The robotics community welcomes a new player: Contineo Robotics. The company will develop robotic hands adept at delicate manipulations, robotic platforms and control systems. The hands will be primarily designed for first responders as well as for military use for handling bombs or explosives.…
The DCSR (Danish Council for Strategic Research) has injected 1.9 million euros into a Danish project called ASETA which aims to robotize some farming operations related to crops. According to Robotland, Denmark figures amongst the leaders in robotics for farms and agricultural enterprises. The…
The RobotShop team wishes a happy birthday to its partner, iRobot, which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year! iRobot is the world leader in vacuum robots and is also actively involved in floor-washing robots, robots which clean swimming pools as well as industrial and military robots. …
Honda has just unveiled its new model of the Asimo humanoid robot: the P4. Careful though, it's not a new version in the literal sense since this model is based on one developed in 2000. The P4 measures 1.60 m in height like the P3 but it has lost weight: from 130 kg to 80 kg. Asimo P4 has 34 …
The popular video game Guitar Hero transcends from a game for humans to a game for robots. In Guitar Hero you have to play the guitar following instructions on the screen while trying to make the least number of mistakes possible. But why risk wrong notes when a robot can take charge and achiev…
