‘The industry of robotics is growing fast in Japan and the the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to create a complete set of guidelines by the end of the year. The robots will have to be safe – they will have to be made of softer materials, have numerous sensors so they would […]
‘The US space agency’s rovers will get a software upgrade to allow them to make “intelligent” decisions in the study of Martian clouds and dust devils.
The new algorithms will give the robots’ computers the onboard ability to search through their images to find pictures that feature these phenomena.
Only the most significant data will then be […]
‘Italian and Chinese scientists have jointly invented a prototype robotics system for Moon exploration,professor Carlo Ghezzi of the Polytechnic University of Milan (PUM)told a visiting Chinese journalist delegation in Milan.
“The prototype robots are under control test,” Ding Xilun, a Chinese professor who heads the Space Robots Laboratory of the Beijing University of Aerospace and Aeronautics, […]
‘Citroën’s dancing robot is about to gyrate back onto screens with the launch on June 5 of a follow-up to the original advertisement. The first ad, which used computer animation to morph the C4 into a hip mechanical dancer, won a string of advertising industry awards, the soundtrack became a top 10 single for Les […]
‘Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar concluded a successful seven-week robotics programming course with the 2nd International Botball Challenge, which took place on Saturday the 27th of May at Doha City Center Mall.
Omar Bin Khattab Scientific School won the challenge with the highest overall score, compiled from the tournament rounds as well as the pre-competition documentation […]
‘A miniature humanoid robot that can stand up from a lying-down position and smoothly stand on one leg has been developed by an independent administrative organization in Japan and four venture companies.
The “HRP-2m Choromet,” as the robot is called, is 35 centimeters tall and weighs 1.5 kilograms. It was developed jointly by the National Institute […]
‘Motoman believes that it was the first company to introduce the simultaneous control of two 6-axis industrial robots ten years ago. Today it has introduced a new controller – the NX100 – which is said to be able to handle 36 axes simultaneously, allowing the movements of four industrial robots and peripheral equipment such as […]
‘In a step toward linking a person’s thoughts to machines, Japanese automaker Honda said it has developed a technology that uses brain signals to control a robot’s very simple moves.
In the future, the technology that Honda Motor Co. developed with ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories could be used to replace keyboards or cell phones, researchers said […]
‘Building roads and airfields in Afghanistan presents a unique challenge that stateside heavy equipment operators don’t encounter … minefields.
That is why members of the 823rd Red Horse — or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers — here joined the Air Force Research Laboratory at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to develop a robotic […]
‘Foster-Miller Inc., a Waltham, Mass., company with offices in Albany, N.Y., has been awarded a $63.9 million contract for its TALON robots and operator and technician training and spare parts from the Navy.
TALON robots are used by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to disarm explosive devices. The latest contract is with the Robot Systems Joint […]
‘Federated Department Stores Inc. is bringing consumer electronics back into its stores with a robotic vending machine that will roll out in 180 Macy’s stores this fall.
Federated’s top executive announced at Friday’s annual shareholder meeting that the company has signed an agreement with San Francisco-based Zoom Systems to provide the self-serve, robotic “Zoom Stores” at […]
‘The ideal soldier of the future knows no fear or fatigue, coolly picks the optimal way out of mortal danger and can even survive explosions with nothing but scratches: meet the military robot.
The German army took a close look this week at potential robot recruits, inviting inventors to an infantry training ground at Hammelburg, 85 […]
‘Zwick has developed a robotic testing system for testing steel reinforcing bars and concrete mesh reinforcement which performs all testing automatically, yet allows flexible testing round the clock
The testing system automatically measures the length and weight of the specimens and uses this data to determine the nominal cross-section and the geometric measurement of the ribs […]
‘A robot with undulating fins attached to motors has been developed in Singapore with the aim of helping in marine studies and surveillance operations, researchers said Saturday.
The biomimetic robot that mimics organisms is the creation of a team at Nanyang Technological University.’
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‘A robot with undulating fins attached to motors has been developed in Singapore with the aim of eventual use in marine studies and surveillance operations, researchers said on Saturday.
The biomimetic robot that mimics organisms is the creation of a team at Nanyang Technological University.’
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