The Bioloid is an autonomous robot capable of climbing a wall. Notice the size accuracy: it is not a sequence that the robot has learned by heart, but a fully autonomous and improvised development according to the data and the supports that it sees in front of it. The robot is based on the X-Y p…
Diego-San is the fruit of the imagination and the Development of Japanese researchers. The picture shows Dr. Javier Mogellan from the Machine Perception Laboratory at UCSD. The baby measures 4.2 feet high (1.30 m) and weighs 30kg. He has more than 20 moving parts in his body. It can stand alon…
Visit our online drugstore and Buy Clomid Online from us. Where can I Buy Nolvadex Online? The famous underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle), Jason, which was integral in discovering the wreck of the Titanic and other famous ships, recently captured a spectacular underwater volcano eruption…
I'm constantly reminded of my shortcomings as a blogger, especially with this story, as I don't think I've ever posted about Vecna's BEAR, or Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot. Regardless, the BEAR is a "humanoid" (well, it has a face and arms) robot that is designed to lift, carry, and extract…
 Robotic Technology Inc. is working on a robot that is powered by biomass - grass, wood, or even dead bodies. The steam powered robot, which is being developed for the Pentagon under a Phase II SBIR grant, is designed for fuel itself off materials in its environment. While the title, "... cou
 Mars Rover Stuck After over five years of tireless service, the Mars rover Spirit is one again in trouble. Our long-lived martian friend now appears to be stuck in the sand. Spirit, which has been dragging an immobile wheel for nearly three years, has been circling a, "low plateau calle
Festo, a German engineering company which brought us the stunning AirJelly, has now unveiled their latest project - life-like robo-penginus. Even better, there 's a swimming and a flying version. The penguins, which were designed to showcase a new mechanical linkage/control design for robotic a…
 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has unveiled it's latest version of the wildly popular Predator Drone - the Predator C Avenger. The Avenger, which made its first flight tests earlier this month, is expected to be a viable product within 10 - 12 months, and could be patrolling the un
NASA is working on an UAV to fly above the surface of mars and take high resolution video of the landscape below. The ARES mission will involve a 6.5 meter wingspan UAV that will cruise along 1 mile above the martian surface. The cameras on board are very high resolution, such that, "if there was…
Riding with Robots brings us a neat story of how NASA has recycled one of their missions, and turned it into another. The EPOXI (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Deep Impact Extended Investigation) mission utilizes the main vehicle from the Deep Impact mission to performan another series of expe…
Boeing reported today that it has successfully destroyed several flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using a laser weapon mounted on a truck. The weapon was mounted to an Avenger Air Defense vehicle, which normally uses surface-to-air missiles for attacks. The successful test involved the Laser…
 If anyone doubted the US Air Force's commitment to unmanned (read: robots) aircraft, you won't after you hear this: The Air Force plans on acquiring more unmanned than manned aircraft next year. That's a pretty amazing statistic, and amounts to billions of dollars of potential new busine
We've reported on such matter before, but once again a US Military drone (robot) has successfully fired on and killed at least 5 militants (terrorists) on the Pakistani border. It's great to hear that the "bad guys" are getting the due, and that US soldiers are being kept from harm by our roboti…
A couple interesting submarine launched UAVs, one by Raytheon and another, VOLANS, built by a German company, are featured in this Register article. The Submarine Over the Horizon Organic Capabilities, or SOTHOC, built by Raytheon, is launched out of the waste disposal lock of a sub…
The US Army has decided to move it's Robotics Systems Joint Project Office to Warren, MI, outside of Detroit. In response to this, many large robotics companies are following suit and opening offices in the area. The office is currently hiring engineers and designers to create robots to do “d
 In what is pretty stunning news to me, iRobot has purchased Nekton Research for $10 million USD. The reason this is so stunning, is because Nekton is 30min down the road from me, and I've interviewed there! Nekton is a small business located in Durham North Carolina and specializes in unde
