Singapore – Telepresence Robot

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

EDGAR is a tele-presence robot optimised to project the gestures of its human user. By standing in front of a specialised webcam, a user can control EDGAR remotely from anywhere in the world. The user’s face and expressions will be displayed on the robot’s face in real time, while the robot mimics the person’s upper body movements. EDGAR can also deliver speeches by autonomously acting out a script. With an integrated webcam, he automatically tracks the people he meets to engage them in conve...

3D Printed Open Source Robot

Posted on April 17, 2016 by

Wire Beings beta is an open source robot for Arduino that can be 3D printed. This is a nice project that you can continue to work on and modify as you learn more Arduino projects. This Instructable goes through the complete build for the bluetooth enabled robot in the first half of the video. As long as you have a 3D printer this project is really easy to do and the electronic parts cost only around $30-$35. It takes in total about 35 hours to 3D print, but can be assembled and programmed ...

Cool iOS projects for kids

Posted on April 16, 2016April 16, 2016 by

iOS projects for kids : Bluetooth Controlled Snowflake Sweater: LED matrix snowflake sweater with Bluetooth control. The animation and color can be controlled using the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect app for iOS or Android. (https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-matrix-snowflake-sweater?view=all) 3D Printed Halo Energy toy: an app-enabled sword built using an Adafruit Feather BLE 32u4 micro-controller. Lets you change the animation or color of the LEDs. (https://learn.adafruit.com/hal...

Lawn watering robot

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

Get your lawns ready for summer with Growver! The lawn watering robot keeps your water bills low by navigating your garden precisely and not wasting any water. Growver relies on water sensors to detect areas of your yard that are dry. It has fill, outline, and remote modes and can save you up to 50% on your water bill. Get Growver running in just minutes. Install the perimeter wire, connect a hose, and press run. Sensors detect moisture and ensure Growver won't over-water,...

Google owned Schaft unveils new bipedal robot

Posted on April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 by

SCHAFT’s new bipedal robot According to Hornyak, SCHAFT’s new robot (which hasn’t been named yet) “is designed to be a low-cost, low-power, compact device to ‘help society.’ ” It can lift 60 kg, travel over uneven terrain, and even tackle stairs, which are notoriously difficult for robots. The DARPA Robotics Challenge held its inaugural competition last December, and by most accounts (including ours), it was a success. The DRC Trials drew huge public interest, and the teams and t...

MIT researchers developing a in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car.

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent), is a social robot that acts as a friendly, in-car companion. AIDA is designed to use the driver’s mobile device as its face. The phone displays facial expressions and is the main computational unit to manage information presented to the driver. AIDA provide...

iRobot that cleans your pool

Posted on March 23, 2016 by

iRobot Mirra 530 Pool Cleaning Robot - 'Mirra' uses enhanced robotic technology to deep clean pool surfaces and water, removing leaves, hair and dirt, as well as algae, pollen and bacteria as small as two microns. Mirra has a self-contained vacuum, pump and filter, so it won’t strain your existing systems. An added bonus is energy cost savings from running these systems less frequently. And because there’s no installation required, you simply drop it in the pool, turn it on and let it go. Des...

‘Moley’ – WORLD’S FIRST ROBOTIC KITCHEN

Posted on March 6, 2016 by

Moley has created the world's first robotic kitchen. Featuring an advanced, fully functional robot integrated into a beautifully designed, professional kitchen, it cooks with the skill and flair of a master chef. The prototype was premiered to widespread acclaim at Hanover Messe, the international robotics show. The consumer version set for launch in 2017 will be supported by an iTunes' style library of recipes. The prototype is the product of 12 months of development in collaboration with...

Pool cleaning robot

Posted on March 5, 2016 by

AquaBot Pura 4X Robotic Swimming Pool Cleaner AJET123 The Aquabot Hydro EXL is an eco-friendly and easy to use robotic pool cleaner that gives your pool a fresh and healthy clean and allows you to use fewer chemicals. Simply plug the pool cleaner in, press a button, and watch as the Hydro EXL cleans your pool within one or two hours. This robotic pool cleaner vacuums your pools floor and climbs up half the wall. It also filters and circulates the water giving your pool an all over clean durin...

Robot that can teach you Yoga, Exercise, Plumbing and also work with you alongside

Posted on March 4, 2016 by

Alpha1 and Alpha 2 are entertaining humanoid robot that connects via Bluetooth 4.0 to your PC Android or iOS. Download the free software on UBTECH Robotics website to program your robot. Once you download the free software on UBTECH Robotics website to program your robot, you can ask it to perform yoga demonstrations, exercise moves, and play awesome song collection. Use that premium content and do some of your own creative modifications to personalize your robotic moves! The biggest advantag...

Google’s new Atlas robot

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

Google's robotics arm, Boston Dynamics, has released a video of a new version of its Atlas robot. The video shows the upgraded robot opening doors, picking up boxes and taking an eerily human-like stroll in the woods. One of its greatest achievements is the bipedal Atlas robot, and now there’s a new version that’s even more humanoid than before. It can walk over rough terrain, pick up objects, and wield weapons in the impending robot uprising. The video also shows Boston Dynamics employees...

Smart Bulb with speaker and auto dimmer

Posted on February 9, 2016 by

Twist is a LED light bulb with an AirPlay speaker built in, so you can get wireless, clutter-less, installation-less lighting and audio anywhere. Twist is the brainchild of Shaun Springer, company Creston Electronics. The product really is aimed at apartment dwellers. For one thing, installation is literally just screwing in a light bulb. There’s no need to hook up the battery-powered dimmer, either. The dimmer is essential to Astro’s vision of simplicity: Instead of pulling out your ph...

Automower robot that mows your lawn

Posted on January 29, 2016 by

Effortless mowing for any lawn Husqvarna is a Swedish company which sells robotic lawn mower, these robotic mowers cut grass automatically - around the clock and without supervision. The Husqvarna Automower® is able to maintain ½ acre lawns in any weather, with rough terrain and slopes up to 35%. When it meets an obstacle it stops and redirects itself. It also knows when it needs to be charged. With the convenient setting control panel, your automatic mower allows you to set it and forget it...

Personal Robot (PR) with an open platform

Posted on January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 by 41629066

Over at the University of Pennsylvania, robotics researchers have taught the Willow Garage PR2 to pick up dog leavings, so you don’t have to. But now researchers at George Washington University are taking that pet-care robotics research one step further – they’re teaching PR2 robots to walk dogs and play fetch with them. As robotics applications shift from repetitive factory labor to everyday environments, robots must possess more perception and action capabilities that enable them to comm...

Pepper Robot

Posted on December 26, 2015 by

The latest creation from Aldebaran, Pepper is the first humanoid robot designed to live with humans. Pepper is a social robot able to converse with you, recognize and react to your emotions, move and live autonomously. Engaging and friendly, Pepper is much more than a robot, he’s a companion able to communicate with you through the most intuitive interface we know, voice, touch and emotions. Created for SoftBank Mobile, one of the largest mobile phone operators in Japan- Pepper is already gre...

Dutch startup plans first 3D printed steel bridge to span Amsterdam canal.

Posted on December 26, 2015 by

A Dutch startup has unveiled plans to use robotic printers to weld the structure drop-by-drop in the first large-scale test of the technology. The company has unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed bridge across an Amsterdam canal, a technique that could become standard on future construction sites. Using robotic printers “that can ‘draw’ steel structures in 3D, we will print a (pedestrian) bridge over water in the centre of Amsterdam,” engineering startup company MX3D said in a st...

Microbe Powered Robot

Posted on December 19, 2015 by

A new robot created by researchers at the University of Bristol has the mission of cleaning ponds and lakes. Powered by the microbes it scoops up from the water and digests, it doesn't need any recharging to keep going. The Row-bot is inspired by the water boatman insect and uses a similar mechanism to glide across the surface of water, in the robot's case, a paddle powered by a 0.75 Watt DC motor. Both bug and robot maximize surface area when making a power stroke and then minimize surface area...

Walk-Man – The Humanoid Search and Rescue Robot

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

Scientists from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and University of Pisa in Italy have developed an anthropomorphic robot that can use human tools and interact with its surrounding environment in the same way as a human. The researchers hope that the robot, colloquially known as Walk-Man, will find use in search and rescue situations that are too dangerous for humans to engage in. Lead researcher Nikos Tsagarakis believes Walk-Man will be well accommodated in ...

Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost.

Posted on December 5, 2015 by

MIT researchers have developed a biomedical imaging system that could ultimately replace a $100,000 piece of a lab equipment with components that cost just hundreds of dollars. The system uses a technique called fluorescence lifetime imaging, which has applications in DNA sequencing and cancer diagnosis, among other things. So the new work could have implications for both biological research and clinical practice. “The theme of our work is to take the electronic and optical precision of this big...

Chronos – Make any watch smart

Posted on December 3, 2015 by

San Francisco startup Chronos is aiming its new device for people who prefer pretty analog watches to be the things on their wrists but would really like them to have the most basic features of a fitness tracker and a smart device. “We have developed a small, tiny disc that gives you all the very best of today’s wearable tech, but let’s you keep the watch you already wear,” Chronos founder and CEO Mark Nichol said. The metal Chronos disc is designed to resemble watch casing, so that it largely d...

Hardware store robot gives customers high-tech help

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Robotics technology benefits the customers and employees in many ways. San Jose's Orchard Supply Hardware, a subsidiary of Lowe's has brought in the Oshbot robot. About the size of small refrigerator, the talking robot can guide you through the aisles to the item you want. It even uses its 3D camera to determine the make and model of that rusty hinge you brought from home. "There's no way that every sales associate could know the exact number and location of every single item we sell," Kyle Nel,...

Grillbot: A Grill-Cleaning Robot

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

Grillbot, a cute, single button operated bot that perches on your grill that automatically cleans barbecue grill grates. It works automatically on both gas and charcoal grills (hot or cold). It doesn’t matter if it’s called a BBQ, a grill or a Barbie, those char-grilled steaks leave a thick layer of grease and grime behind. And while cooking is fun, cleaning is not. The Grillbot is the invention of former real estate agent Ethan Woods. Woods had his eureka moment while scrubbing his grill with a...

SlingShot: Quest to solve the world’s safe water crisis.

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

Kamen's SlingShot (so-named after the Biblical David & Goliath story) device is an energy-efficient "vapor compression distiller," and one possible answer to the safe water crisis. The SlingShot is designed to take virtually any unfit source of water, such as contaminated well water or seawater, and turn it into clean water, without requiring a filter (which regularly need to be replaced) or using any chemical additives (which have to be purchased). The device does use combustible fuel to po...

RoboBee : The tiny flying submarine

Posted on November 7, 2015November 7, 2015 by

A Harvard University lab has developed the first insect-size robots capable of flight and swimming. Researchers at the Harvard Paulson School have demonstrated a flying, swimming, insectlike robot, easing the way to create future aerial-aquatic robotic vehicles. Coming from the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, this discovery can only mean one thing, swimming RoboBees. The biggest challenge involved the conflicting design requirements. Aerial vehicles require large airfoils such as wings or sails to...

Personal robot

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by 41629066

Robots are an intriguing technology that can straddle both the physical and social world of people. Inspired by animal and human behavior, MIT's robotic team's goal is to build capable robotic creatures with a "living" presence, and to gain a better understanding of how humans will interact with this new kind of technology. People will physically interact with them, communicate with them, understand them, and teach them, all in familiar human terms. Ultimately, such robots will possess the socia...

Hotel in Japan managed entirely by robots.

Posted on October 28, 2015 by 41629066

The staff at a Japanese hotel manned entirely by robots includes a realistic-looking woman and a bow tie-clad velociraptor. The Henn na Hotel -- which translates to "Weird Hotel" -- features the humanoid robot and English-speaking dinosaur as receptionists and also features a tulip-shaped concierge robot, named Tuly, in charge of controlling lights in the rooms, as well as giving information on the time and weather. An automated porter robot carries luggage to guests' rooms, which use phot...

Artificial Foam Heart Created

Posted on October 20, 2015 by

Cornell University researchers have developed a new lightweight and stretchable material with the consistency of memory foam that has potential for use in prosthetic body parts, artificial organs and soft robotics. The foam is unique because it can be formed and has connected pores that allow fluids to be pumped through it. The foam starts as a liquid, so researchers can pour it into a 3D printed mould in order to form the heart, adding appropriate valves to the finished structure. This means...

Soft robot to swim through Europa’s oceans

Posted on October 15, 2015 by

A soft, swimming robot for exploring Jupiter’s moon Europa. A Cornell engineering team has received a nine-month, $100,000 starter grant from NASA to develop a soft, swimming robot suitable for exploring the harsh conditions of other worlds, notably Jupiter’s moon Europa. An amphibious robot that can swim through the oceans of distant moons and planets could be the next iteration of self-sustaining, robotic space exploration. The Cornell team developing this otherworldly robot is led by Ma...

Robot That Builds Its Own Children

Posted on October 15, 2015 by

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in England have created a mother robot that not only constructs its own children but mimics the process of natural selection to improve their capabilities with each generation. It's a robotic version of nature's survival of the fittest. The mother robot analyzes the performance of each of the “children” it creates, and incorporates preferential traits into the next generation. The Mother robot makes each child better than the last. "As the mother creates...

Jibo – the world’s first social robot for home

Posted on October 13, 2015October 31, 2026 by

Jibo, is a friendly, helpful and intelligent robot who can sense and respond, and learns as you engage with him. The World’s first social household robot called Jibo has been recently launched by Jibo Inc. Jibo is a 11-inch-tall.Friendly, helpful and intelligent robot who can sense and respond, and learns as you engage with him. This robot represents a new class of consumer robots. He's a social robot and is not designed to vacuum your floor. He's not designed to look humanoid with a nose,...