RAVE- Robot Avatar Thermal Enhanced – will break the communication barrier that widely impacts many young children with minimal or no language and social interaction in early life.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

Petitto Brain & Language Laboratory Completes Successful RAVE Pilot Launch The Petitto Brain & Language Laboratory, BL2, (Petitto, Scientific Director) has successfully piloted its RAVE ("Robot Avatar Thermal-Enhanced") prototype learning tool with 25 infants over the course of five days. The pilot was successfully executed between June 25 – 30, 2017. Insufficient minimal language exposure in very young children has been shown to have a devastating impact on these children’s ability ...

Samsung POWERbot SR2AJ9040W Wi-Fi Robot Vacuum, Works with Amazon Alexa

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

Samsung POWERbot SR2AJ9040W Wi-Fi Robot Vacuum, Works with Amazon Alexa Powerful long lasting suction provides optimal cleaning while smart technology allows you to control your POWERbot from your smartphone. Maximize cleaning coverage as it navigates your home with ease and avoids obstacles. 10X more suction power* - Powerful suction delivers optimal cleaning results Visionary Mapping™ Plus and FullView SensorTM - Creates optimal cleaning path and avoids obstacles Wi-Fi Connecti...

Dubai tests world’s first self-flying taxi

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

Volocopter GmbH is the global leader in the development of vertically launching, fully electrical multicopters for the transport of people and of heavy lifting cargo drones. The technical platform is extremely flexible and permits piloted, remote controlled and fully autonomous flight. In addition, the unique design offers a huge degree of safety based on the high redundancy of all critical components. This futuristic, flying taxi will shuttle passengers in Dubai later this year. Volocopt...

Machine learning – Next new level of computer evolution

Posted on September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 by

Machine learning is the subfield of computer science that, according to Arthur Samuel, gives "computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, practical speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the human genome. There is little doubt that Machine Learning (ML) and Artif...

Soft wearable robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients, opening new approaches to gait re-training and rehabilitation

Posted on August 3, 2017 by

soft wearable robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients, opening new approaches to gait re-training and rehabilitation Upright walking on two legs is a defining trait in humans, enabling them to move very efficiently throughout their environment. This can all change in the blink of an eye when a stroke occurs. In about 80% of patients post-stroke, it is typical that one limb loses its ability to function normally — a clinical phenomenon called hemiparesis. And even patients ...

Stanford researchers develop a new soft, growing robot

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand or having dogs sniff for signs of life, they bring out a small, air-tight cylinder. They place the device at the entrance of the debris and flip a switch. From one end of the cylinder, a tendril extends into the mass of stones and dirt, like a fast-climbing vine. A camera at the tip of the tendril gives rescuers a view of the otherwise unreachable places beneath the rubble. ...

Crime fighting security robot by knightscope

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

Knightscope (the K5 beta prototype) is a fully autonomous robot, used to monitor crimes in schools, businesses, and neighborhoods. Its developers stated that development was inspired by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and to prevent future crimes. The K5 robot is 5 feet tall, and 300 pounds. The K5 detects crime using a variety of sensors including video camera, thermal imaging sensors, a laser range finder, radar, air quality sensors and a microphone. The K5 has been developed s...

NASA Aircraft Assists in FAA-Approved Drone Medical Supply Delivery Research

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Some underserved Virginia patients were among the first to be officially helped by an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), more commonly known as a drone, during research flights to a medical clinic in Wise County Friday. In accordance with research flight plans authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a full-sized aircraft operated by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton and a hexacopter drone operated by Flirtey Inc., a drone startup company, delivered pharmaceuticals and ot...

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland has developed smart exoskeleton that recognizes the loss of balance and prevents falling

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

First smart exoskeleton that recognizes the loss of balance – and prevents falling – has been developed by researchers at Scuola Sant’Anna in Italy, EPFL in Switzerland, and tested at the Rehabilitation Center “Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi” in Florence. The first smart exoskeleton that recognizes the loss of balance – and prevents falling – has been developed by researchers in at Scuola Sant’Anna in Italy, EPFL in Switzerland, and tested at the Rehabilitation Center “Fondazione Don Car...

EPFL researchers in Switzerland have developed a robot that is capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five hundredths of a second.

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

Robot developed by EPFL researchers is capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five hundredths of a second. The ability to catch flying things requires the integration of several parameters and reacting to unforeseen events in record time. “Today’s machines are often pre-programmed and cannot quickly assimilate data changes, added Aude Billard. Consequently, their only choice is to recalculate the trajectories, which requires too ...

‘Little Fish’ is a AI home assistant robot with tablet like screen, developed by Baidu, China’s leading search engine.

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Baidu's new voice-controlled home robot is like an Amazon Echo with a screen called 'Little Fish' Conversational Computer - Baidu+"Little Fish" home assistant robot. Baidu, China's leading search engine, and Ainemo Inc., China's top technology driven consumer electronic company, jointly unveiled "Little Fish" (Chinese name: Xiaoyu Zaijia), a voice-controlled family robot powered by Baidu's AI at Digital Experience. With the partnership of these two industry leaders, "Little Fish" is posit...

Piaggio, the Italian company that makes Vespa scooters and Moto Guzzi motorcycles, is building a personal delivery device or “cargo robot,” called the Gita(pronounced “jee-ta”).

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Piaggio, the Italian company that makes Vespa scooters and Moto Guzzi motorcycles, is building a personal delivery device or “cargo robot,” called the Gita(pronounced “jee-ta”). According to Piaggio, its a 22 inches tall Ball shaped robot that allows you to store items and has an assortment of cameras to help it navigate. Gita also has a small compartment which can be accessed via a hatch on top, and can carry up to 40 pounds. Further, the bot can tell where to go by Wi-Fi-connecting to a ...

Hammacher Schlemmer’s Smartphone Controlled Home Patrolling Robot.

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

The Smartphone Controlled Home Patrolling Robot This is the robot that allows one to remotely monitor one’s home via an iPhone or iPad from anywhere in the world. Available only from Hammacher Schlemmer, the robot’s high-definition 1080p camera transmits a live video and audio feed via WiFi to your preferred iOS device using an existing home internet connection. The Smartphone Controlled Home Patrolling Robot comes with The Hammacher Schlemmer Lifetime Guarantee. The mobile robot’s 4" d...

NASA reaching out to small business to encourage development of new technology that can be used in space

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

NASA Eyes Fusion Reactor Engines, Extraterrestrial Drilling, Other Far-Out Technologies with Latest Investment Selections NASA has selected 399 research and technology proposals from 277 American small businesses and 44 research institutions that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space, and advancements in aviation and science, while also benefiting the U.S. economy. The awards have a total value of approximately $49.9 million. The agency received 1,621 proposals in response to i...

Today’s Eco-Robots That Help Address Critical Environmental Issues

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

There is boundless potential for robotic technology to address environmental catastrophes. Recognizing this, Colin Angle, chairman, chief executive officer and founder of iRobot and Erika Angle, chief executive officer of Science From Scientists, have founded Robots in Service of the Environment (RSE). RSE is an independent non-profit organization, not affiliated with iRobot, that is focused on developing robots to solve environmental problems. Started with initial funding from the Anthropocene ...

Toyota has build rehabilitation assist robot designed to help people recovering from a stroke

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

The Human Support Robot (HSR) is being developed to assist people in their everyday activities. In the future, the HSR will coexist with family members in the home, providing support to improve living conditions and the overall quality of life. Features Three key features make it possible for the HSR to operate in indoor environments around people. 1.Compact, Lightweight Body To better accommodate a wide variety of households, the HSR needs to be lightweight and maneuverable. An ar...

Oxbotica -A spin-out company from the University of Oxford has developed a new software system for making regular cars into driverless

Posted on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 by

Oxbotica - A world where cars think for themselves. A spin-out company from the University of Oxford called Oxbotica has developed a new software system for making regular cars into driverless Oxbotica is developing the next generation of autonomous vehicles - creating the software that makes them go. Using the latest in computer vision and machine learning, our systems learn from their environment and share experiences with each other, so that they're getting smarter all the time. Oxbotica...

‘Method-2’ is a manned bipedal robot developed by South Korea’s Hankook Mirae technology which stands 13-feet tall, weighs 1.3 tons and wields a pair of 286-pound, motion-tracking metal arms. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO recently test piloted one.

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

South Korean robotics manufacturer Hankook Mirae Technology debuted its first prototype piloted mech, the Method-2. Method-2 stands 13-feet tall, weighs 1.3 tons and wields a pair of 286-pound, motion-tracking metal arms. Hankook Mirae considers this robot the world's first manned bipedal robot built to work in extreme hazardous areas where humans cannot go unprotected. If you consider this as something from Transformers, Robocop or Terminator, you should know that the company has spent more ...

Miso Robotics has developed artificial intelligence-driven robot that can grill burgers in a restaurant

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

Miso Robotics and Cali Group today unveiled Flippy, an artificial intelligence-driven robot that will work alongside kitchen staff to grill burgers at CaliBurger restaurants. Flippy had its debut at the CaliBurger location in Pasadena, California. A video demonstration captured the robotic kitchen assistant flipping burgers and placing them on buns. Flippy will roll out in early 2018 and expand to more than 50 CaliBurger restaurants worldwide by the end of 2019. Miso Robotics is pioneering th...

Robots will soon be able to repair Geosynchronous Satellites. ‘Robotic Servicing Vehicle’ are being developed by DARPA

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

Hundreds of military, government and commercial satellites reside today in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth—a perch ideal for providing communications, meteorology and national security services, but one so remote as to preclude inspection and diagnosis of malfunctioning components, much less upgrades or repairs. Even fully functional satellites sometimes find their working lives cut short simply because they carry obsolete payloads—a frus...

Google-owned company Boston Dynamics has developed human like robot called “Handle”. It can self balance even after jumping four feet in the air

Posted on March 4, 2017 by

Boston Dynamics, the Alphabet-owned robotics company, unveiled a new robot this week that robotics experts say is unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. The towering 6ft 5in robot is the latest brainchild of Google-owned company Boston Dynamics, "Handle" robot looks like an impressive piece of tech, able to leap four feet in the air and confidently navigate varying terrain. The massive legged, wheeled machine is called Handle. Marc Raibert, the CEO of Boston Dynamics, called it “nightma...

Neocis Inc’s ‘Yomi’ is the first robotic dental surgery system approved by FDA

Posted on March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 by

Yomi is a computerized navigational system intended to provide assistance in both the planning (pre-operative) and the surgical (intra-operative) phases of dental implantation surgery. The system provides software to preoperatively plan dental implantation procedures and provides navigational guidance of the surgical instruments. “I’ve done thousands of implants free-hand. Yomi will be a game changer for dental implant surgery.” https://youtu.be/l2L2I5rtLcY Dental implant surgery is the sta...

LG Electronics new self learning AI ‘Hub Robot’ that uses Amazon’s Alexa to communicate with other household smart devices and also recognizes each member of a family

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

LG Electronics has unveiled its new Hub Robot that uses Amazon's Alexa to communicate with other household smart devices. LG's Hub Robot can do things like turn on the air conditioning and delay the start of your washing machine with a simple voice command. By leveraging powerful analytical processing power, LG’s robotic lineup will be able to navigate complex environments and decipher the most efficient and effective path to accomplish tasks, making people’s lives easier at every touch-po...

Snoo smart crib is an electronic bassinet that gently rocks from side to side and emits sound to help ease a baby to sleep.

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by

Snoo is an electronic bassinet that gently rocks from side to side and emits sound to help ease a baby to sleep. Smart Crib From Designer Yves Behar Automatically Rocks Your Crying Baby to Sleep. Rocking crib that imitates the rhythms of the womb by responding to a baby’s level of crying and fussiness and adjusting the intensity of motion and white noise accordingly. The SNOO also includes a sleep sack that swaddles the baby and keeps it on its back all night. In fact, the crib will not op...

Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, hydrogel – gel-based robots that may one day assist in surgical operations

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. The robots are made entirely of hydrogel — a tough, rubbery, nearly transparent material that’s composed mostly of water. Each robot is an assemblage of hollow, precisely designed hydrogel structures, connected to rubbery tubes. When the researchers p...

NASA’s technology transfer for robotic surgery to assist surgeons in non-invasive, endoscopic procedures.

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

Operating rooms are stepping into the 21st century thanks to a robotic arm that can assist surgeons in non-invasive, endoscopic procedures. Computer Motion, Inc., in Santa Barbara, California, originally performed research under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop AESOP,® (Automated Endoscopic System for Optimal Positioning). NASA hopes to make use of the technology powering the robotic arm of AESOP to service satellites and ...

Hanson Robotics has created the most expressive and engaging robot called ‘Professor Einstein’ that can teach you physics

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by

Hanson Robotics creates the most expressive and engaging robots that build trusted relationships with people. Hanson Robotics has enchanted and captured the imagination of the world with uncannily humanlike robots endowed with remarkable expressiveness, aesthetics, and interactivity. https://youtu.be/kXVpqWhe2hc Professor Einstein rolls his eyes, sticks out his tongue, and can give a simple explanation of the theory of relativity. With his lifelike rubbery "skin" and bushy mustache, he ...

University of Michigan has developed two legged robot and in future it’s possible that an autonomous delivery van may pull up in front of your house and a bipedal robot will then step out, and carry a package to your front door.

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

A new two-legged robot is coming to the University of Michigan—the third generation biped in the lab of Professor Jessy Grizzle, whose previous bots have been programmed to walk unassisted over rough terrain and jog a nine-minute mile. "Cassie" is the first offering from new startup Agility Robotics, spun out of the lab of Oregon State University's Jonathan Hurst, who is a longtime collaborator of Grizzle's. It is loosely modeled on the cassowary, a flightless bird similar to an ostrich—legs ...

MIT researchers have developed ingestible electronic devices that can harness stomach acid to power it and could monitor physiological conditions or deliver drugs

Posted on February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 by

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed and demonstrated a small voltaic cell that is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach. The system can generate enough power to run small sensors or drug delivery devices that can reside in the gastrointestinal tract for extended periods of time. This type of power could offer a safer and lower-cost alternative to the traditional batteries now used to power such devices, the researchers say. “We need to come up with ways to...

‘Cafe X’ Robotic Café Coming Soon!

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

Precision crafted specialty coffee in seconds, the way the roaster intended Enjoy delicious, locally roasted coffee from AKA Coffee, Verve Coffee Roasters, and Peet’s. Ask one of our products specialists for the flight of espresso experience. Cafe X Technologies today unveiled its first robotic café in the U.S. by combining machine learning and robotics, aiming to eliminate the variabilities that bog down today’s coffee experience. Cafe X is solving for the time and quality compromises tha...