The Boeing A160T Robocopter is a pilotless helicopter that can lift loads up to 1135 kg. The video of the A160 (2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gndveJE24bg This robocopter model can also reach an unbelievable height of 12 000 feet (3657 meters above sea level) with 567 kg, this is ideal …
At the Expo FC 2010 in Japan, Osaka University presented a pretty mind-blowing prototype of a robotic fish. Its movements in particular are so realistic you could easily mistake it for a real fish. It measures 10 cm in length, is powered by a solid polymer fuel cell (Power Tube) and a polymer l…
The PR2 by Willow Garage is able to autocalibrate on its own with a new ROS (Robot Operating System) software application. This saves a considerable amount of time since the robot is left alone to work in order to calibrate its sensors. And here it is in the video demonstration below. For a remi…
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) hopes to develop an Underground Robotic Munition (RUM) to be used for single use. This robot would be able to go underground and dig a hole towards a potential underground target; once it reaches its destination it would explode, thus destroying its ene…
The robot Tsutenkaku is a robot in the shape of a tower which measures 1.70 m and was developed by 7 Japanese companies. Such originality is tough to beat. The creators of Tsutenkaku say that it is the largest humanoid robot in the world. On the technical side, Tsutenkaku walks on its two legs…
Virtopsy laboratory for the Medical-Legal Institute of the University of Berne in Switzerland, has developed Virtobot, a robot capable of conducting autopsies on cadavers without opening them up. According to TSR.ch, the device, in addition to this feat, makes it possible to retain autopsy data …
GarbageBot is a robotic garbage can invented by Osaka University and Mitsubishi. Its eyes contain laser recognition technology which allows it to separate waste: up to six different types of plastic. Because GarbageBot will separate more than plastic to then be recycled, this will also enable r…
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Japanese have just pushed the boundaries of the imagination back a little further in terms of robotics with the creation of a humanoid baby robot called Yotaro. Its purpose? To boost births in Japan. The baby's face is made of translucent silicone and…
SmartDust is an "intelligent dust" network project made up of mini-robots with wireless sensors. As big as a dust particle or a grain of sand, these small and mobile intelligent forms (autonomous or remote control) can be used to explore space and some planets, adjust temperatures, detect earth…
Two web engineers, Tim Heath (Python specialist) and Ryan Hickman (who works for Google Double Click) have developed a mini tank which operates with a mobile phone running on Android. The HTC G1 phone that sits on the tank robot directs the small vehicle which currently possesses limited mobile …
This small dancing robot manages to move while following the beat of tomtoms. This is a small humanoid MANOI AT-01 at Yankadi club (Western African Drum) at Clarkson University (USA). Perfect for adding entertainment to your evenings since he lasts longer than a human :-0 http://www.youtube.co…
Kojiro is a humanoid robot developed at the University of Tokyo in Japan (JSK Robotics Lab). Its characteristic is that it tries to replicate the movements of a human by imitating the functioning of the human skeleton, muscles and tendons. On one side this robot has things in common with the EC…
Steve de BotBuilder built a Dalek robot capable of working via the iPhone / iPod by using the Wi-Fi and accelerometer of the Apple device. Simply tilt the iPhone to make the robot move in the desired direction. For those wondering what Dalek is, it is a mutant alien robot from the British telev…
The M3-Neony baby robot is the result of work done by Japanese researchers from the University of Osaka. Professor Minoru Asada has been directing the research carried out in partnership with the JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) since 2005. The main objective is to make the M3-Neony in…
ECCE is a humanoid robot with a replicated human structure. Researchers went even further with this one-eyed (a video camera) robot and made the bust of the robot look and move just like a human's bust. The anthropomimetic robot liberates the barriers found with the robotic metallic structures …
The HUMAVIPS project consists of developing Homanoids with auditory and visual abilities in populated spaces. ("Humanoids with auditory and visual abilities in populated spaces"). European researchers are developing a prototype robotic that will be able to find a particular person amongst a nois…
