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An Insect-Inspired Robot Much Faster Than Other Robots

Posted on March 5, 2017February 2, 2020 by Fareeha Jamal

A six-legged robot that is capable of moving much faster as compared to other robots has been created by an international team of engineers. The researchers with the University of Lausanne and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, UNIL and EPFL, looked to the organic to create the inorganic, similar to other engineering teams. The majority…

The First Robotic Bat Named Bat Bot Is Here

Posted on February 6, 2017February 2, 2020 by Fareeha Jamal

When compared with other animals, bats have the most elegant flight mechanisms. Bats are among the most precise flying creatures on the planet, even though their flight paths seem to be heedless. For many years, scientists have been fascinated with their ability to quickly change direction with great accuracy. However, it is extremely difficult to…

Kobi Saves Your Lawn When You’re Being Super Lazy

Posted on December 15, 2016February 2, 2020 by EMBE

Autumn is a colorful season; orange and red leaves fall down on the green grass. Quite an attractive view, that can quickly become nasty if not taken care of right away. People who do not clear their yards end up with a horrific amount of leaves. Moving on, clearing the snow from the driveway is something…

Replacement of Future Soldiers by Humanoid Machines

Posted on July 11, 2016February 2, 2020 by Fareeha Jamal

With the substitution of future soldiers by humanoid machines, the forefront of Russian military technology resembles Terminator movies a lot. While the swapping of humans by robots in warfare is an old idea, the implementation of this principle in real to design warfighting robots is brand new. According to a statement made by Russia Today,…

Engineers at Bio Robotics Developed Anatomically Most Precise Robot of an Animal

Posted on July 7, 2016February 2, 2020 by Fareeha Jamal

It has been the approach of several roboticists to impersonate animals while working on the precision of mechanical movements of a machine eventually based off of biological processes. Pleurobot, an innovative salamander-like robot pursues to be the most anatomically precise and representative robot of an animal to date whose movements are fascinating. The mechanical design…

Zume Pizza Has Deployed Robots to Make Pizza

Posted on July 4, 2016February 2, 2020 by AKS

Leave it to Silicon Valley to come up with new and innovative ways to revolutionize industries. This time, it’s the pizzeria. According to Bloomberg, Zume Pizza started its operations in secret and was founded by Alex Garden and Julia Collins. Both of them have no prior experience in the $9.7 billion pizza industry. Garden was…

Google’s Spot Is The Artificially Intelligent Robot Dog

Posted on March 5, 2016February 2, 2020 by EMBE

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…

Understanding Artificial Intelligence And Should You Be Worried?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by S. Farrukh

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is humanity’s most powerful technology.  Stories about artificially intelligent creatures go back at least as fas as the ancient Greeks.  The Greeks had myths about robots, and Chinese and Egyptian engineers built automatons.  The field of modern AI wasn’t formally founded until 1956, at a conference at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New…

Artificially Intelligent Humanoid Robots developed for Airliner Assembly

Posted on February 23, 2016February 2, 2020 by EMBE

The robots may have taken over the automobile industry by building cars by the millions but there still lag behind in the assembly of air crafts. Assembling of airliners is a task where human workers are still considered essential. Four year joint research project has been initiated by the Joint Robotics Laboratory (JRL) and Airbus…

Walls Won’t Stop Disney’s Robot VertiGo

Posted on January 11, 2016February 2, 2020 by S. Farrukh

Now there’s a new gravity defying bot out in the market.  Disney Research Zurich and Swiss technology ETH have a developed a four-wheeled robot with integrated propellers that allow it to scale vertical surfaces. This new bot is called VertiGo.  It is driven by a user like a remote-controlled car, but adjusts its propellers automatically…

Can You Tell If Nadine Is A Human Or Robot?

Posted on January 9, 2016February 2, 2020 by S. Farrukh

The world’s most human-like robot has begun work as a university receptionist.  With her soft skin, and flowing brown hair, Nadine does not only meet and greet visitors, smile, make eye contact and shake hands, but she can even recognize past guests and start conversation based on previous chats.  Created by scientists at the Nanyang…

You Can Control This Robotic Arm With Your Eye

Posted on December 1, 2015February 2, 2020 by Pasha

Just for a minute pretend like you’re not able to move your right arm. Now try carrying out a very basic task; maybe just get up and try buttoning up your shirt’s cuff. Quite hard to do so, right? We take these natural movements of our body for granted and often forget how hard it…

MIT’s Greatest Gift To The Lazy Is The BeerBot

Posted on August 28, 2015February 2, 2020 by AKS

Are you a work-shy person? Do you like just sitting on the couch and playing video games or watching movies all day without having to get up even for a drink? Well, the students from MIT have invented a great gift for you. The Beerbots! These scientific companions will fetch beer for you while you…

Vortex The Robot Teaches Kids How To Program

Posted on July 10, 2015February 2, 2020 by Passionirsta

Children 6 years and upwards can now learn programming while they play with Vortex, the robot. Designed by DFRobot, the robot plays different games, but it doesn’t just sit there. The robot comes with interactive tools for the children to learn while they play. The Vortex is an Arduino-based bot that connects to Android and iOS…

Check Out This Robot Suturing A Wounded Grape

Posted on June 9, 2015February 2, 2020 by Passionirsta

The Da Vinci Single-Site Wristed Needle Driver made the waves with a video in which it is seen sewing a tiny grape close with precise action. The robot is so precise, it can create origami models smaller than a quarter. Da Vinci claims that since 2000, its systems have been used in 1.5 million surgeries…

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