Pilot your own, 4-meter tall robot
Designed by Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata, the 4-meter-tall Kuratas robot can be piloted or controlled remotely to perform the motions and tasks of its owner's choosing.
Aug 17th, 2012
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DARPA's soft robot: Now you see it, now you don't (w/video)
Harvard University researchers working under DARPA's Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) program recently demonstrated the ability to manufacture low-cost silicone robots with microfluidic channels that allow for air and fluids to be pumped in to control movement, color and temperature.
Aug 16th, 2012
Read moreNature-inspired systems give 'soft robots' ability to camouflage themselves (w/video)
A team of researchers led by George Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, has already broken new engineering ground with the development of soft, silicone-based robots inspired by creatures like starfish and squid.
Aug 16th, 2012
Read moreLifelike, cost-effective robotic hand can disable IEDs (w/video)
Sandia National Laboratories has developed a cost-effective robotic hand that can be used in disarming improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The Sandia Hand addresses challenges that have prevented widespread adoption of other robotic hands, such as cost, durability, dexterity and modularity.
Aug 16th, 2012
Read moreRobotic system to inspect underground pipes
EU-funded researchers developed a high-tech robotic imaging system for inspecting underground pipes. Commercialisation should facilitate use of corrosion-resistant materials for transport of hazardous chemicals.
Aug 15th, 2012
Read moreSegway-like stands turns iPads into telepresence robots (w/video)
Double Robotics' Double wants to get your iPad out of the house and into the office, or classroom, or factory floor - anywhere, really. The $2,499 telepresence robot uses a pair of iPads: one sits in the self-balancing base, the other serves as a remote control.
Aug 14th, 2012
Read moreQUAN makes plans to deliver more efficient robot actuators
In order to build a new generation of affordable, practical robots for everyday use, efficiency is key. That's why Quantum International Corp. is working to translate concepts from the science of biology into the science of robotics.
Aug 10th, 2012
Read moreAutonomous robotic plane flies indoors (w/video)
New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS.
Aug 10th, 2012
Read moreSoft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm (w/video)
Scientists have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body, much like an earthworm. The robot, made almost entirely of soft materials, is remarkably resilient: Even when stepped upon or bludgeoned with a hammer, the robot is able to inch away, unscathed.
Aug 9th, 2012
Read moreSwimming micro robots deliver cargo and drugs
Researchers use complex computational models to design swimming micro-robots that could carry drug cargo and navigate in response to stimuli such as light.
Aug 6th, 2012
Read moreStompy: The giant, rideable walking robot (w/video)
Meet Stompy: an 18-foot-wide, 4,000-pound, six-legged hydraulic robot that you?ll be able to ride one day - if its designers realize their dream of raising $65,000 in 30 days to build it.
Aug 5th, 2012
Read moreHandy technologies for dextrous robots
A team of EU-funded researchers has developed the world's first human-sized, five-fingered robotic hand that can learn to grasp and manipulate a range of delicate and oddly shaped objects just as humans do.
Aug 2nd, 2012
Read moreWithin reach: Engineers to add arms and hands to unmanned aerial vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand - and an arm - from engineers at Drexel University as part of a National Science Foundation grant to investigate adding dexterous limbs to the aircrafts. The project, whose subject harkens to the hovering android iconography of sci-fi movies, could be a step toward the use of UAVs for emergency response and search and rescue scenarios.
Aug 1st, 2012
Read moreRobotic assistance for the elderly
A team of EU-funded researchers has developed a robotic companion and intelligent home environment that could help elderly people live richer and more independent lives and reduce the burden placed on healthcare services.
Aug 1st, 2012
Read moreSwimming robots could make lifeguards history (w/video)
Researchers have created a robot that can perfectly replicate back stroke swimming. The team at the Tokyo University of Technology, led by associate professor Motomu Nakashima, hopes that eventually robots like the "Swumanoid" can act as robot lifeguards, patrolling the shores and helping swimmers in distress.
Jul 31st, 2012
Read moreThe first robot that mimics the water striders' jumping abilities
The first bio-inspired microrobot capable of not just walking on water like the water strider - but continuously jumping up and down like a real water strider - now is a reality.
Jul 26th, 2012
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