Researchers from French and Swiss institutions find mean robots helped people concentrate and performed better on a Stroop Task. The experiment had participants take a Stroop Test after interacting with both a nice and mean robot. (Photo via Spatola)...
A multi-generation toy, the Rubik’s cube, has been repurposed to create one of the fastest robot to date. The new robot that can solve the Rubik’s cube faster. (Image and video from builditsinprogress.blogspot.com) Created in 1974, the Rubik’s c...
With the development of smart electronic devices, motor control system, as the execution force of all kinds of electronic application, is penetrating smart home, industrial power tools, smart cars, drones and many other mordern IoT fields. Meanwhile,...
Industrial enterprises are transforming their businesses by combining their computer and shop-floor automation domains, an initiative known as Industry 4.0. A key to this transformation is the new time-sensitive network (TSN) technology that connects...
A team at the University of Waterloo is developing an AI system to speed up pothole repairs. Can an AI system really speed up pothole repairs? (Photo via StockSolutions) Potholes are unavoidable annoyances when it comes to driving. And no matte...
The robot took six years to develop and come from the Mobile Sun Gundam series. The impressive robot boasts an arm-cannon that can fire sponge balls at high speeds. (Image via Sakakibara) Have you ever dreamed of piloting a gargantuan robot? Who hasn...
A curling match never seen before opposed the Korean Olympic champions to a robot. The inspiration is still unknown, but the future looks bright for the new machine. Curly the robot during the match against a human team. This year Pyeong Chang h...
The robot can travel to hard-to-reach places and analyze data for diagnostic purposes. Diagram of the robotic system - as small as a human cell! (Image via MIT) The tiniest robots developed by researchers at MIT are as small as a human egg cell and a...
MIT researchers created a robotic fish to facilitate ocean exploration. The new robot can also be a pioneer in biomimetics. Close view of SoFi swimming. (Image via MIT) Mankind has explored many areas of the planet Earth to the point that it cou...
Rolls-Royce and researchers at Harvard have teamed up to create a small swarm of robots that will be more efficient and faster at keeping your engine well repaired. The robot may be cute, but it takes inspiration from a creepy source. (Photo from Rol...
New robot by Meltant can replicate human hand movements, like handling delicate objects and opening doors. This is apparently the only robotic hand that’s been able to replicate the speed of human hands. (Photo via Meltant) One Japanese company ...
MIT’s engineers built a robot a while back that is meant to save lives. Although named after one of the fastest feline in the world, this robot is excelling where the feline cannot. Cheetah 3 climbing stairs in a public space. (Image via mit.edu)&nbs...
The latest vehicle from Opener will apparently fly and won’t require a pilot’s license. Is this really the car of the future? (Photo via Opener) We’ve been dreaming about a future with flying cars ever since Hanna- Barbara introduced us to The J...
A Japanese lab created a flying robot that could change form to adapt to the needs of its environment. DRAGON flying and completely unfolded (looking like a seahorse). (Image via University of Japan)Robots: the future of these mechanic creatures depe...
Boston Dynamics wants to bring their robots to the masses starting with the redesigned SpotMini. SpotMini’s updated designs do away with its creepy long neck and mechanical dog head. (Photo via Boston Dynamics) Boston Dynamics quickly became a h...
The German government funded a project that lead to the creation of an AI meant to support the astronauts during their mission in space. CIMON during one of the experiments. (Image via Airbus) What happens when IBM collaborates with AIRBUS and D...
The eight plastic legs help to cushion the impact and save the phone. (Image Credit: https://www.ad-case.de/en/) People have the tendency to drop and break their smartphones consistently, and an engineering student has come up with a solution th...
Harvard’s cockroach-inspired robot HAMR is now equipped to walk on and under water. HAMR is quite small and has no trouble balancing on top of water. (Photo via Harvard) Harvard’s cockroach-inspired bot, HAMR (Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot) was ...
Contrary to a common belief that business automation will erase jobs for many people, in Amazon’s warehouses, the more robots, the more jobs are created. One Kiva robot carrying shelves of items. (Image via Amazon/Kiva Systems) In the mid-90s, A...
The new system uses brain signals called ErrPs that makes it easier for humans to communicate with robots. At least Baxter looks like he’s having fun while on the job. (Photo via MIT) Robots have come a long way over the years and even our perce...
One of the biggest car-making companies in the world, Daimler, is changing the game of commercial transportation and protecting the environment at the same time, with its new electric trucks. An example of the electric truck from Daimler. (Image via ...
Norman may be scary sounding, but he’s meant to show how AI can be bias when trained on bias information. Blockbuster movies like I, Robot and Ex-Machina don’t exactly paint artificial intelligence and robots in the best light. The late Stephen...
A new device gives an opportunity for drivers to communicate with others on the road, in a respectful and fun manner. Few possible emojis available to display on CarWink (here in a car’s rear windshield). (Image via the CarWink Kickstarter) Some...
Invented in the 80s by Charles Hull, 3D or three-dimensional printing is a technique of printing objects by mixing and shaping the desired material in layers that lead to a three-dimensional item. The story goes that Hull’s 3D printing at the time us...
www.youtube.com/watchA robotics company based in the UK, is digging into the possibility of introducing more human-like robots to the world. The company’s latest innovation is a robotic system that will serve as the foundation to build any humanoid. ...
