Category: Robotics
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A Humanoid Robot That Can Control A Flight Simulator Plane
We have seen a humanoid robot that drives a car. However, we had never heard of a humanoid robot that flies a plane! Yet a team of South Korean has done this. The humanoid robot is considered as one of the most complicated to make. The world around us has been designed and built by humans. Cities, infrastructure, apartments and furniture,…
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A Cute Love Story Between A Robot And A Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
The advertising campaign for the latest robotic vacuum cleaner Kobold VR200 has been launched. It features a little robot who falls in love with the fancy VR200 and never leaves it. Very cute! The central idea of this animated film is the story of platonic love between an old robot and the new Kobold VR200. The robotic vacuum…
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Soft Exosuit: DARPA To Develop A Light Weight Fabric Exoskeleton
The United States Agency for defence research projects, DARPA, has awarded a grant of $ 2.9 million to the Wyss Institute at Harvard for the development of a fabric exoskeleton. The Wyss Institute, specializing in Bio-inspired Engineering at Harvard University, has been awarded a grant under the program Web Warrior to develop the combat uniform for future…
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Boris: A Robot That Can Clear The Table And Fill Dishwater For you
The robot that everyone was waiting for has arrived. Boris takes care of one of the most hated of all household tasks. This experimental robot will clear the table and fill the dishwasher for you. This robot is able to fill the dishwasher with plates, cutlery and dirty glasses. This unusul robot has two arms of the brand Kuka and…
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Engineering Students Use Power Of Thinking To Control Wheelchair
French engineering students have developed a prototype a helmet that can control a wheelchair by just using the brain signals. We explain to you how this promising innovation works! Controlling the speed and direction of a wheelchair by just thinking about it may be feasible soon. Karim Ait Abderrahim, is the incharge of Energy and Systems laboratory…
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ATLAS: The MIT’s Humanoid Robot Can Carry A Heavy Beam
The MIT’s humanoid robot ATLAS is making considerable progress. This impressive biped is able to take up a metal beam and carry it. The site Gizmodo has given it the title “Humanoid robot ATLAS advances and reaches the level of a lazy teenager“. Apart from this humorous title, watching the video just released by the MIT team, we can say…
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Canadian Military To Buy 20 Reconnaissance PackBots 510 From iRobots
The Canadian military will spend $9.6 million for the purchase of 20 deminers robots from the American iRobot. They will be delivered by April 2015. iRobot Corporation has won a new tender, this time from Canadian military, to provide 20 reconnaissance robots of type PackBot 510 CBRN Recce Systems. This robot type is an extension of the famous…
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Scientists Successfully Land A UAV On A Moving Vehicle
A team of robotic experts from University of Waterloo has developed a system that allows a UAV to land on an autonomous land vehicle in motion. This technology could have military applications, but not only… Operating a drone from an autonomous land vehicle would offer many advantages in field operations. The vehicle could carry a drone and…
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Robirds: The Robotic Raptors To Help Farmers By Scaring Off Pest Birds
The birds can be dangerous for flying aeroplanes or agricultural fields. In order to solve this problem, the Dutch company Clear Flight Solution has developed the lifelike raptor robots that can permanently scare off pest birds by their mere presence. For centuries, the farmers have struggled to protect their seedlings and crops from pest birds. They…
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Eye 360: Dyson First High-End Autonomous Robot Vacuum Cleaner
After a teaser video that sparked the interest of users, Dyson has finally unveiled its first robot vacuum cleaner: the Eye 360. Available in Japan at first, then it will be available internationally. As announced, Dyson has unveiled its new robot on September 4. It is indeed a robot vacuum cleaner , the first that the famous British brand will roll…
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Japanese Scientists Make A Semi-humanoid Robot That Runs Like A Man
A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo has announced that it has developed a bipedal humanoid robot that runs like a human beings. Named as ACHIRES (Actively Coordinated High-speed image-processing Running Experiment System ), the robot has a size of 14 cm and runs with a speed of 4.2 km/h. The semi-humanoid is still small,…
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3 Amazing New Attractions In Disney Theme Parks Using Drones
The magical world of Disney theme parks could take a new turn with new entertainments using drones. The Walt Disney Company has filed three patents in this regard. The American company created in 1923 by Walt Disney just filed three patents for the using drones in its attraction parks for general public. They would include using drones…
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Robo Brain: A Robotic Brain That Can Browse Web To Learn New Skills
A team of American researchers has developed a robotic brain with a huge database on the Internet. It has the unique ability to browse internet, learn new functions and store the required information on internet. Robo Brain can be considered in line with other cloud-computing projects for robotics like RoboEarth, which has been launched by a consortium of…
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Google Wing: Google Tests Its Drone Delivery Project In Australia
Google has done some more trials of its drone delivery system in Australia. Google has been secretly working on this project, entitled Project Wing, for the last two years. If these aerial drones are deployed they could deliver a product at home within few minutes. Google could not remain silent after the announcement by Amazon about its new drone…
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Dyson’s First Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Looks Like A Spy Robot
It seems that the famous British vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson, is about to launch a robotic version of its product. On the first view of the teaser video, it looks like a spy robot due to the presence of onboard camera. Codenamed as Dyson N223 project, the famous British manufacturer has relaeased a video teaser on its Youtube…