Category | Robots

Robotic Hand That Can Sense Objects Before Touching Them

Posted on 12 June 2008

Researchers from Intel have designed a robotic hand which can sense the shape of an object before it interacts with it. The robotic hand is based on electrolocation which means that the tips of the fingers are sending an electrical signal to the objects that will interfere with, and the hand will recognize the object […]

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Brain Tumor Removed Using A Robot Surgeon

Posted on 19 May 2008

Robotic surgeons are getting more and more precise and a few days ago, Calgary doctors managed to remove a brain tumor from a 21 year old woman using a two-handed robot called NeuroArm. The operation took about nine-hours and it’s the first time that a robot made a surgery like this and hopefully, there will […]

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DARPA Thrusts Mini-Cameras Into Living Insects

Posted on 25 March 2008

I do not want to talk about whether the United States are planning a war with all these new spy-insects that are being developed with the help of Pentagon’s finances. After the RoBat, now DARPA has allocated funds for another flying cyborg spy.
Their project is called Hi-MEMS and it consists of “placing micro-mechanical systems inside […]

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DARPA Robot Keeps Its Balance On Ice

Posted on 24 March 2008

A new video is available on YouTube showing what the BigDog robot from Boston Dynamics can do. This is a legged robot that can walk, climb and maintain its balance on almost any form of terrain.
The video proves that is has the ability to continue with the task even after being kicked from one side […]

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Sonar Inspired From Bat Ears

Posted on 24 March 2008

Everybody knows that the bat has very good ears and until now scientists hadn’t been able to reproduce this technique for radars or sonars. Although there were many unsuccessful attempts, now Rolf Muller and Herbert Peremans believe that they can finally succeed.
Their idea has received $8.5 million from the European Union and this funding is […]

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Bat-Like Robot To Spy For The Army

Posted on 19 March 2008

Scientists have developed a spy robot which will help the army and soldiers gather as much information as possible. The robot measures six-inches and is designed like a bat. The concept received $10 million for a five-year research from the University of Michigan College of Engineering and it could receive an additional $12.5 million for […]

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EL-E, The Laser-Guided Robot

Posted on 18 March 2008

A laser technology which could help humans control robots has been developed by a team of researchers from Georgia Tech Center for Health-care Robotics. The technique was demonstrated by Hay Nguyen, a research student who gave instructions to EL-E (robot’s name) and the robot followed the orders.
EL-E was unveiled at a conference in Amsterdam and […]

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