New robotic system can 3D print buildings
The building could also be completely customised to the needs of a particular site and the desires of its maker.
Apr 27, 2017, 17:20 PM IST
This 12-year-old Indian girl is building robots to save honey bees - Read
Using a combination of robotics and hi-tech components, Vignesh has developed a Bee Saver Bot that removes honey bees -- the species primarily responsible for pollination and honey production around the world -- safely and carefully without harming them or humans.
Apr 12, 2017, 12:21 PM IST
Researchers find new way by which six-legged robots can increase walking speed
Six-legged insects run fastest using a three-legged, or "tripod" gait where they have three legs on the ground at all times -- two on one side of their body and one on the other.
Feb 19, 2017, 22:26 PM IST
Humanlike biological robots developed
These tiny muscle-powered robots were first 3-D printed and then seeded with muscle cells. The cells self-organised to form functional tissues that made the bio-bots move.
Feb 19, 2017, 22:26 PM IST
89% people want automation at workplace: Adobe
In a surprise find, 89 per cent of people, including from India are positive about the role robots can play in helping them at workplace rather than taking away their jobs, a new report has found.
Feb 17, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
Scientists design robots that can catch, release live fish
The robots, that move when water is pumped in and out of them, are made entirely of hydrogel - a tough, rubbery, nearly transparent material composed mostly of water.
Feb 04, 2017, 20:33 PM IST
Future robots will deliver goods at your doorstep – Read how!
The six-wheeled, knee-high robots from startup Starship Technologies are part of a new wave of automated systems taking aim at the "last mile" delivery of goods to consumers.
Jan 29, 2017, 09:57 AM IST
Now, tiny robots will study ocean life - Read how
The miniature autonomous underwater explorers (M-AUEs) will study small-scale environmental processes taking place in the ocean.
Jan 25, 2017, 13:41 PM IST
Robots in Newsroom - Chinese robot reporter 'Xiao Nan' completes long article in just a second!
Scientists say the 300-character story focusing on the Spring Festival travel rush was written in just a second.
Jan 19, 2017, 12:17 PM IST
UAE's first robot pharmacy – This is how robotics will change healthcare in near future!
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has inaugurated its first "robot pharmacy" at Rashid Hospital in Dubai, as per a media report on Friday.
Jan 14, 2017, 10:15 AM IST
Scientists develop hairy electronic skin which may allow robotic limbs to 'feel'
To mimic the human sense of touch, researchers built artificial hairs using magnetic cobalt-based microwires - commonly used filaments that are as flexible as human hairs.
Jan 01, 2017, 18:15 PM IST
Over 1,000 dancing robots set Guinness record in China
A new Guinness World Record for the most robots dancing simultaneously has been set in China where 1,007 robots shimmied in unison, nearly double the previous record.
Aug 07, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
Robots can assemble modular telescope in space
Nicolas Lee and his colleagues from California Institute of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have described a design to build the robotically assembled modular space telescope (RAMST).
Jul 14, 2016, 13:19 PM IST
Self-assemblage of robots has more appeal: Study
The goal was to determine how their perception of the robot changed depending on what they were told about the robot in advance, and how much they participated in the assembly of the robot.
Jun 19, 2016, 16:42 PM IST
Robots are taking over jobs, middle class anxious: Raghuram Rajan
The emerging threat is it's not the guy in Bengaluru but the robot next door who's going to take your job, Rajan said.
Jun 10, 2016, 11:12 AM IST
DNA: Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'
Watch this special segment and get to know about technology replacing human employees.To know more watch this full video here.
May 28, 2016, 00:46 AM IST
Virtual dog to teach robots to perform tasks intelligently
The team has designed a computer programme that lets humans teach a virtual robot that looks like a computerised pooch.
Meet Jia Jia, a realistic-looking robot that can chat with humans – Watch!
The human-like robot, developed by the Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Anhui, China, can also make facial expressions and nod in response to questions.
Apr 28, 2016, 12:41 PM IST
Robots, which can dance to the tune of 'Gangnam Style', a big hit in China – Watch this incredible video
The robots can recognize up to nine different songs, including "Gangnam Style", and dance in coordinated steps.
Apr 23, 2016, 20:10 PM IST
New self-powered smart skin to give robots sense of touch
Other systems require external batteries and wires to operate, which adds to their bulk.
Apr 14, 2016, 13:02 PM IST
