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3D Printed Graphene The structure you see above has the potential to be stronger than steel and considerably less dense. Researchers at MIT, in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research and the Departmnt of Defense, headed by Markus Buehler and supported by the intend to 3D print it usi
In a recent paper published in the journal Science Robotics, researchers from Cornell University presented their latest invention: a soft robot hand that is able to not only touch delicate items, but also to sense the shape and texture of the objects it comes it contact with.
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. …
Arduino, the world’s leading open-source ecosystem for educators, Makers and IoT developers of all ages, today announced that Arduino LLC (aka Arduino.cc) and Arduino srl (aka Arduino.org) have settled their differences and signed a settlement agreement.
Mobile devices need power, and when it comes to electricity, LiPo is currently the most popular choice, but will it last? Researchers at UC Irvine have stumbled upon a battery technology which allows for a near infinite number of charging cycles without significant corrosion or decline in capacity.
As a follow-up to our previous article "Future Robot Technology", we are excited to see that researchers at Harvard University have unveiled a true bio-mechanical creation, a robotic stingray that reacts to light.
Can past technological accomplishments help predict future disruptive technology and innovations or should we try to think outside the box? Science fiction books, TV shows and movies provides a great source for inspiration, but what will robots really be like in the next 25, 50 or 100 years?
Again this year, RobotShop is participating in Arduino Day by offering a great selection of Arduino products at a discount. Special special discounts up to 30% will be offered on selected Arduino products all day Saturday April 2nd. Some specials will even continue into National Robotics week which…
American author, inventor, Google’s director of engineering and forward-looking prognosticator Ray Kurzweil once wrote, "We won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century - it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate)." If he's correct, then the revolution in robotics…
RobotShop announces the creation of a spin-off for MyRobots, The "Facebook® for robots", which will be integrated into the Robot Lab network, the first robotic incubator. RobotShop, the world's leading source for domestic and professional robots, has been developing, since 2009, a unique technolog…
Humans create technology as an extension of our intelligence. We created the ladder to reach higher, the train to share goods and provide better transport, created the automobile for individual travel and computers and the Internet to share information. These devices are all somewhat extensions of …
The creators of Formula E along with the tech-investment group Kinetic have announced the first global autonomous car racing championship, the ROBORACE, which will start in 2016. The Formula E is a class of auto racing that is using only electric-powered cars.
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RobotShop.com, the world’s leading robot store for all your robotic needs, announced today that it has partnered with PulsedLight in order to become a master distributor of the popular LIDAR-Lite optical distance measurement sensor and future technology developed by PulsedLight, a manufacturer of
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…
