Scientists at the University of Vermont, have created a new class of artifact, called xenobots. They have used frog’s stem cells to fabricate first living robots.
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Robot for Marine Salvage at Dubai (w/Video): Robotic Beach Lifeguard Technology
Emily – a remote controlled robotic lifeguard will be soon deployed at Dubai’s beaches for rescue missions. Boat shaped Emily is the latest technology used by the Dubai Municipality for ensuring safety of the beachgoers.
Read MoreMuscles Powered Biohybrid Devices: Robotics with Tissue Engineering
Let’s picture the word, “Robot”, immediately, we get a glimpse of self operating machines, with nuts-and-bolts as building blocks. These machines are permeating all sections of our society. Machine human relationship has crossed the realms of science fiction. In fact, machine learning has become one of the most interesting and sought-after science, sprouting artificial intelligence (AI).
Read MoreMicrobeads To Deliver Medicines in the Body: Microswimmer Robots (w/Video)
With the advancement in the medical field, scientists are trying to develop non-invasive treatment techniques. In one such study carried out by scientists, from Drexel University in Philadelphia, have created a tiny magnetic robot that they believe can be used for targeted drug delivery or conduct non invasive small scale surgeries.
Read MoreBiomimicry: Crawling, Swimming and Climbing Inchworm Robot (w/Video)
Adding to the existing list of bio inspired robot, researcher David Zarrouk and his team, from Ben Gurion University of the Negev has successfully developed an inchworm robot that employs a single motor to produce a pure wave motion and is known as SAW (Single Actuator Wave-like Robot).
Read MoreBacterium Inspired Remote Controlled Microrobots: Biomimicry
Researchers a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne have developed a technique that can be used for both, fabricating bio-inspired robots and secondly, furnishing them with higher configurations. Their newly constructed platform also helps in examining and researching robot designs along with their various modes of locomotion. Result of their platform is the production of complex yet reconfigurable microrobots – the nanobots can change their own shape by rearranging the connectivity of their parts- with high throughput.
Read MoreMicro fish to sense toxins & deliver drugs: 3D printed Nanobots
Nanoengineering experts at the University of California, San Diego, using advanced 3D printed technology have designed micro robots, named as micro fish. As the name suggests these tiny robots are fish shaped and can be used for various functions such as detoxification, sensing toxins and in surgeries assisted by micro robots.
Read MoreTiny Insect Eye Motion Sensor: Giving Sight to Mini Drones
Based on the vision systems of insects, researchers have created petite artificial eye for autonomous flying drones. This would make drones more practical by helping in smooth navigation, avoiding collision in restricted or cluttered areas.
Read MoreCockroach Robot: Uses Body Shape for traversing Cluttered Environment (w/ Video)
Researchers at University of California, Berkeley have designed a robot that is based on cockroach. Team envisions that the concept would inspire future robot designs so that the body shape might be used for tracking environment including exploration and rescue operations.
Read MorePepper Robot for Sale: World’s First Personal Bot the Reads Emotions
Softbank’s Pepper robot will be hitting stores by 20th of June that is coming Saturday. The robot is furnished with heart like designed that not only helps in identifying human emotions but reacting with simulations of anger, joy and irritation.
Read MoreMotoman MH24 competes with Isao Machii: Industrial Robot versus Sword Master (w/ Video)
Yaskawa Electric Corporation has unleashed Motoman MH24, a 6-axis high-speed robot that shows impeccable range of applications in handling and machine tending. In Yaskawa challenge, the bot competed with Isao Machii, the world-famous sword master and displayed its kills around bamboo poles.
Read MoreOrigami Robot: Fold, Walks, Swim and Degrades Autonomously
Researchers from CS & AI at MIT in collaboration with Technische Universitat, Germany have created a self-folding bot based on Japanese concept of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures called origami. The tiny bot fold, walks, swim and degrades autonomously.
Read MoreFly-catching Robot for accelerating Biomedical Research: Monitoring fly’s physical attributes at Precise Scale
Mark Schnitzer and his team at Stanford have created a fly-catching robot for speeding up of biomedical research. The bot inspects awake flies and performs behavioral experiments, which previously were not so easily carried out as the flies were under the effect of anesthesia.
Read MoreBiomimicry: Roboeel to investigate Oceans of the Solar System
NASA funded robotic eel project is one of the most enticing venture so far. With an aim of delving deep into the ocean-bed of Europa, (Jupiter’s moon), the soft robotic eel is fabricated for scavenging electrical energy from magnetic fields and employing it for creating oxygen and hydrogen so that the machine can generate an outburst, which’ll further help for it’s propulsion. There is still more to it, the bot is sheathed with a soft flexible cover, which is not only stretchable but also electroluminescence.
Read MoreControlling bots via Tablet: Multi-Robot System Interface
Controlling dozes of bots at the same time seems to be a Sci-Fi concept but the technology has made its presence felt within some enthusiastic segments of robo scientists. Thinking on the same line of thought, Georgia Tech’s GRITS Lab has fabricated a method of dynamically controlling huge swarms of robo minions by just using just a tablet and a finger or two probably. The idea is to rely on swarm of tiny bots by intuitive controlling than a single big robo-machine.
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