Printing used to be a fairly dull thing to do but it’s getting rather more exciting these days, isn’t it? While 3D printing rightly takes a lot of the attention now, how would you like to use a robotic printer to carry out your printing jobs for you? The latest work from Fuji Xerox has been around producing a robotic printer that can move around the office or the home...
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We all love robots but would you give one a lift if you come across it hitchhiking at the side of the road? This is exactly the situation faced by Canadian drivers right now, as Hitchbot makes his way from Halifax all the way across the country to Victoria in British Columbia. The robot, who wears yellow gloves and a permanent smile, has already set off on the 4,000 mile...
You have seen at some point how football team have used cardboard cuts outs of spectators to make the stadium look fuller than it really it is. It looks kind of naff, doesn’t it? Why don’t they just use robots instead? That is exactly what some genius behind the Hanwha Eagles baseball team in Korea came up with. It seems that the team is struggling to get a good level...
A new style of robot arm which can carry out incredibly delicate and complex operations have been approved by the medical authorities in the US. The Deka Arm uses fingers that act very much like real fingers to help the user do all of the tricky things which most of us take for granted. It is expected that it will help amputees do things like use keys, put on their clothes...
If you needed to test out some protective suits and Army equipment how would you do it? You would build a blooming expensive robot mannequin, wouldn’t you? Go on, you know you would really. The good news is that the Ministry of Defence think in the same way. They have just revealed a robot which cost £1 million. For that sort of money you would expect your army robot...
Quiz fans might want to take note of the name Kirobo. This is the answer to future pub quiz questions about the name of the first robot to head into space. Kirobo is a 13.4 inch tall robot designed by the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo as part of their Kibo Robot Project. The name of the little fellow comes from the Japanese...
Mother Nature knows best, so if you are planning to build a vehicle to roam about under the water your best bet would be to see how creatures do it. You don’t have to be a huge fan of The Little Mermaid to know that crabs are great at getting around on the ocean floor. The type of remotely operated underwater vehicle which has traditionally been used doesn’t have the...
The joy of scaring people with a fake spider is one of those pleasures of life which never seem to grow old. However, you can put away your cheap plastic spider now; a new robotic arachnid is in town and it looks pretty mean. We might as well start with the bad news. This spider will set you back $1,350, which is a little over 900 pounds. That’s a lot of money for a...
We are used to hearing drones spoken of in military terms but how would you like to see one flying about to bring you home some supplies? Experts have been discussing the future of drones at the TEDGlobal conferences and it seems that these machines could offer us far more possible uses in the future. Another interesting statistic which came out of the debate is the...
It is always great to read about new gadgets which are incredibly cool but ultimately fairly pointless. Who hasn’t longed after a dress which displays twitter messages on it or a robot in the form of a giant dog? However, we occasionally come across genuinely useful gadgets and devices which prove that cutting edge technology can actually, gulp, help the human race after...
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