Category: Robotics
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Toyota Robots Assist Paralyzed Patients In The Rehabilitation Of Their Legs
Toyota shows us the results of its research in the field of medical robotics! The company has developed robots that can effectively support the paralyzed and injured people in their rehabilitation. We explain everything about this fabulous innovation. Toyota became interested in medical robotics during the last few years. Today, it has launched its two machines: Walk…
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Dexterous Hand: An Ultrasensitive New Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch
Researchers have developed a revolutionary artificial hand! This robotic hand is capable of analyzing the shape of an object to decide the position and strength to seize it. An innovation that can take the robotics to next technological level. This robotic hand named as Dexterous Hand, has been designed by a team of researchers based in London. It has been…
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MIT Scientists Develop A Hybrid Human-Robotic hand With Seven Fingers
A team of MIT researchers has designed a hand glove with two robotic fingers. The glove has embedded sensors and associated algorithms to detect finger movements and use them to control robotic finger movements. The idea is to accomplish the tasks normally requiring two hands with one. A team of MIT researchers has developed a…
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Amazon Files Application With FAA To Test Its Delivery Drones In US
The online sales giant Amazon has filed an application with the US aeronautical authorities to carry out testing of its delivery drones. Hence, confirming its unusual project ‘Prime Air’ for delivery within 30 minutes. In a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), made public this week, the giant Amazon says that because of restrictions…
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LS3: Google’s Mule Robot Field Tested In RIMPAC 2014 By US Marines
LS3 is the mule robot developed by DARPA which was later acquired by Google. We had not seen any new performance of the robot since 2013. However, during RIMPAC, the quadruped robot was first tested in real conditions by US Military. Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) is held every two years on American soil in…
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Latest Generation of Asimo Has Many Surprises For Humans
Very recently the latest generation of Honda’s Asimo humanoid robot were presented to a dozen of handpicked journalists in Brussels. The latest ASIMO, destined to become the best personal assistant in daily life, has several significantly innovative and useful features. Asimo’s inventor and current CEO of Honda, Satoshi Shigemi, recently presented the latest ASIMO with the three most important enhancements…
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BigDog: The Google’s Mule Robot Takes Its First Steps
No doubt robots have undergone phenomenal development in the past few years. Some people are even skeptic that robots may enslave human beings one day. The latest news in the robotics is the Google’s interest in using its robot to serve the U.S. Army. The LS3 (Legged Squad Support System), aka BigDog was recently tested during military training…
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Robocup: A 2014 World Cup Of Football For Robots In Brazil
Football world cup in Brazil is over, but another football tournament will start this week near the Brazilian capital: Robocup, World Cup of Robots Tournament of 2014 will be a far advanced as compared to the first Robocup held in 1997 in Nagoya, Japan. At that time, the humanoid robots were just beginning to detect the…
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Therapy Robots: Children With Mental Disorders Play Angry Birds With Them
The use of robots to treat children with mental disorders is not new. But now researchers are trying a new experiment by reversing the roles. Using a touchpad and an Angry Birds App, they let the children tell the robot how to play the game. Using a tablet and Angry Birds, and now children with mental…
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A French Artist Gives New Life To Industrial Parts As Robots
Robots have always fascinated children and adults. A French artist pays tribute to the robots in the most beautiful way in making beautiful robotic sculptures from recycled industrial parts. Long live the robots! Brauer is a French designer who for the last twenty years has been designing album covers for many French and international artists. His artistic…
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3D Printed Drones And Self-Healing Aircraft: BAE Imagines Future of UAVs and 3D printers
The engineers of the defense company BAE Systems are working on the futuristic concepts that are potentially realisable by the year by 2040. It will be possible to use 3D printers to prints small unmanned drones to be used in various fields. Researchers have fun imagining how the future technologies could be applied to the field of…
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LogiMover: An Easy-To-Handle Guided Pallet Conveyor For Confined Spaces
The Automatica industrial exhibitions allows the industrialists to discover innovative solutions in the field of robotics. This year on display was a new system that is able to move pallets in warehouses and storage areas. Designed by company Eisenmann, the machine is a formidable tool for confined spaces. The pallet or blade bolts are very useful in industries,…
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Swarm Of Robotic Minibuilder Would Build Tall And Complex Skyscrapers
Swarm of Minibuilder robots can now be used together to make buildings much bigger than robot themselves. Engineers from Institute of Advanced Architecture in Catalonia (IACC) are behind this new innovation. There are different Minibuilders, each with its specialized task. In order to make the buildings, the robots eject a concrete like material that is hardened quickly.…
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Japanese Consortium i-roobo: 100 Advanced AI robots by 2020
300 Japanese companies have made i-roobo consortium in Tokyo, on July 1, 2014. The purpose of this new consortium is to make 100 new robots using advanced artificial intelligence techniques by the year 2020. Japan has always been a leader in the field of robotics. After Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he wants to organize an…
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BugJuggler: A 70 Meters Tall Gigantic Robot To Juggle The Cars
The designed robot is 70ft tall and can hurl the cars into the sky and then catch them again. The robot is named as BugJuggler which would be equipped with the hydraulic arms, accumulators and diesel generator. An extraordinary strength is required to absorb the forces produced by hurling of cars. Juggling bottles and apples is not…