Robotic News:

12:47 - 2017/05/21

Ropid Robot: Excited Kid robot

It's a tiny robot designed and developed by Tomotaka Takahashi of Robo Garage at Kyoto University. The name of the robot is a combination of Robot and Rapid. Ropid is a carbon fiber and plastic android that weighs 3.5 pounds. The robot has four on-board gyro sensors and four accelerometers that allow it to operate. This robot can respond to voice commands and has a mouth that moves when it speaks.
10:29 - 2017/05/21

Xiaomi Robot: Vacuum Cleaner Robot

The general design of the Mi Robot Vacuum isn't too far off from many existing offerings. At the bottom you'll find two circular side brushes that help sweep dirt into the main cylindrical brush. To boost suction, the machine automatically adjusts its height for a tighter seal with the floor. It walks around using its two main rubber wheels plus an assistive wheel, and is aided by ultrasonic radar sensors, wall sensors, collision sensors, cliff sensors and drop sensors.
08:33 - 2017/05/21

BionicKangaroo Robot: Festo's Newest Robot

On the artificial kangaroo, Festo intelligently combines pneumatic and electrical drive technology to produce a highly dynamic system. The stable jump kinematics plus the precise control technology ensure stability when jumping and landing. The consistent lightweight construction facilitates the unique jumping behaviour. The system is controlled by gestures.
07:24 - 2017/05/21

Pancake Robot: Food Printer Robot

Two years after building a DIY LEGO Pancake Bot, which involved a ketchup bottle and a built-in griddle to sizzle dispensed batter, Miguel Valenzuela, the Norway-based U.S. maker behind the earlier homebrew project, is back crowdfunding a smarter batter dispenser that 3D prints sketches in pancake batter and cooks them in the order you drew the lines — resulting in edible pancake art.
14:23 - 2017/05/20

AquaJelly Robot: Jellyfish Robot

AquaJelly is an artificial autonomous jellyfish in water, a self-controlling system which emulates swarming behaviour. AquaJelly consists of a translucent hemisphere and eight tentacles for propulsion. At the centre of the AquaJelly is a watertight laser-sintered body. It houses a central electric motor, the two lithium-ion polymer batteries, the recharging control unit and the servo motors for the swash plate.
11:49 - 2017/05/20

PER Robot: A New Bipedal Robot

Planar Elliptical Runner (PER) uses just one motor to drive both its legs, and goes completely without any sensors or computers to help balance itself. instead, the robot’s stability comes from its mechanical design, which helps to keep it steady as it runs.
09:06 - 2017/05/20

eMotion Robot: Butterfly Smart Robot

Flying is a recurring theme in the Bionic Learning Network. The developers channelled their knowledge gained from the projects on the BionicOpter and the eMotionSpheres into the bionic butterflies. They combine the ultralight construction of artificial insects with coordinated flying behaviour in a collective.
07:21 - 2017/05/20

BionicAnt Robot: Insectoid Smart Robot

Like their natural role models, the BionicANTs work together under clear rules. They communicate with each other and coordinate their actions and movements among each other. The artificial ants thus demonstrate how autonomous individual components can solve a complex task together working as an overall networked system.
09:48 - 2017/05/18

SINA Robot: Smart Surgery Robot

On the sideline of the international exhibition of technology and innovation of Islamic republic of Iran, robotic surgery system SINA, which is developed collaboratively by researchers from Sharif University of Technology and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, was unveiled by vice presidency of science and technology, executive of innovation and commercialization and the head of the center for technological collaborations of the presidency.
12:21 - 2017/05/17

Luna Robot: Personal Robot

Designed for Robodynamics by Schultzeworks, Luna is billed as a personal robot designed for practical everyday tasks that Robodynamics says will "bring robots to the masses." When development is completed, it's claimed it will be affordable, adaptable, and designed to operate on a human scale.