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Robotics

Robot Dragon

Fire-breathing dragon named world’s largest walking robot (videos)

Rocco Penn September 15, 2013

If you're going to make a walking robot to break records and draw crowds, you might as well make it a dragon. The "Tradinno" project by Zollner was ...

AI techi

Artificial intelligence – working hard, so we can hardly work

Brian Wallace April 23, 2013

In 2011, robot sales hit about 160,000 units, translating to $8.5 billion in sales—this was by far the highest level recorded for any single year. Employment ...

Petman Robot

If the Petman robot doesn’t scare you, you’re not paying attention

Rocco Penn April 6, 2013

Boston Dynamics has made us cringe more than once in the past with their BigDog and LS3 robotic abominations in the past. This time, they've gone too far and ...

Festo BionicOpter

Festo BionicOpter may bring dragonfly drones to a sky near you

Jesseb Shiloh April 3, 2013

The flight of the dragonfly is unique in the animal kingdom. It’s complex four-wing mechanics give it significant advantages over traditional two-wing flyers. ...

BigDog Dynamic Robot Throwing Cinder Blocks

BigDog tosses cinder blocks across the room like a robotic boss

Rocco Penn March 6, 2013

If there's one thing that can be said about Boston Dynamics, it's that they never cease to amaze us with the capabilities of their robotic creations. "BigDog" ...

LS3 Follow Tight

DARPA’s LS3 robot advances maneuverability, still extremely creepy

JD Rucker December 20, 2012

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) have been working on the Legged Squad Support System ...

Robot

Living in the midst of robotic takeover

Pamela Chiacchiaro August 21, 2012

I was at the library the other day checking out some books (yes, real physical books that are printed on paper with ink) and it was like a massive wave of ...

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Can robotic supports replace wheelchairs for many?

Scarlett Madison March 20, 2012

The Tek Robotic Mobilization Device developed by Istanbul, Turkey-based AMS Mekatronic, bridges the gap between bulky wheelchairs with the inherent problems ...

Cheetah

The DARPA “Cheetah” is fast and freaky

Rocco Penn March 8, 2012

There have been many innovations in recent months that have blown us away from the world of robotics. If there's one common theme between the Smart Bird and ...

Android Mannequin

Is this creepy android mannequin the future of retail merchandising?

Rocco Penn February 11, 2012

If this is the future of retail, I'll be shopping online more often. Takashimaya, a department store in Tokyo, is working with Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro from ...

Quadrotor

Autonomous nano quadrotors amaze (and terrify) with complicated formation runs

Rocco Penn February 1, 2012

Quadrotor technology developed at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) lab at the University of Pennsylvania is able to fly with ...

Robotic Bear Pillow

Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow

Connor Livingston November 20, 2011

At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may have come as the latest addition ...

SmartBird

TED gives a first-hand glimpse of the Festo SmartBird in action

Connor Livingston July 30, 2011

Man has possessed the power of technology-assisted flight for over a century now, but the way that birds are able to fly is something that has eluded us until ...

Neurowear

Neurowear: Cat ears controlled by the mind

Connor Livingston May 8, 2011

Necomimi, a mashup of the Japanese words for cat and ear, is a new device that lets you express yourself visually through your thoughts. The ears, which you ...

Robotic Seagull

Look at the Pretty Seagu… Wait. Wut?

JD Rucker March 25, 2011

Man has been able to achieve flight for over a century, but we have never truly mastered the art and science that propels birds and other flying animals through ...

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