Robotics
If you’re going to make a walking robot to break records and draw crowds, you might as well make it a...
In 2011, robot sales hit about 160,000 units, translating to $8.5 billion in sales—this was by far the highest level recorded...
Boston Dynamics has made us cringe more than once in the past with their BigDog and LS3 robotic abominations in the...
The flight of the dragonfly is unique in the animal kingdom. It’s complex four-wing mechanics give it significant advantages over traditional...
If there’s one thing that can be said about Boston Dynamics, it’s that they never cease to amaze us with the...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) have been working on the Legged Squad...
I was at the library the other day checking out some books (yes, real physical books that are printed on paper...
The Tek Robotic Mobilization Device developed by Istanbul, Turkey-based AMS Mekatronic, bridges the gap between bulky wheelchairs with the inherent problems...
There have been many innovations in recent months that have blown us away from the world of robotics. If there’s one...
If this is the future of retail, I’ll be shopping online more often. Takashimaya, a department store in Tokyo, is working...
Quadrotor technology developed at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) lab at the University of Pennsylvania is able to...
At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may have...
Man has possessed the power of technology-assisted flight for over a century now, but the way that birds are able to...
Necomimi, a mashup of the Japanese words for cat and ear, is a new device that lets you express yourself visually...
Man has been able to achieve flight for over a century, but we have never truly mastered the art and science...
Not content to robotically emulate any and all members of the animal kingdom, humanity has turned to another branch of the...