In the future, computers and humans will cooperate more seamlessly: perhaps by easier access to data or by the intuitive control of programs and robots. Conference exhibits along this line include gesture-controlled communication, firewalls to data management and computer-supported surgery. ...
Grillbots are now available for shipment so you can start cleaning your BBQ for the beginning of the season. For those of you in cold weather, why not BBQ early and impress your friends with this new robot? We took unboxing pictures of the Grillbot for your viewing pleasure with a bonus picture of the [...] ...
New pruning robot climbs up and down trees cutting branches off in a spiral motion. ...
Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago are using Barrett’s WAM arm to help survivors of stroke regain upper-limb mobility and strength. ...
Voters who cast their ballots via smartphones made fewer errors than they did when voting via traditional methods in a mock election, according to new research. Researchers found that while there are no consistent differences in efficiency and perceived usability between the smartphone-based system and other voting systems, smartphone owners made fewer errors on the mobile voting system than when they...
By exploring how creatures in nature fly, researchers hope to apply that knowledge toward designing small flying robotic vehicles with flapping wings. ...
Picosun Oy launches a patented, fully automatic sample handling system based on industrial robotics. ...
Google’s director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, says robots will have overtaken humans by 2029, having fulfilled the so-called Turing test where they exhibit intelligent behavior equal to that of a human. ...
Robotic arm supports patient’s arm as they sit in a chair and play a video game with a joystick. ...
On March 11 in Shanghai, the KUKA “Agilus” robot will take on professional table tennis champion Timo Boll in the most hyped ping pong game of all time. ...
Knightscope’s K5 robot can see, feel, hear and smell to determine whether biochemicals or radiation are present and collect data like license plate numbers, video and thermal images. It charges itself and moves autonomously. ...
RobotShop recently received the first shipment of several new Mini UAVs / Drones. Unlike many small R/C quadcopter kits on the market, these are RTF (Ready To Fly) models, so everything needed to fly is inside the box. Charge the battery, plug it in and take off. Two inexpensive models we tested recently allow you [...] ...
STEM BOT engages students in the entire life cycle of robotic product creation ...
A new study examines how smartphone-based voting systems can be incorporated into the current large-scale election process. ...
Before Robohub there was Robots Podcast. Before Robots Podcast there was Talking Robots. Before Talking Robots there was Dario Floreano, a professor at EPFL, with an idea and a handful of graduate students eager to run with it. In episode #150, Robots Podcast goes back to its roots, repeating the combination from the first episode of Talking Robots, of Markus Waibel (now a senior researcher at ETH-Zurich...
A 35-foot captainless boat comes to life with a swipe of a finger across an iPad, following the direction of the finger’s drag. ...
Brazilian government spends $7.2 million on 30 iRobot PackBots to make sure everyone is safe in 12 cities across the country. ...
Inventors want to make yogurt as accessible as buying a newspaper or a cup of coffee. ...
Global sales increased by five percent, IFR reports ...
Ekso Bionics and 3D Systems collaborated on the patient-specific suit ...