This Robotic Bee Can Swim (Unlike it's Real-Life Counterpart)
If you’ve ever had a bee land in your beer, you’ll know they can’t swim. If it were one of Harvard’s Robobees, however, it would be a different matter altogether.
If you’ve ever had a bee land in your beer, you’ll know they can’t swim. If it were one of Harvard’s Robobees, however, it would be a different matter altogether.
Back in 2009, Cyclone Power Technologies was working with DARPA and Robotic Technology Inc., to develop a robot that didn’t need a battery or a fuel tank of any kind.
The invention involves modular fingers made of silicone and embedded with sensors – creating surprising dexterity.
Failing to compute flat-pack. Failing to compute flat-pack. Abort. Abort.
Not all robots need to be big and clever.
From instant-translation necklaces to robot-driven taxis and artificial meteor showers – Japan is doing everything in its power to impress the world when it comes to visit in 2020.
Don't look into its big googly eyes – they kind of ruin the terror.
The battlefield can be one of the most useful places for robots to be deployed. First – testing.
The rope bridge that the flying bots put together is easily strong enough to hold a human.
I can’t imagine anything cuter than R2-D2 trying to seduce someone—or in this case, something: A blue postbox.
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The Japanese humanoid robot Pepper, which sold out of its first 1,000 units in one minute in Japan this June, will get a personality makeover for the US market.
Using visual localisation and cloud-connected app control, the robot can paint itself a better picture of how your home is laid out.
A new chameleon-inspired “e-skin” that changes colour the longer and harder you press on it could help engineers design wearables, prosthetics, and robots that are better at sensing pressure and temperature. Read More >>
As the reality of advanced pleasure bots fast approaches, the newly launched Campaign Against Sex Robots seeks to ban any form of human-robot intercourse.
But will employers be laughing when the robots unionise?
