Have you ever come across this situation in your childhood where you towed your stuff behind you in a wagon? The company that manufactures the Vespa scooter has a new branch that has created the 21st century equivalent of that wagon. A self-balancing two-wheeled cargo robot that is capable of carrying up to 40 lb…
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Hadrian X Is The Latest Brick Laying Robot
By means of this brick laying robot, construction of houses has become a lot faster. In essence, it is not a 3D printer as it does not squeeze out any material. Instead of this, it operates as an attachment to an excavator and feeds bricks to the laying head. As it is obvious, the bricks…
BattleBots Is Back And We Are Loving It
Who remembers the TV show from their childhood in which two robots fought until the end? We do and the show in question has made an epic return to ABC in America. BattleBots, as it is called, is a competition in which special robots fight with each other for everyone’s amusement. Sounds pretty savage but…
Boston Dynamics Creates A New Small Dog Robot Capable Of Doing Your Chores
For quite a while now, Boston Dynamics is at the leading edge of robotics. Recently, their innovative robot known as SpotMini has taken everything to the next level. This company, owned by Google, has not only manufactured humanoid robots but also a giant horse-sized robot in the past. However, this small 4-legged robot will become…
Google’s Spot Is The Artificially Intelligent Robot Dog
Just when we thought there are no more markets for Google to rush into, they come up with Spot. An artificially intelligent robot dog manufactured to serve in the military. But as the military disapproved their induction in the Army, Spot and Google’s Alpha Dog were left to experience the civilian life. A video was…
Meet BOCCO, The Family Robot
Communication has been made inherently easy with Wi-Fi technology, smartphones and the lot. Use of these gadgets has a downside to it, which feels unavoidable at times. Smartphones can be addictive to children, and extremely complicated to use for the elderly or disabled. Some parents may prefer not giving their children smartphones, and some children may…
PancakeBot – Wait, What?
Draw Pancakes! Yes you heard that right. Here comes the Pancakebot that let’s you print pancakes right from your computer. The Pancakebot draws on a griddle – its ink: pancake batter! Delicious pancakes in ALL shapes and sizes. Literally! It started out as a passionate project by a father for his daughters. He set out and…
Grasp – Shoulder Mounted Telepresence Robot
Akarsh Sanghi, a student of the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design has created as part of his Master’s thesis a shoulder-mounted robot prototype that is able to shoot instructions to students in real time via internet connection to a remote teacher. Touted as Grasp – the telepresence robot, it is equipped with a webcam, a…
Robear – Bear Shaped Robot designed to serve Patients and Elderly
Looking at its current population growth statistics, Japan is expecting a high number of aging individuals in the coming years, which means more elderly to take care of. To cater for energy efficient yet gentle care, RIKEN and Sumitomo Riko Company Limited have developed Robear, a nursing care robot, developed by the RIKEN-SRK Collaboration Center…
iRobot Create 2 brings DIY to Roomba robots
The pioneers in robotics are iRobot, have come up with something new. Many educational robots are either complex and expensive, or simple and cheap. iRobot thinks it can reach a happy balance with its new Create 2 robot. The Create 2 is iRobot’s attempt to bring the form and abilities of the Roomba cleaning robot…
Microbots Designed to Swim Through Body Fluids
Many sci-fi flicks have shown tiny robotic creatures travelling into human bodies to get critical information. Now this fantasy will soon become a reality. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgard are experimenting with micro-sized robots that swim through your body fluids and are capable of delivering drugs and other sorts of medical relief….
Autonomous Robot For Underwater Inspection
Spotting concealed contraband at ports can now be a lot easier as researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an oval-shaped submersible robot that can perform ultrasound scans. They may not be as quick or efficient as airport sniffer dogs, but robots are getting ready to take the fight against drug smuggling…
YURA: The Flying Drone Bartender
Don’t you wish that a drone would meet you at the end of the day and be ready to serve you your favorite Spanish Margarita? Though it’s still a concept, the idea behind Yura the flying bartender is to serve you a beverage of your choice whenever you want. It is one of the 35…
Cheerleading Robots by Murata
Japanese company Murata Manufacturing unveiled a group of “next generation” robots that are shaped like miniature cheerleaders. They can communicate with one another and move in a swarm. The Kyoto-based manufacturer of electronics components created 10 identical robots called Murata Cheerleaders, each of which stands 36 cm high and weighs 1.5 kg. Senior manager of…
Scrobby: The Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Robots are going to learn to all kinds of things for us in the future. Going solar is a great way to connect your home and be environment friendly at the same time, but when mom yells “Whose turn its it to clean the solar panels?”no one listens. So, who is going to clean them…