BY Jon Fingas @jonfingas They grow up so fast, don’t they? It seems like only yesterday that Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog (aka LS3) robot was finding its legs, and yet it has already gone out on training exercises with the US … Continued
BY Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper Honda’s been working on its ASIMO robot for the better part of two decades, but only now is it finally beginning to look like a useful project. The latest version of the droid, similar to … Continued
When it came to life on Mars, NASA might have struck out, but it’s got a good feeling about Europa. The agency is working on a probe designed to scan its vast oceans for signs of alien life, but there’s … Continued
BY Jon Fingas @jonfingas Humans are good at catching fast-moving objects — just ask any baseball fan. Robots typically lag behind, however, which is why the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a robot arm with the reaction … Continued
BY Michael Gorman @Numeson RoboEarth. No, it’s not a lame SNES game from 1994, it’s a cloud network that lets robots learn from the actions of other bots. It started over three years ago, and now, a new, related project … Continued
Coating Systems company adds palletizing equipment that integrates PLC and robot controls for ease of operation. By Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor, Packaging World For Axalta Coating Systems, headquartered in Philadelphia, the use of integrated robot and programmable … Continued
Olive producer adds robot to transfer pouched product to trays for delivery to retort system. Success leads to further investments in robotics. By Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor, Packaging World Bell Carter Foods, Inc., based in Lafayette, … Continued
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials By Evan Ackerman Robots are getting things done Lockheed Martin’s TROOPER scores a point in the ladder climbing task. Quite frankly, this is an impressive thing to be able to say. Many robots are completing some … Continued
Here’s That Extra Pair of Robot Fingers You’ve Always Wanted By Evan Ackerman Posted 21 Jul 2014 | 13:37 GMT Share | Email | Print Photo: Melanie Gonick/MIT Faye Wu, an MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, demonstrates the ‘supernumerary … Continued
By Evan Ackerman Image: Georgia Tech MacGyver could make a rocket-powered harpoon gun/zip line out of some moth balls, cleaning fluid, rope, pulley, and an old telescope. Robots can’t do that. But hey, neither can you. What you can do … Continued