robotics

RObotics

Period: Jan 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2012

In a first, robot used in brain tumour surgery

May 20, 2008

In the landmark surgery, neurosurgeons at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre guided a newly developed robotic system — called NeuroArm — to remove an eggshaped tumour from the brain of a woman.

NRI leads project to create ‘emotionally smart’ comps

May 24, 2008

Sydney: An Australian-Indian is part of a consortium of scientists who are developing and licensing information and communication technologies (ICTs) that can interact with humans in an emotionally intelligent manner.

Canadian creates robot rabbit that gets ‘touchy-feely’ with people

May 24, 2008

ACanadian researcher has created a robot rabbit that communicates with humans through touch. The robot can only respond with breathing movements of its body, inaudible purring vibrations, or by moving its ears.

Now, a robot that walks like a human

May 24, 2008

A doctoral student at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands has created a computer that walks like a human.

Japanese robot weathers rain to climb Grand Canyon

Jun 4, 2008

Tokyo: Neither rain, sleet or hail could stop a Japanese robot from climbing the Grand Canyon, with the hand-sized “Evolta” scaling a 530 meter cliff in just under seven hours. Powered by two AA batteries on its back, the blue robot inched up a thin rope with its hands and feet over four days late last month, hampered by rain and heavy wind, but making it to the top on its sixth try.

In 2050, your lover may be a... robot

Jun 16, 2008

‘Scientists Working On Artificial Personality, Emotion And Consciousness’ Maastricht (Netherlands): Romantic humanrobot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction — researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex.

Pomi the robot penguin has hidden depths

Jun 16, 2008

Seoul: South Korean researchers have unveiled a penguin which can interact with humans. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces, Korea Times reported.

Robot that can walk, take decisions

Jun 20, 2008

University of the Basque Country researchers are working on a robot that can walk without help and makes decisions.

Unmanned sub can stay underwater for 7 months

Jun 24, 2008

Already, autonomous vehicles have driven through urban environments and flown combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, but they’ve done little to develop their sea legs. However, last week iRobot Corp acquired rights to market an unmanned submarine dubbed the Seaglider. The robotic submersible, developed by researchers at the University of Washington, can dive 3,000 feet and travel for six to seven months, or roughly 3,700km, on one battery charge.

THE FUTURE IS HERE

Jul 7, 2008

Asimo, a robot developed by Honda Motor Co, serves a tray of drinks to visitors inside the futuristic zero emission house at the G8 summit site in Rusutsu on Saturday.

Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot

Jul 7, 2008

Brian Hart founded a company that has developed rugged, relatively inexpensive robotic vehicles to disable car bombs and roadside explosives before they detonate in hot spots like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Robotic hand can grasp an egg, snap its fingers

Jul 28, 2008

Washington: European researchers have created a robotic hand that mimics the flexibility and sensitivity of a human hand, and is controlled by a neural-network-based program modelled on the cerebelloum.

GIMME A DRINK, ROBOT

Jul 28, 2008

British and Japanese researchers have developed a robot that may give bartenders a run for their money. The robot called ‘Mr Asahi’ can pull pints, pour shots and open bottles at high speed without asking for orders to be repeated.

Prototype robot-capsule sticks to animal intestines without damaging tissues

Aug 3, 2008

Washington, August 3 (ANI): A group of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed a prototype robot-capsule which is adhesive enough to anchor inside an intestine, and yet gentle enough not to tear soft tissue.

HELP’S AT HAND

Aug 18, 2008

AT YOUR SERVICE: Humanoid robots pick up eggs and teeshirt from a basket during the housekeeping robot contest in Kawasaki in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on Sunday. 15 hand-made robots participated in the preliminary competition and will be vying for the total prize of money 1 million yen in the final next month.

SPY ROBOTS

Sep 2, 2008

British soldiers are to get spies in the form of Disney robot WALL.E., as they battle terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.

GIANT SPIDER PROWLS THE STREETS OF LIVERPOOL

Sep 8, 2008

A giant mechanical spider, part of a piece of ‘free theatre’ by French company La Machine entitled ‘Les Mecaniques Servants’, walks along the waterfront in Liverpool.

Robodog, the new weapon for war

Sep 15, 2008

London: Modern battlefields may soon resemble something out of a science fiction flick, thanks to advances in robotics. And, the latest weapon to be unveiled is the robodog — fourlegged, petrol-powered robots.

Unicycle Robot - Murata-seiko-chan

Oct 10, 2008

Japanese electronics parts maker Murata Electronics unveils a unicycle robot called the "Murata-seiko-chan" (L), which has various sensors to keep its balance.

ROYAL SALUTE

Oct 29, 2008

Britain’s Prince Charles (left) looks at Honda’s humanoid robot ‘Asimo’ during a visit to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (the Miraikan Museum) in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Japan considers putting robot on moon

Mar 7, 2009

TOKYO: Japan is considering putting a robot on the moon by 2020 and an astronaut by 2030, a report from a government office showed on Friday, amid fears that the country will be left behind in Asia's space race.

BERTI + AIBO, A Robot Match Made In Heaven

Mar 11, 2009

Here are some pictures from February 2009 in London, England of BERTI the robot interacting with a Sony AIBO robot dog at The Science Museum’s Antenna Gallery.

Now, a robot vacuum cleaner that senses human emotions

Mar 29, 2009

London, March 29 (ANI): University of Calgary researchers have announced the invention of a specially-equipped robot vacuum cleaner that can sense human emotions.

Child robot mimicks learning kid

Apr 5, 2009

The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship. The 130-cm humanoid is designed to learn just like a human infant.

EVEN ROBOTS NEED TO LOOK GOOD

Apr 20, 2009

ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY? A humanoid robot from Korea, called EveR-3, is being decked up for a show at the industrial fair in Hanover, Germany

NASA robots may be destroying signs of life on Mars

May 25, 2009

London, May 25 (ANI): NASA’s robot explorers may have been destroying the signs of life on Mars, say researchers.

Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution

Jun 1, 2009

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab.

Japan prepares robots to take over the kitchen

Jun 10, 2009

TOKYO - They've got ones that clean, and others that pour drinks, so it was only a matter of time before Japanese inventors came up with robots that can cook.

Japan's humanoid robot has emotions

Jun 25, 2009

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of disgust during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

Robot rock band too craves fan frenzy

Aug 6, 2009

The Cybraphon has many instruments, plays them on an irregular schedule, likes to have an audience around it — and obsesses over comments on its blog, the number of friends it has on Facebook and how many fans follow it on MySpace. The difference is that it is a handcrafted musical robot and one whose emotion meter swings from delirium to desolation based on its online popularity at any given moment.

Roach-inspired robots can turn on a dime

Dec 30, 2009

WASHINGTON: A bio-engineering marvel like the cockroach is inspiring researchers to build robots capable of sprinting over rough terrain.

Robots can sense environs, change gait

Jan 18, 2010

LONDON: Simple insects, which can crawl uphill or downhill with their six legs, have inspired scientists to invest robots with similar skills. The walking robot, depending on the situation, can flexibly and autonomously switch between different gaits.

ROBO-BIRD AS SCARECROW

Mar 19, 2010

ROBO-BIRD AS SCARECROW. A Robot Falcon,a remotely operated mini-aircraft,in Rio de Janeiro.The contraption is able to fly at a speed of 50kph and is designed to frighten away birds from Rio airports runways,where over 900 incidents of bird-hits took place in the last few years.

Coming soon: Robot to care for the elderly

Mar 27, 2010

LONDON: Staying alone may not be a nightmare any more, thanks to scientists who are developing a robot which they claim can support independent living for the elderly.

MECHANICAL MONSTER

Mar 31, 2010

Robosaurus — a five-storey,27-tonne,fire-breathing,car-eating robot — sets fire to a vehicle,in Sydney on Tuesday.More than 30 hi-tech companies took two years to create this state-of-the-art hydraulic,electrical and mechanical monster.

Wear robot outfit to hug pals online

Apr 8, 2010

LONDON: Good news for internet buffs! You will now be able to reach out and hug one another, as Japanese scientists have created a new wearable robot which they claim creates the sensation of physical contact.

TECH-TONIC SHIFT:

Apr 19, 2010

An Orange County Chopper bike with a battery having 96 12-volt-cells; a bionic handling device holding an apple; a robot in the making; and a cardiac pacemaker fixed on a sculpture at the Hannover trade fair.

Walking robot on Moon by 2015

May 5, 2010

A walking robot on the moon Well,it could some day be a reality thanks to a group of Japanese companies which is actually planning to land a humanoid robot on the Earths satellite by 2015.

Baby robot Noby

Jun 15, 2010

Japanese post-graduate student Kosuke Nakamura holds the robot baby named Noby (short for 'nine-month-old baby'), that is 71 cm in height and weighs 7.9kg, at a laboratory at the Tokyo University on June 15, 2010.

The world's first robot with conscience

Jul 30, 2010

MADRID: Spain has designed the world's first robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans who purchase it.

MAKING DISTANCES DISAPPEAR

Aug 2, 2010

An elderly Japanese communicates with his granddaughter via humanoid robot ‘Telenoid R1’, in Osaka. The robot can mimic speech and gestures sent to it by videophone, replicating a distant caller’s presence.

‘Electronic’ skin to pave way for next-gen robots

Sep 13, 2010

‘Electronic’ skin to pave way for next-gen robots

ATHLETIC MACHINE: The HRP-4, a ‘slim athlete’ robot, performs in Tsukuba, Japan, on Wednesday. The 151cm-high and 39kg robot will help develop new working humanoids to ease a looming labour shortage in the rapidly greying nation

Sep 16, 2010

ATHLETIC MACHINE: The HRP-4, a ‘slim athlete’ robot, performs in Tsukuba, Japan, on Wednesday. The 151cm-high and 39kg robot will help develop new working humanoids to ease a looming labour shortage in the rapidly greying nation

ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING ROBOT:

Oct 18, 2010

ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING ROBOT: A 1.58m-tall humanoid robot, ‘HRP-4C’, sings and dances with performers at the Digital Contents Expo in Tokyo

FACE IT: A robot with facial expressions at an exhibition centre in Goyang,South Korea

Nov 2, 2010

FACE IT: A robot with facial expressions at an exhibition centre in Goyang,South Korea

ANDROID’S DEBUT Mechanical acting? Robot takes stage

Nov 12, 2010

“Sayonara,” or “Good-bye,” staged by Japanese director Oriza Hirata at a Tokyo art festival marked an unusual collaboration between an android — a robot designed to look and act like a human — and a human actress.

Robot that makes morally right decisions

Nov 15, 2010

Two researchers have programmed a robot to behave in an ethical manner, so that it makes morally sound decisions.

Soon,robots to milk cows in farms

Nov 19, 2010

Soon,robots will milk cows in farms,say scientists.A team in Australia has developed a robotic rotary which it claims will automate most milking tasks,enabling the job to be performed as a background activity,without the presence of a human operator.

Now,a robot that falls in love with owner

Nov 22, 2010

Scientists have developed a robot which they say can fall in love with its owner.

Now,robotic trousers help the paralyzed walk again

Dec 6, 2010

London: An Israeli entrepreneur,who was paralysed in a car crash in 1997,claims to have invented robotic trousers which can help paraplegics walk and climb stairs again.

GETTING A LEG-UP

Dec 13, 2010

A model demonstrates the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit to help the disabled move around.The suit learns the users gait and assists movement.A full-body version,which will assist both arms and legs,will be out soon.

A device that uses sound waves to move objects

Dec 14, 2010

British engineers have developed a device that is capable of moving and manipulating objects using only ultrasonic sound waves.

China develops spherical robot with telescopic arms

Dec 21, 2010

China has successfully developed its first spherical robot with telescopic arms, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MST).

No need to tip: Robot waiters in China a hit

Dec 23, 2010

Dalu Robot restaurant, which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province, is touted as China's first robot hotpot eatery where robots resembling Star Wars droids circle the room carrying trays of food in a conveyor belt-like system.

New school of thought: Robots teach English in South Korea

Dec 29, 2010

Seoul: Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said on Tuesday, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

‘Caring’ robot to entertain elderly

Feb 8, 2011

Scientists are developing a new robot which they say can help remind elderly people to take their medication and monitor their vital signs.

Robots may get their own internet

Feb 11, 2011

It seems robots are poised to have an equivalent of the internet and Wikipedia.

Chatty humanoid robot that tweets set for space odyssey

Feb 18, 2011

Japan’s space agency is considering putting a talking humanoid robot on the International Space Station to watch the mission while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the microblogging site Twitter.

Touchy-feely plant to inspire ‘flexible’ machines of future?

Feb 21, 2011

Washington: Airplanes might soon have flexible wings like birds and robots could change shape as they please thanks to research under way on mimosa plants, according to researchers.

TWO OF A KIND

Mar 19, 2011

Astronaut Scott Kelly with Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station

No more sci-fi: This computer has emotions

Apr 21, 2011

London: Imagine a computer that has emotions just like you. This could soon be a reality, as scientists are inching closer to new class of computers which they say can feel “sorry” for their mistakes. Researchers at Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science are developing programmes which will make computers realise their mistakes and them operate much faster and predict events before they happen.

As real as it gets: Robots develop own lingo to chat

May 26, 2011

Washington: Scientists have created a pair of robots which can communicate locations to each other by generating their own language.

Corkscrew-drive robot for rough terrain

May 30, 2011

An engineer in Cumberland, Wisconsin has successfully built an omni directional, allterrain rover with corkscrew “wheels”.

With robo-suit, disabled goes globe-trotting

Jul 2, 2011

Narita: A disabled Japanese man today embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a medieval French World Heritage site with the help of a cuttingedge robotic suit.

Robots learn to be more human

Jul 3, 2011

Researchers at the Technical University in Munich are using complex algorithms to teach robots to learn from their mistakes and perform routines humans can do in their sleep. The aim is to instill perception, manipulation and reasoning capabilities, enabling the machines to learn from their own experience and taking them a step closer to developing the self-awareness that so far has been reserved for humankind.

Soon, robot nurses to offer healing touch?

Jul 18, 2011

Coming soon: Robo nurses, say scientists who claim to be developing such interactive robots capable of caring for the sick or elderly.

Small is useful: Egg-sized robots to monitor N-plants

Jul 24, 2011

Now small, hen-egg sized robots, can directly monitor nuclear reactors and pinpoint corrosion.

It’s not a miracle, this robot can walk on water

Aug 2, 2011

Washington: Scientists claim to have developed an aquatic robot which can now walk or run on water. An international team says that the microrobot mimics the amazing waterwalking abilities of water strider — the longlegged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds, lakes and other waterways.

Space station’s robot awake

Aug 24, 2011

Nasa’s humanoid robot has finally awakened in space. Ground controllers turned Robonaut for the first time since it was delivered to the International Space Station in February.

USING MIND-POWERED ROBOT TO TOUCH

Oct 11, 2011

A quadriplegic man manoeuvres a mechanical prosthetic arm at a research facility in Pittsburgh.

Robots scale walls, sans hands

Nov 3, 2011

Paris: Inspired by the gecko, scientists have developed a tank-like robot that can scale vertical walls and crawl over ledges without using suction cups, glue or other liquid bonds to adhere to the surface.

CRAB-LIKE ROBOT TO REMOVE CANCER

Feb 2, 2012

Inspired by Singapore’s famous chili crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars.

MIND OVER MATTER:

Feb 25, 2012

A 5-year-old monkey controls a mechanical arm through brain signals at a laboratory of Zhejiang University, China.

YOU LOSE IT, HE FINDS ITLost & found: Now, a robot retriever

Mar 3, 2012

Tokyo: Forgot where you put your glasses? A Japanese robot can find them for you, and guide you to where they are. The red and white robot, named EMIEW2, is about the size of a six-yearold child and glides everywhere on wheels at the bottom of its legs, its round, white face with two black eyes vaguely reminiscent of the iconic ‘Hello Kitty’.

MECHANIMALS

Mar 18, 2012

A cheetah-bot that would help soldiers dispose of roadside bombs; an autonomous fish that leads real ones away from environmental disasters; and a mechanical flying cockroach to help in searchand-rescue missions. The animal kingdom is inspiring a new generation of robots…

AS REAL AS IT GETS:

Mar 28, 2012

A stylist from Japan puts finishing touches on Geminoid F (R), a female robot, in Hong Kong.

Circa 2050, robotic prostitutes may add spice to sex industry

Apr 18, 2012

London: Two Kiwi researchers have envisioned what the sex industry would be like in the year 2050, when the prostitutes would be replaced by robots.

FISHY TALES

Apr 24, 2012

Fish robots swim in a pool at the robot pavilion of 2012 Expo in South Korea’s port of Yeosu.

Now, a robot that works on mind control

Apr 24, 2012

Lausanne (Switzerland):Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralysed person can control a robot using brain signals alone.

Tycoons to mine asteroids for riches?Plan To Use Robotic Ships To Squeeze Rocket Fuel, Minerals Out Of Lifeless Rocks

Apr 25, 2012

Washington: A group of high-tech tycoons want to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits.

SCHOOL OF INNOVATION

Jul 23, 2012

Graduate School Sant’Anna of Pisa, Italy. The institute has brought to reality objects of science fiction like a bionic hand controlled by the brain

Earthworm-like robot created

Aug 11, 2012

Scientists have engineered a robot that crawls like an earthworm and can squeeze itself through tight spaces and navigate rough terrain.

AS REAL AS IT GETSLab-made skin to create robotic clones of man

Aug 13, 2012

Researchers have claimed success in developing synthetic skin for robotic clone of humans, which resembles real people.

AS REAL AS YOU CAN BECOMEA robot as your virtual double?

Aug 22, 2012

Next time you are too busy to attend a party, you can send your virtual counterpart, an iPad robot instead! The ‘Double’ robot priced at $2,000 can turn your iPad into a ‘virtual you’ that can be sent anywhere in the world, the Daily Mail reported.

Robots that can heal like humans:

Sep 18, 2012

Scientists are planning to use “bio-inspired” designs to develop the next wave of space robots that can heal themselves and learn from their environment like living creatures.

Now, smart-flying robot that avoids obstacles

Nov 1, 2012

An autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to manoeuvring around obstacles has been developed by an Indian-origin scientist and his colleagues.

‘Traffic robocops’ to guide driverless carsRISE OF THE MACHINES: THE FUTURE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Dec 10, 2012

Engineers have developed a new robotic ‘traffic cop’ to help automated driverless cars in future to cruise through intersections faster with more safety.

Ball-sized robots to sense danger:

Dec 17, 2012

A US researcher has developed a swarm of “ping-pong” ball-sized robots which he claims are better than one big machine at accomplishing tasks like cleaning up huge oil spills and sensing danger.

Soon, a robot helper to do daily chores at home

Dec 29, 2012

Scientists are designing a new ambitious robotic humanoid helper with artificial muscles to help people with everyday tasks.

Robot ‘hedgehogs’ to explore Mars moonSpiky Machines Can Cope With Rolling & Hopping Across Phobos Which Has Low Gravity

Jan 3, 2013

Researchers have designed robot ‘hedgehogs’ — about half a metre wide and covered in spikes — to explore the surface of the Martian moon Phobos.

An eatery in China where robots cook, serve food

Jan 15, 2013

No need to tip this waiter! A sci-fi restaurant in China has employed robots to work as waiters, cooks, entertainers and receptionists.

Now, robots to sniff out spills, leaks

Feb 12, 2013

Emulating the scent-tracking behaviour of a silkmoth could help scientists develop robots that are able to sense environmental spills and leaks by smell.

A smart robot that can play rock-scissors-paper with you

Apr 5, 2013

An Indian scientist has created the first-ever highly intelligent robots that will play rock-scissors-paper with humans in a series of sell-out shows at this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Scientist wows with robotic ‘clone’ of self

Jun 21, 2013

A Japanese scientist has developed a body-double robot which resembles him closely, with tiny human-like movements and blinking eyes.

Autonomous Robots

Nov 20, 2013

Powered by ultra-intelligent sensors, the robot intuitively moves and reacts to the changing conditions of the terrain, entering areas unfit for human testing. As it does so, the robot transmits a detailed 3D map of the entire location to the other side of the world

cute robotic cheerleaders

Sep 26, 2014

sidewinder rattle snake motion studied for robotics

Oct 9, 2014

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snake robots

Oct 9, 2014

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