Simbe Robotics created an inventory automation and analytics robot called Tally. Tally promises to be cheaper than human resources, while executing inventory tasks – including ensuring shelves are stocked and displayed properly – with higher accuracy...
NASA’s R5, humanoid robot, also called Valkyrie. NASA created their R5 robot a few years ago but they have been struggling to create software sophisticated enough to enable the R5s to take on dexterous challenges. Hence, the new Space Robotics Challe...
The Pico automated homebrew machine. (via PicoBrew)Okay, truth time. I made the Drinkmotizer, the Raspberry Pi drink mixing robot, for almost the exact same reason of these guys here. I should have kept going all the way to kickstarter... Could ...
European project TOBI came to a close this summer with the EPFL’s successful demonstration of a mind-controlled robot. The study exhibited a 100% success rate, proving that robots can be controlled by thoughts alone – but the technology may die on th...
Professor Hass working on li-fi technology. Li-fi technology uses internet connection, a photo dectector, and LED lightbulb to work. (via purelifi)It's hard to imagine a world without instant WiFi access. Actually, hard for me to imagine a world ...
Ross Brawn hat über die Formula Student gesagt: "There are two really innovative forms of motorsport left:Formula One and Formula Student." Ross Brawn, das ist im Motorsport ein durchaus nicht unbekannter Name - umsointeressanter ist selbstvers...
Row-bot, created by the University of Bristol, generates electricity by taking in dirty water; could help with water pollution (via University of Bristol)Thanks to developing technology and the military, there are several robots that can survive haza...
This little guy is not only smart, but super cute. Alpha 2 has a multitude of functions including personal assistant, entertainer, and tutor. Seems like a useful bot... (via Ubtech Robotics)An IoT dream, make way for the newest household robot: Alpha...
Is this Dash and Dot or the star of the next Pixar movie? Wonder Workshop's Dash and Dot aim to make programming and coding accessible and fun for kids. (via WonderWorkshop) The holidays are coming up faster than you can carve a turkey...
IntroductionXMP-2 is a small mobile platform intended for robotics experiments. It is constructed from aluminium and uses a few methods described earlier for high accuracy on smooth surfaces.Check out the coin test in this video: XMP-2 Practice Run&n...
Researchers from the University of Bristol, the University of Sussex and Ultrahaptics have successfully created a tractor beam that can hold, move, and rotate objects in mid-air without physical contact. (via the Universities)Have you ever feared UFO...
Objectivo do Projecto: Mostrar conteúdo informativo ( Vídeos - Slides - Imagens ) em monitores LCD (Entrada VGA ou HDMI) com um Raspberry Pi controlado remotamente - SSH Motivação: A Associaç...
The new Boy Scouts Digital Technology badge. The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts have been long established programs for youth that are meant to teach viable skills. Now, both organizations have updated their programming and badges to involve youth in com...
All it takes is a simple green light to show your support for veterans (via Greenlightavet.com)Veterans Day was November 11th, and there's a new way to show your support ALL MONTH - aside from taking advantage of those hot mattress sales. Walmart...
Singapore researchers are outfitting robots with simulated human brains! With the recent Nobel Prize for the Brain’s Location Code, in 2014, scientists in Singapore are using this discovery to create the next generation of ‘feeling’ robots. These rob...
Former Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis have announced the launch of a new company, Starship Technologies, which plans to introduce fleets of small, earthbound delivery robots for use by parcel delivery firms or local grocery store...
The ‘Scalevo’ – a new design for a wheelchair that can climb stairs. A team of 10 students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Zurich University of the Arts invented an innovative new wheelchair. This new chair moves like a Segway ...
After having built a couple of small wheeled platforms (a crude attempt called XMP-1 and a slightly better one called XMP-2) I was curious what simulation tools were out there specifically geared toward robotics design.This is just a quick summary of...
NASA robot, VIPIR, meant to help repair satellites in Space. (via NASA) NASA has been concocting new robots, like Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR) seen above, to repair satellites in Space. While repairs on the Hubble Space ...
Toyota Motor Corp.’s FCV Plus hydrogen-powered concept car.Toyota Motor Corporation has announced it will establish a new company, Toyota Research Institute Inc. (TRI), as an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and rob...
SoftBank’s newest robot Pepper launched in the Japanese market last week. The autonomous bot is the first ever robot to read human emotions and its developers hope Pepper is the first of a new robot “species.” (via Aldebaran)The first real robo...
Google test drone shown releasing a package. A secretive “Google X” team has been working for two years on Project Wing, a drone-based delivery system not unlike the drones that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced last year. But until yesterday...
Okayama University successfully creates tubeless pneumatic actuator that makes soft robotics a viable option again in the fuzzy future. (via Okayama University)As robotic technology continues to advance, it seems AI and other robotic specialty techno...
This person enjoys breakfast while creating some art(Photo from Reuters & Imperial College London ) The field of robotics is steadily growing and becomes more impressive every year. There are robots training with the military, helping out i...
Magic Leap is preparing to release its augmented reality device, which promises to change the world forever. The technology mimics the way the brain processes information and images, so you won’t know the difference between fiction and fact. (All ima...
