Awesome Home-Built Elysium Exoskeleton Lifts 170 Pounds Like Nothing
I'm not sure what's more impressive, the fact that this works so well, or the fact that it's home made.
I'm not sure what's more impressive, the fact that this works so well, or the fact that it's home made.
That's provided they don't think it's a great idea to kill us all out of fear, or just because they went crazy.
It's main purpose is to inspect bridges and spot any winter corrosion caused by road salting.
Sadly that means you won't have an excuse to go for a wander around the office in the middle of the day.
It's a way of allowing robots to learn new things without having to have a human teach them how to do it first.
Can you imagine having a robot as your supervisor? A lot of people seem willing to accept it.
If Blade Runner and I, Robot gave birth to a new movie starring a bald Antonio Banderas, it would look just like Automata.
What we're seeing here are some important baby steps as man strives to finally build the perfect robot butler.
Put that cash tip away, the future is already upon us. Aloft Hotels is about to debut the world's first robotic bellboy, a speedy automaton built to fulfil your every wish, or at least bring you a midnight snack. And the best part? You don't even need to tip it for performing these tasks — aside from mentioning how awesome it is in a tweet.
The Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR) Pixar-like robot will help astronauts look where they'd otherwise be unable to see.
OK, robot, try to steal that interesting pot thing.
Yogi won't be going after Farmer Karasungur's pic-a-nic baskets anytime soon.
It's nothing that's going to replace the plans from a good architect, but it could prove valuable in search and rescue missions. Or hide and seek.
The intricate folds of origami are infinitely useful across science, from designing safer airbags to building more resilient architecture.
These smart building blocks are made of flexible plastic and stuffed with fluidics channels and electronics, designed to build simple, adaptable robots in double-quick time.
It's like having a cat that gets rid of hairballs instead of creating them.
