The bionic hand by the British company, Touch Bionics, is called i-Limb and its purpose is to replace the amputated limbs of people who have suffered accidents or injuries. The i-Limb Pulse is a revolutionary robotic hand-arm which can grab objects in a natural way. As well as shaking hands wit…
We recently told you about the oil spill and the important role played by robots to contain it in the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and the BP offshore oil rig. Here's a first new video reported by DeepWaterHorizonResponse yesterday, from a site of support and reflection in order to find a solutio…
The Lockheed Martin Samarai is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The project had to be abandoned but a new video has just appeared on YouTube. The SAMARAI is a 30 cm single rotating wing which can fly vertically, land, take off again, and go in any direction. It's inspired by the maple seed, whic…
We told you in March about the DNA nanotubes against cancer, developed at McGill University in Montreal. This time the American researchers have developed robotic molecules capable of modifying DNA to repair damaged or flawed tissues, like small robotic spiders. The robot measures 4 nanometers …
The Trons is an experimental group consisting solely of musician robots. The video is not new but the concept is so appealing that we had to show it to you. It's a music band from Hamilton in New Zealand and entirely automated. Perfect for livening up your evenings without racking your brain. …
It's a sculpture but that doesn't take anything away from it. Here's the R2D2 Heineken robot. This robotics art will please all the Star Wars geeks and fans out there. In fact, it's not too complicated to make your own DIY version: you take a 5 liter barrel of beer or a can of beer (it can also …
In France, according to Gfk Retail & Technology, the vacuum robot market grew faster than the domestic applications market in 2009. Better yet, at the start of 2010 the increase in the market of robotic vacuum cleaners rose +5.6 % in terms of volume and +12 % in terms of value. The sales of…
As a complement to our article yesterday on iRobot's future strategy in personal assistants, here's a video of the company's CEO, Colin Angle, at TEDMED 2009. It's a "must see" for those who follow the company closely. Concerning medical assistance to the elderly or increasingly dependent, it's e…
If there's a new current trend in cars, excluding the ecological aspect and "green car", it's the number of tests and ideas of robotic cars which are appearing. Volkswagen has invented a car prototype (a robotic Passat) that reverse parks all by itself, and while executing a controlled slide if yo…
Here's a little poll we just put up on our discussion forum: Which Cyborg ability would you want the most? (= In French: Quelle super-capacité d'un Cyborg souhaiteriez-vous avoir ?) -super strength -armor/resistance to injury -returned use of lost limb(s) (following illness/amputation) -increased
image foxnews Some underwater robots have helped to lay the huge concrete and steel cover on the leak of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The cover measures 12 meters in height and was placed 1500 meters deep, guided by robots. It's hoped that the oil spill, failing disappearing, will stop spreading…
Albert is a robot which has been developed by engineering students at the University of Liège in Belgium. Albert will represent Belgium at the end of May in a competition organized by Eurobots in Switzerland. The students who previously finished in 27th place hope this time to rank among…
On Friday evening the We Are Robots techno-dance night took place at the ETS Montreal and SAT. We've already found two videos of the event which featured dancing industrial robots (robotic arms) by the ABB Robotics company. Here's a glimpse of the evening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0Px3vB…
RobotShop has just received in stock the pool cleaning robot, Nitro, by Smartpool. We've received two models: -the Smartpool Nitro Wall Climber Robot Pool Cleaner. It cleans the pool floor (75% of its time) and the vertical sides (25% of its time). It also possesses technology which allows…
The Let's Make Robots internet site is in the process of integrating the complete catalog of RobotShop. LMR now claims to have thousands of components available for creating robots! And this is in part thanks to our extensive inventory, a full range of parts and accessories for service robots (…
The cyborgs are already among us! Here's a fantastic info graphic image which recounts the life of cyborgs in the cinema. To recall, a cyborg is a human who has robotic parts otherwise known as a bionic man, like Robocop for example. The poster shows that cyborgs have been on the big screen sinc…
