‘Robot development firm Speecys Corp. has developed a small bipedal walking robot powered by fuel cells.
Capitalizing on the fact that fuel cells do not emit carbon dioxide or need to be charged, the company developed the Speecys FC for use in research and at special events. It is 50cm tall, weights 4.2kg and is […]
The new Guardrobo D1 robot, developed by a Japanese security firm and comprising a camera and sensors, could soon be patrolling Japanese offices, banks and shopping malls to keep them safe from intruders.
The robot is designed to travel along pre-programmed paths (possibly in a similar way to how assembly-line droids work, though there are no […]
‘It looks like a cross between a giant CAD machine, a crane found at a shipping port and one of those pastry squeeze bags used to decorate a cake.
But the contraption, designed by a professor at USC’s Research Computing Facility, is supposed to automatically fabricate a structure (including all of the plumbing and electrical) to […]
Japanese scientists have developed a robot that uses speech recognition to act upon commands given by a human operator. This has been tested in real-world environments, such as the home, where other sound sources would potentially cause problems for the robot’s recognition systems.
The robot is fitted with 8 omni-directional microphones which can calculate the direction […]
He was young and had barely embarked on what looked to be a promising career in robotics, but Motohiro Kisoi had a vision.
In the months before his death in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, Kisoi, then a 23-year-old postgraduate student of robot technology at Kobe University, dreamed of developing a humanoid robot that could help […]
Japan wants to help build a lunar base and populate it with advanced versions of today’s humanoid robots by around 2025, according to the head of the nation’s space agency.
The idea is more than a pipe-dream; it is part of a 20-year plan, called JAXA Vision 2025, that was drawn up by Keiji Tachikawa, a […]
‘Lausanne (Switzerland), June. 19 (PTI): Chennai-born engineer Shrihari Vasudevan’s claim to fame may not be a long walk when he completes the “brain mapping” of a “home companion” robot, a prestigious project of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, expected to be accomplished by 2008.
“Yes, it will be a dream come true for me. […]
‘There was a time when Mark Tilden was happy just to build his toy robots and dream about the day when every child would have one under the Christmas tree.
He’s moved on since then. Now Tilden is touting a new pet. Unlike the friendly, burping, chirping Robosapien, the Roboraptor looks like causing more trouble […]
‘A computer-science professor has combined a $99 Linux single-board-computer, called Gumstix because it’s roughly the size of a stick of chewing gum, with a motor and propeller and sent the package aloft, maintaining control via a wireless LAN connection.’
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‘(KRT) - Q: Could you tell me how to compare the quality, price and effectiveness of robotic pool cleaners? I have a pool cleaner that works off the filter system.
This is a help, but maintenance is becoming more of a chore as I get older.
A: The amount of debris and the suction demands of your […]
‘Robotic vacuum cleaners automatically sweep up messes, but the random path they travel across the floor can sometimes leave dirt untouched.
Now the manufacturing company Vorwerk in Hamlin, Germany, has partnered with Infineon in Munich to develop an electronic carpet that wirelessly navigates a self-propelled robot over every square inch of a floor, and can […]
Engineers have been fascinated by the behaviour of cockroaches, which can move swiftly over complex terrain and adapt to a variety of environmental conditions. Some scientists may be trying to build roach-inspired robots, but in a twist on this theme, a student at the University of California has developed a ‘bio-robotic’ system which incorporates a […]
‘Edwards Air Force Base has been picked for testing a new generation of experimental robot bombers.
The joint unmanned combat air systems program (J-UCAS) picked the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards for the initial testing of three X-45C aircraft, being built by Boeing, and three X-47Bs, being built by a team led by Northrop […]
‘A robotic fish, reportedly the first of its kind, has been conceived and designed by four students from UVCE, Bangalore.
A team of four students from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore have developed what they claim, is India’s first robotic fish - FIBO-03. The students, Manohar G M, Vinay B R, Vikas V Prabhu […]
‘Robotic developers believe that over the next decade robots will be a common fixture in our homes. The Prototype Robot Exhibition in Japan gives a glimpse of what tomorrow’s robots could be like today.
The Prototype Robot Exhibition took place Thursday in Japan. Experts believe that robots could become the future home assistants of […]