Robotics engineers of Georgia Tech have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems more effectively. This new muscle-like action could help make robotic tools safer and more effective for MRI-guided surgery and robotic rehabilitation.
We have seen many robots earlier. Recently, Japan has developed a two-armed robot called “Mahoro”. This two-armed robot can automate laboratory work and handle dangerous materials like bio-hazards. Now lab workers can remain safe as robots can do the risky lab works.
You are probably familiar with the iRobot Roomba – a vacuum cleaning robot. iRobot announced on Tuesday that it has added a new vacuum-cleaning robot in this series -Roomba 790. The company has added a wireless command center with the new design. The wireless command center allows users to control the cleaner robot wirelessly from anywhere in the house.
Jogging is a good exercise to keep the body fit and well. But, jogging could be boring without a partner. At times, it is better to have a little bit of company and encouragement while jogging. Keeping that in mind, The Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne has developed a flying drone robot called ‘Joggobot.’ Joggobot will fly with the joggers and keep them company.
Life-guards take a great deal of risk to save drowning people from hostile tides. The whole business takes a mix of power and technique. But one thing is common in this type of tasks – human intervention. No matter, what technology we use it is a life-guard who have to rescue the victims. And, that’s where rescue missions fail sometimes. Humans are too slow and weak against the unsettling tides of the sea. Sometimes, its too late when the rescuer reaches there. Keeping that in mind Hydronalix has brought a robotic lifeguard named E.M.I.L.Y. that can reach to the drowning people in a very short time and save lives.
In recent years, the robotic jamming gripper technology has achieved significant success in developing grippers which can grasp different shaped objects. Some robotic gripper has the capability of throwing objects to some extent. Now, MIT researchers have created a robotic arm, called trunkbot, that can twist, bend and grip like an elephant’s trunk using advanced jamming technology. And, the gripping bot is very cheap and very robust.
A team of Russian researchers are building a conceptual mind-transfer android (a robot with human appearance). The team’s goal is to help humanity achieve immortality using a combination of humanoid robots and interstellar space travel to get away from a dangerous and overcrowded planet.
We have seen robots in the movie Transformer morphing from one form to another. But no one made any real life protoypes of these transforming automatons until now. Recently, social media blog Mashable has reported about a robot which can change its form from a car to a two legged robot. The real life transformer is designed by Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics.