The humanoid robot, Asimo, by Honda has stopped by the federal polytechnic school of Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. A member of the audience has reported videos of the Objectif Sciences event (open day at EPFL) which took place on May 29 and 30. You can also see Asimo there center stage walking …
Here's a prototype of an autonomous helicopter with four engines (quadrotor) capable of carrying out extreme movements in confined areas. Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar from Grasp Lab at the University of Pennsylvania have designed this ultra easy to use UAV (Unmanned Aerial Ve…
If the trend continues, RobotShop predicts that the future winner of the Google Lunar X-Prize will be Astrobotic Technology. The Pittsburgh company is competing with 20 other private companies. The aim of the Google competition is to be able to develop a robot which can go alone on the moon, cros…
Vgo, a start-up in Nashua near Boston is in the process of developing a telepresence and video-conference robot which can be remote-controlled and attend conferences. Vgo has already raised 8 million dollars and will introduce its robot at the start of June in Las Vegas at an exhibition. The pr…
Here's Octavia the android, presented at Fleet Week 2010 in New York, an annual meeting of Navy and American coast guard professionals. It was designed by the US Naval Research Lab to interact with humans (with its camera and sensors) and particularly with naval staff. The robot can express joy…
