Tag: Robot

New walking robot design may revolutionise large construction projects in space

In a study, published in the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI, the research team said they tested the feasibility of the robot for the in-space assembly of a 25m Large Aperture Space Telescope.

October 14, 2022

On 51st birthday, Akshay Kumar treats his fans with new poster of ‘2.0’

The actor has been posting countdowns to the release date of the motion poster of '2.0' which has been confirmed for release on 13 September.

September 9, 2018

Robot flees, Robot speaks

In June 2016, at a research facility in Perm, Russia, a robot called Promobot IR77 made headlines across the globe. It was programmed to move about freely in a room and return to a designated spot, learning from experience and surroundings, while scientists were training it to act as a tour guide. A researcher had...

June 3, 2018

Will You Marry a Robot?

I love my laptop. Apple makes the Mac a smooth, elegant, good-looking object. It is easy to love. That love has grown over the years, as all my writings have accumulated there. All the information I can’t live without – the people I know, the banks I use, the utilities that supply gas and electricity...

January 15, 2018

I am here to help humans live a better life: Sophia, the first robot citizen

Sophia, the humanoid robot, has become the first robot to be granted citizenship of Saudi Arabia. She gives facial expressions while talking and can answer any question with some wit. Sophia, appeared on the stage without an ‘abaya’ — a head covering and cloak normally required of women by the Saudi government. She was interviewed...

October 28, 2017

This robot can follow rules of pedestrians

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed an autonomous robot that can keep pace with foot traffic while observing the general social codes that pedestrians follow to avoid oncoming obstacles while keeping up a steady walking pace. In drive tests, the robot, which resembles a knee-high kiosk on wheels, successfully avoided collisions while...

August 31, 2017

Scientists, tech leaders want to stop ‘killer robots’

Scientists and prominent tech leaders have called for the United Nations (UN) to take action to stop the proliferation of “killer robots.” At the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Melbourne on Monday, technology leaders from around the world congregated at the event, first held in 1969, and requested that the development of weaponry...

August 21, 2017

Yonhap unveils ‘robot reporter’ to cover football games

South Korea’s key news wire service Yonhap News Agency on Monday announced that it has introduced an automated reporting system ‘Soccerbot’ to produce news on football games and improve coverage and expand technology-based journalism. ‘Soccerbot’ is powered by an algorithm and imitates the way human journalists write. The system will write stories related to the...

August 14, 2017

Soft robot that grows like vines may aid rescue operations

Stanford scientists have developed a new soft robot equipped with cameras that can 'grow' like a vine into tiny nooks and crevices to look for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. The robot is inspired by natural organisms that cover distance by growing such as vines, fungi and nerve cells. “Essentially, we're...

July 21, 2017

New robotic device to fix pipe leaks from inside

Here's a new robot that can inspect water or gas pipes from the inside — no matter what the pipes are made of — and find leaks long before they become catastrophic, say researchers. The team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new robotic system that could provide a fast, inexpensive solution...

July 20, 2017

Bees may inspire drones, robots that can ‘see’ better

Scientists have decoded how honeybees perceive colour, paving the way for drones and robots that can 'see' better, as well as more accurate smartphone cameras. Identifying colour in complex outdoor environments is extremely difficult because the colour of light is continuously changing. Researchers, including those from Monash University and University of Melbourne in Australia, looked...

July 4, 2017

New light, portable robot to extract scorpion venom

Scientists have developed a new lightweight and portable robot that can extract venom from scorpions which may be used in medical applications such as anti-malarial drugs and cancer research. The scorpion-milking robot could replace the traditional manual method which can be potentially life-threatening, researchers said. “This robot makes venom recovery fast and safe,” said Mouad...

July 3, 2017

New AI robot creates its own music

In a first, scientists have developed an artificial intelligence robot that can create its own music inspired by the works of musicians like Beethoven and Lady Gaga. The robot with four arms and eight sticks writes and plays its own compositions on a marimba, using a database of well-known pop, classical and jazz artists. Researchers...

June 16, 2017

3D-printed soft, four-legged robot can walk on sand

US engineers have developed a 3D-printed, four-legged robot that is capable of walking on rough surfaces such as sand and pebbles, the media reported on Wednesday. Researchers led by Michael Tolley, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), will present the robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and...

May 17, 2017

Social skills may protect you from losing job to a robot

Worried that robots will someday snatch your job away? People with personality traits such as great interpersonal skills, intelligence and vocational interests may be less likely to fall victim to automation, researchers say. Machine learning and big data will allow the number of tasks that machines can perform better than humans to increase so rapidly...

May 16, 2017

Japan sends robot to study radiation in n-reactor

Japanese authorities sent a robot to the Fukushima nuclear plant on Tuesday to measure radiation levels inside and evaluate its condition ahead of a future dismantling of a reactor. The self-propelled, remotely-operated robot is equipped with a video camera, thermometer as well as dosimeter — to measure radiation — among other sensors, said the Tokyo...

March 14, 2017

Robot mimics key flight mechanism of bats

 A new self-contained robot that mimics the key flight mechanisms of bats has been developed by scientists. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Caltech have developed Bat Bot (B2) with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the biological bats. "Our work demonstrates one of the most advanced designs to date of a...

February 5, 2017