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Creepy Rubbery Robot Survives Fire, Water, Acid, Car Tires
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] We were a little bit freaked out when the first soft-bodied, icky-looking, invertebrate-like crawling robot squirmed its way out of Harvard’s...
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Ambulance Drone Delivers Defibrillator in Just One Minute
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Every second counts when someone is having a cardiac emergency. The time it takes for an ambulance to reach the patient can mean the...
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Linebacker-Sized Humanoid Robot Can Balance on One Foot
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] The day when robots will do all of our dangerous work for us is quickly approaching, and Google-owned Boston Dynamics‘ walking, self-balancing...
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Platform Robot Can Perfectly Balance a Ball on its Center
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] During the course of creating a full-body, six-degree-of-freedom motion platform for racing simulation, two San Jose State University students...
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Rescue From Above: Inflating Float Ring Clips Onto Drone
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] If you ever get into trouble while swimming in a lake or ocean, help may just come in the form of a flotation device-toting flying drone....
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Roboshark Ahoy! US Navy’s Shark-Shaped Swimming Drone
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] The U.S. military is pretty deeply involved in studying the ocean and gathering information on tides, currents, weather conditions, and...
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Bee Line: Rescue Drone Keeps Flying Even After Collisions
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Drones are the future of so many important parts of our lives – from space exploration to reconnaissance to search and rescue missions. So...
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Fancy-Pants Robots Send Cards in Your Own Handwriting
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Handwritten letters are always a delight to receive, but who really bothers with paper and pen when sending an email is so much easier? A...
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Goofy Robot Rides on Your Shoulders to Fuel a Marathon
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Marathon runners typically want to lighten the load they carry through a race, but this particular runner added an 18-pound buddy to his back...
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Drone Defense: Future of Electomagnetic & Geo-Fencing
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Thanks to a close call in Washington, DC, the first proverbial shots have been fired in the coming war on domestic drone with flights now...
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Synchronized Paper Cranes Dance on Electromagnetic Stage
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Turn up the volume and ignore coworker complaints: you have to hear as well as see this phenomenon in action – they start out in sync but end...
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Seed Startup Aims to Plant 1 Billion Trees a Year by Drone
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Each year, over 25 billion trees are logged or burned, but only 15 billion are planted – addressing this unsustainable shortfall, a drone...
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Swiss Postal Service Deploying First Real Drone Deliveries
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Critics scoffed at the buzz around Amazon’s drone deliveries, but in Switzerland a company called Matternet is going live with actual everyday...
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Culinary Copycat: Robotic Chef Hands Can Cook 2,000 Meals
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Replicating 3D-recorded movements of professional chefs, this culinary machine is designed to stir, pour, adjusts temperatures and adds...
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Giant Robotic Balls: New Amphibious Drones Swim & Roll
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] A stabilized sphere, this remarkable new drone being developed in conjunction with the United States Marine Corps can swim upstream or roll...
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Phone Drone: Turn Your Mobile Device into a Flying Robot
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Why buy an entirely new computer along with your drone when you already carry a powerful device with a built-in camera right in your pocket?...
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Robear: Japanese Elder Care Robot Has Teddy Bear Head
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] A gentle giant with an almost disturbingly friendly face, this robotic bear (Robear) is designed to supplement nursing care, helping...
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Self-Folding Origami Robot Runs, Swims, Digs & Dissolves
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] So tiny it can fit on the tip of your finger, this remarkably agile and multifunctional little bot assembles not only assembles itself but...
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First Humanoid Robonaut Works with Astronauts on ISS
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] Designed to be guided by experts on Earth unable to join the crew of the International Space Station, the world’s first robotic astronaut has...
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RIP Hitchbot: Hitchhiking Robot’s Trip Ends in Philadelphia
[ Filed under Technology & in the Robotics category ] After traveling successfully across Canada and then Germany, this world-famous robot hitchhiker made it from Massachusetts as far as...
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