Inspired Robotic Arms For Multi-Tasking
The researchers at MIT have developed robotic arms which can help you hold heavy objects. You can reach the objects and places which are normally inaccessible to you. The arms are based on the concept of Dr. Octopus but differs in many ways. There are number of situations where you wish you had multiple hands to…
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Robo-Raptor: A Robot That Can Beat Usain Bolt in Race
Indeed the Dinosaurs has been a topic of fascination among the researchers particularly for robotics scientists. At KAIST Korea, a team of robotic engineers have got inspiration from the extinct Dinosaurs Velociraptor to beat the Usain Bolt. They have made a robot that can reach up to a speed of 46 km/h. Does it mean…
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Sphero: An App Controlled Robotic Ball Reaches Speed Of 5mph
A new revolutionary robotic ball has been added in the list of robotic games. You can now enjoy rolling the robotic ball using a smartphone app. The ball is named Sphero and is able to move between the objects and entertain the pets. The interesting ball can gain the top speed of 5mph or 0.6…
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Bionic Drummer Arm: A story that could be related with Def Leppard
Richard John Cyril; from English Rock Band Def Leppard, is a prominent Public figure who continued playing Drums after his complete limb amputation by the cause of tragic street-racing accident. A similar story happened in 2012 when a guy named Jason Barnes got electrocuted while washing exhaust duct of a restaurant. A jolt of 22,000…
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Can Drone Take Pet Dogs Out For A Walk? (Video)
While it looks as if Amazon is serious about delivering its goods by drone, Dominos wants to use drones for Pizza delivery and Dubai Government wants to use Drones to deliver official documents, Jeff Myers has thought of using drones to take the dogs out for a walk. This may be a very good solution for…
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Swiss Scientists Develop Robotic Arm To Clean The Space Debris (Video)
Newly developed robotic arm can catch complex shaped objects thrown towards it. It can be used to make robots to play tennis, baseball or installed on the satellites to catch the flying debris. This robotic arm has been designed and developed by the Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. It has the ability to…
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Outrunner: Biological Inspired Robot Can Reach Top Speed of 32 Km/h
Robotics Unlimited has recently made a biological inspired robot that can reach a top speed of 32 km/h. The robot is the fastest among all the running robots. Although the robots have not yet been made to race against animals, still achieving this top speed is a milestone in the field of robotics. The robot…
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Robotic Nest: 3D Printing Flying Robots To Dispose off Nuclear Waste
The radioactive nuclear waste is one of the biggest hazards to human life. Realizing the importance of this problem, a team of researchers at the Imperial College Of London is working on the design of Drones that would help you dispose off the nuclear waste. The drone will have the ability to throw the waste…
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Pneupard: A Quadruped Robot Walks Like A Cheetah Using Artificial Muscles
Researchers have developed a robot equipped with a new kind of artificial muscles! Inspired by the movements of cheetah, this robot is capable of moving on a treadmill with great realism. We make you discover this scientific innovation. Named as Pneupard, this robot is a strange cross between a cheetah and motor tires. Pneupard is a new kind of bio-inspired robots, invented…
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Flying Drones Play Extraordinary Orchestra Classics To The Perfection
Drones we are often presented as very useful machines for the military or the surveillance purposes, but they are also able to entertain us! An American company has transformed these flying machines into a real flying musical orchestra. Discover this beautiful work to view and listen. This is the American company KMEL Robotics who had this brilliant idea…
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Mini Robots Controlled By Magnetic Field Will Revolutionize Manufacturing
Robotics is a very broad field that has come a long way in its development. By controlling the tiny robots using magnetic fields, it is now possible to make very precise high-speed operations and at a much smaller cost. We make you discover this very promising innovation. Technology of magnetic robots exists since the last few years, but it has…
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Morphex: Toy Robot That Can Become A Round-ball, A Spider And A Flower
It is a great pleasure for the children to play with their parents but unfortunately sometimes parents are too busy to play with them. An inventor dad in Norway has developed a very elegant football robot that can can keep his son busy for hours. His three years old son, Torbjorn, is very happy to…