Win one for the (universal jamming) gripper
Back in 2010, researchers at the University of Chicago and Cornell University (PDF warning) unveiled a “universal jamming gripper” that served as an alternative to a robotic claw or hand for gripping...
View ArticleUnmanned drones raising questions as they move from the battlefield to the...
Drone aircraft – whether outfitted for reconnaissance or combat – have changed the way humans conduct warfare. Now, civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) armed with cameras are finding their way...
View ArticleNew Boston Dynamics four-legged robot runs 18 miles per hour
The Cheetah, a DARPA project created by Boston Dynamics, is a four-legged robot built for speed. Specifically, this video shows the Cheetah hitting 18 miles an hour, which breaks the previous record...
View ArticleIs mimicking human biology the path forward to developing human-like AI?
ECCEROBOT, billed by its designers at the University of Sussex as the “world’s first anthropomimetic robot,” was designed to mimic the form and function of the human body. Engineers created a synthetic...
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New web-based publication devotes first issue to the singularity
Katalyst VS is a new digital publication that devotes each issue to a single topic through a “curated collage of perspectives and pop culture influencers.” Their very first issue is devoted to...
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What will the winning humanoid robot need to conquer the next DARPA Grand...
Could Boston Dynamics' PETMAN be a platform for the next Grand Challenge? To date, the DARPA Grand Challenge has been a competition to build and field driverless vehicles, and the challenges have been...
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Conference positions the Motor City as the Robot City
Detroit has always been a major engineering and manufacturing hub best known for cranking out automobiles, and as such has been a significant purchaser of robotics. However, with all of that...
View ArticleRobot guards come to South Korean prisons
If you’re unfortunate enough to be sent to a South Korean prison in the near future, the guard on your cell block may be a machine. The robots autonomously patrol prisoner areas, and when they observe...
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Nevada Opens Its Roads to Self-Driving Cars
Nevada, which has been a pioneer for allowing the testing of autonomous vehicles, became the first state in the country to issue a license which will enable Google (and other companies) to test...
View ArticlePhysicians ponder the future of medical robotics
Robots like the da Vinci surgical robot have enabled humans to achieve a remarkable degree of precision when performing certain surgeries, but these technologies – while incredible – are really just an...
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