Honda launches Miimo, a robotic lawn mower
Honda is to enter the fast-growing European robotic lawn mower market with the introduction of Honda Miimo, its first commercial robotic product for domestic use.
Aug 21st, 2012
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Noodle-slicing kitchen robots
In the face of rising labor costs, Chinese restaurateur Cui Runguan is selling thousands of robots that can hand slice noodles into a pot of boiling water called the Chef Cui.
Aug 20th, 2012
Read moreRobot Hall of Fame invites public to vote online for its next induction class
For the first time members of the general public will help select four robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame from a slate of a dozen nominees. The new robots will be inducted in a ceremony Oct. 23, when they will take their place alongside such notables as NASA's Mars Sojourner, Honda's ASIMO and Star Wars' R2-D2 and C-3PO.
Aug 20th, 2012
Read moreBrain wave-reading robot might help stroke patients
New device would help rehabilitate stroke survivors by turning thoughts into actions, retraining motor pathways.
Aug 17th, 2012
Read moreA ghost town built for robots
City Lab is an above ground, unpopulated, fully operating, and real-world lab environment representative of a mid-sized American city. It will provide a legacy environment where new technologies can be tested at scale, allowing researchers and manufacturers to manage the unpredictability of product performance before being introduced into the market.
Aug 17th, 2012
Read morePilot 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
Read moreDARPA'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
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