Autistic children can be very shy in their interactions and engaging their interest at school can be tough. But Topcliffe Primary in Birmingham is doing an excellent job at this by using two friendly robots. These robots can have conversations with autistic kids and play games as well.
When it comes to robotics, it is difficult to find a nifty, affordable robot for an average consumer. Wowwee aims to change this with its MiP toy robot, which rolls on wheel-bottoms and costs a mere $100.
Yesterday, German table tennis champion Timo Boll faced off Agilus robot. This might be the first time in the history where a table tennis champion played a game against a robot. Although, the champion won the game, but it was tough for him. Don’t believe?
Losing an arm can be a very difficult situation for a person, more so for a passionate drummer. Jason Barnes lost his arm two years ago but with a new robotic arm, he can play drums even better now.
Giant robotics company iRobot is about to make Roomba 700, a new vacuum-cleaning robot. It cleans your floors like no vacuum has ever cleaned before – removing dirt, dust, pet hair and other debris all on its own.
Willow Garage, a research firm established back in 2006 by Scott Hassan, is shutting down. This is very significant for the robotics industry because the firm was among the pioneers in robotic research and software.
British record label Warp Records has decided to release a music album of a band in April of this year. Do you know who are the team members of this band? The band team members are 3 robots and their music album is supposed to be released on April 8.
North Carolina robotics firm SuperDroid Robots has made a robot that can clear away the snow. It weighs around 400lbs, has 6 wheels and comes with a pneumatic 52-inch plough blade. The robot can run for two hours on two car batteries.