‘The research institute of lifesaving systems of Japan displayed a lifesaving robot that is capable of moving in all directions in Tokyo Feb 24. Japan possesses leading disaster prevention technologies in the world. Its research and development of lifesaving robots is advanced too.’
Read more at People’s Daily Online — Lifesaving robot displayed in Tokyo
‘Researchers designing prosthetics for injured patients and amputees are returning to the basic walking gait of simple robots to better understand how people walk. The concept of passive dynamic walkers allows great flexibility and functionality on a minimal power supply. The motion mechanics occur naturally instead of being created by mechanical means, like those on [...]
‘The Korea Trade Commission has issued a preliminary ruling that industrial robots from Japan have been sold at unfair prices in South Korea and has damaged the nation’s industrial robot industry.’
Read more at Japan Today - News - Japan accused of robot-dumping in S Korea - Japan’s Leading International News Network
‘London: Lost: much loved robot submarine, last seen under 200 metres of Antarctic ice last Wednesday, answers to the name Autosub. The £1.5-million British unmanned research submarine was investigating the waters below the Fimbul ice shelf when it became trapped. Scientists don’t know what went wrong, but say the submarine is stuck and unlikely to [...]
‘WHAT do humans do if they want to reach places that are hard to reach or dangerous to go?
Send in the robot spiders!
Advanced robot spiders like those seen in the movie Minority Report are closer to reality than you think.
In one scene, a robot detects Tom Cruise, the hero, under a manhole, so it lifts [...]
‘Scientists in the US have created a robotic arm that can be controlled by thought alone.
Developed at Pittsburgh University, it has a fully mobile shoulder and elbow and a gripper that works like a hand.
In early tests, monkeys had tiny probes inserted into their brains and had their limbs restrained - but were then able [...]
‘A trio of androids that amble along with exceptional power efficiency and “instinctive” co-ordination were unveiled for the first time on Thursday.
The three mechanical bipeds, built by researchers from Cornell University, the University of Michigan and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US and Delft University in the Netherlands, respectively, walked along in an amiable, [...]
‘The US military is gradually edging closer to unleashing a new model army of robot soldiers on the battlefield.
Robots are expected to become a major fighting force within US army ranks in less than a decade.
Technological advances predict them to hunt and kill enemies while their human controllers remain a safe distance away, carefully monitoring [...]
‘Robots that act like rat pups can tell us something about the behavior of both, according to UC Davis researchers.
Sanjay Joshi, assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and associate professor of psychology Jeffrey Schank have recorded the behavior of rat pups and built rat-like robots with the same basic senses and motor skills to [...]
‘An ASME member and retired engineer who once designed biomedical instruments is busy in his basement building a machine that can automatically tie a knot in a necktie. Dr. Seth Goldstein, who has worked as a mechanical engineer for 40 years, will complete the robotic device this summer for display at the Franklin Institute in [...]
‘How a flock of birds or school of fish may go in a single direction without having a permanent leader is a mystery of social organization. But adding a mechanized component to the question raises the possibility of robotic swarms which may lack much in the way of social skills or leadership qualities.
Astrobiology Magazine — [...]
‘The arrival of intelligent robots that can read, learn and even breed is a step closer as two advanced robotics projects in the US and Korea announced breakthroughs today.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $1.2m to two researchers in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to build a computer that can read documents and [...]
‘South Korean scientists said on Thursday they had developed the world’s smartest robot able to think and learn like a human.
Unveiling their creation, they said the robot that looks like a small teenager wearing a blue and grey space suit was the first wireless network-based human-like robot.
It can become wiser through learning because unlike other [...]
‘A professor in computer science at the Utah State University (USU) is building robots to help people with disabilities, according to the Utah Statesman in this article. The story, which is more focused on the professor than robotics, carries several anecdotes, such as an embarrassing voice recognition system. After a blind man cleared his throat, [...]
‘A drug dispensing robot is being used to reduce the number of medication errors at Evergreen Hospital Medical Centre in Washington, US.
In the past nine months, the robot has distributed nearly 400,000 doses and, according to officials, has cut the number of reported medication errors by 25%.
The robot, known as Evergreen Robot Noticeably Improving Efficiency [...]