ergoCub is a collaborative humanoid robot project, born from the collaboration between IIT and INAIL. It aims to improve the working conditions in logistic warehouses, by helping human operators to handle heavy or bulky objects. It is equipped with an artificial intelligence that allows it to le…
What's happening in the robotics field for June 2023? Welcome to the 38th installment in our monthly series, What's Trending in Robotics Field! We cover all the breaking news, hot issues, trending stories, and cool stuff that's happening — or has happened — in the robotic…
"RoboSapiens" represents a society where humans and AI-enhanced robots are increasingly intertwined. The article highlights the potential of robotics and AI to revolutionize various aspects of life, including education, healthcare, and environmental management. However, it also emphasi…
From robot hostesses greeting guests at hotels to medical robots assisting surgeons in the operating room, it's clear that robots have had a major impact on our day-to-day lives.
Automation of the warehouse will aid in addressing issues including labor shortages, insufficient warehouse space, and ineffective inventory management. The demand for warehousing services and warehouse robotics is likely to rise as online retail sales of tangible products surpass $500 billion.…
What's the trending news in the robotics field for January 2022? Welcome to the 28th installment in our monthly series, What's Trending in Robotics News! We cover all the breaking news, hot issues, trending stories, and cool stuff that's happening — or has happened — in t…
Welcome to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show instalment, where we will review and check-out the team’s favorite robots from the show! CES 2022 was nothing short of eventful this year with many new technologies and concepts announced. As last year’s event was …
On August 19, 2021, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would be creating a humanoid robot within around a year. From a technical standpoint, just how feasible is this? Is a robot with these specs possible given today’s technology? This post goes into what might be used to create such a robot a…
Radar uses simple detection filtering to count people, vehicles, or other objects.
Well, for many years I've always wanted to build a 2 legged walking robot. I have already built 3 R2-D2s, a functional lifesize Wall*E and a few other smaller robots droids. But as of 18 months ago I had this crazy idea to build a lifesize K2SO from Rogue One. These video's show my progr…
Man versus machine has quickly become man merges with machine as assistive technologies continue to develop. Today, the loss of a limb does not automatically translate into the loss of mobility. This year introduced the Cybathlon, where athletes compete for gold using their assistive technologies. …
This past Saturday the team from South Korea which designed, built and programmed their humanoid robot DRC-HUBO took home the $2 million dollar first-place prize as part of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. The focus of this year's challenge was to create a robot which could complete a vari…
In many post-apocalyptic stories, the impetus for the end of order and reason is a "robot uprising" - the idea that robots created by humans have gained sentience and want either their freedom, or to rule humans. The question is, could this really happen? Could the human race be enslaved or even wi…
Love With Robots - Photomanipulation from Steiner Creative Back in 2012, I bought the domain name www.robotshop.xxx. It was more for Brand protection than selling Sexbots, but I certainly foresaw at that time the possibility of a future where the relationships between humans and technol…
Vision of a bionic runner In many ways, the human race has advanced radically in a very short period of time. People born with missing limbs can now live full and “normal” lives, as can those who have suffered injuries and amputations. This is a far cry from the days when an amputat
What has a pair of seven degree of freedom robotic arms, 360 degree sonar and inherited a bunch of robust features from its industrial "father"? Why, the Baxter Research Robot of course! This next generation educational / research tool combines features normally found only on expensive industrial r…
