Robotic exoskeleton with artificial intelligence from LG

As the company says, unlike previous robots such as the Guide Robot, the Cleaning Robot, and the Serving Robot, the “LG CLOi SuitBot” does not navigate alone on hotel corridors and airport spaces, but instead supports and strengthens the legs of the user, increasing his agility and the strength of his lower limbs. LG last year invested Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Robots that move by pumping energy from… popcorn

 “The purpose of our lab is to try to make very minimalist robots that, when used in large numbers, can do great things”, says Petersen, who supervises Cornell’s Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab. “Simple robots are cheap and less prone to damage and wear, so we can have many to operate Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

A robot that shows its “feelings”

Are we not sometimes understanding the emotional reactions of the other from shaking? Don’t we use the expression “raised head hair”? Well, Cornell engineers have taken care of recognizing the emotional world of a robot in the same way. The robot prototype, a product of the American University’s “Human-Robot Collaboration Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The robot that will do your shopping, like in the movies

Telexistence is a startup based in Tokyo, which, when I learned about it, made me think about the future of retail. Telexistence, therefore, presented the first mass production of Model H robot. Its operation is simple: the robot is idle, but when the user activates the virtual reality mask, Model Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

“Smart” jell-material moving on the bottom of the sea and moves objects

©naftemporiki.gr “Smart” jell-material moving on the bottom of the sea and moves objects A “smart”, 3D-printed jell-material that can “walk” on the bottom, grab objects and move them, developed engineers at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. This material could be used on robots that mimic marine beings like the octopus, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Nanorobot made the nanohome, the smallest home in the world

© www.cnn.gr Tech A French team of nanorobotic engineers used a new micro robotic-system to create the smallest home in the world. Researchers used a focused ion beam, a tiny robot, a microscope, and other nanostructure technologies inside a vacuum chamber to build a Nano home, where even mites do not Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Robots that move without battery and motor

©naftemporiki.gr The new propulsion system is based on strips of a flexible polymer that bends when it is cold and stretches when it is hot. This polymer is positioned to activate a switch in … Caltech and ETH Zurich engineers have developed robots capable of moving on their own without Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Robot for skull operations

© naftemporiki.gr Robot for skull operations Opening a hole in the skull for surgical purposes requires great precision and often long hours are required, which makes it a very difficult test for the surgeon, which is why researchers at the TU / e (Technical University Eindhoven) developed a surgical robot Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

IBM: Five technological developments that will change the world in the next five years

© Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. rompot-kosmos Every year, IBM Research, the research arm of the largest US IT company IBM, makes public its forecasts of the five major technological developments over the next five years that will have a major impact on society and the economy. IBM’s research laboratories Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Artificial eye changes focus in real time, as the human

© naftemporiki.gr As the Harvard Gazette notes, the metalens controls at the same time three of the biggest “blurring” factors: focusing, astigmatism and image shifting. Inspired by the human eye, Harvard researchers John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) developed an adaptive metalens, which is essentially a flat, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Flexible, self-healing and recyclable ‘electronic’ skin

© naftemporiki.gr Electronic skin (also known as e-skin) is a thin, transparent material that can mimic the function and mechanical properties of human skin. Quite different types of e-skin are developed in laboratories … Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have developed a new kind of flexible, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

ARMAR-6: Robot-equipment maintenance assistant

©naftemporiki.gr ARMAR-6 was developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and specifically by Tamif Asphour and his team at the H²T workshop A prototype robot -designed to act as the basic platform for testing and developing new technologies related to the maintenance and repair of equipment in Ocado Technology’s Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Humanoid robot that “does sports” and “sweating!

©naftemporiki.gr Humanoid robot that “sports” and “sweats” A team of Japanese specialists in robotics has built a new “human-like mimetic to man” that has a boy’s musculoskeletal complexity: The so-called “Kengoro” is able to display his “human” abilities through a series of exercises, including bends and sit-ups. As the New Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Nanomachines, the “vehicle” of the future

Microscopic “machines”, known as molecular machines or nanomachines, are likely to play an important role in the future in the development of new materials, sensors, energy storage systems and other innovations with practical applications such as nano-robots circulating within the body to destroy cancer cells. © Shutterstock nanomachines, the “vehicle” Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Sophia, the first robot with citizenship, now wants to have a family!

Some time ago, Saudi Arabia took an original decision and granted citizenship to a humanoid robot, Sophia. It is the first country to proceed with such a move. Sophia is designed based on the image of Ondrej Heborn from “Hanson Robotics”, a company in Hong Kong. As has already been Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Robotic “eel” that “chases” the contamination in water

© naftemporiki.gr Robotic “eel” that “chases” the pollution in water Envirobot is the name of a robotic eel developed by EPFL researchers in Switzerland, which can move in contaminated waters to locate the source of the infection. The robot is equipped with chemical, biological, and so on, sensors and can Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …