Robots

Super elastic 'skin' for softer, mood robots

This hyper-elastic light-emitting capacitor (HLEC) can endure more than twice the strain of previously tested stretchable displays.

Mar 04, 2016, 16:13 PM IST

Are robots trustworthy when your life is at stake?

People may trust a robot too much for their own safety in case of emergency situations, but the machine has proven itself unreliable.

Mar 02, 2016, 23:21 PM IST

New programming method can control swarm of robots

The researchers used a graphical tool to define the tasks they wanted the robots to achieve, a machine then automatically programmed and translated this to the robots.

Feb 28, 2016, 17:02 PM IST

Watch: Google-owned Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can withstand torture!

According to Boston Dynamics, the new version of Atlas robot is about 5 feet inches tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 pounds.

Feb 25, 2016, 19:13 PM IST

NASA asks people to help its humanoid robot see better

Existing algorithms assume that high-resolution images are always available but new algorithms are needed that can determine differences in objects based on noisy, stereo vision data.

Feb 24, 2016, 13:29 PM IST

Robots may take over most human jobs by 2045: Expert

He suggests that the pace of advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing, even as existing robotic and AI technologies are eliminating a growing number of middle-class jobs and thereby driving up income inequality.

Feb 14, 2016, 15:38 PM IST

How robots can reduce drug experiments

Biomedical scientists have invested a lot of effort in making it easier to perform numerous experiments quickly and cheaply.

Feb 10, 2016, 18:49 PM IST

Why your grandfather hates self-reliant robots at home

Seniors do not mind having robots as companions but they worry about the potential loss of control over social order to robots.

Feb 02, 2016, 23:51 PM IST

Coming soon: World's first fully robotic farm in Japan!

Spread, a Kyoto-based company says it intends to start operating the farm by 2017 with an entire staff of robots and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day.

Feb 02, 2016, 09:54 AM IST

New lab to provide researchers remote access to robots

Aimed at boosting research in robotics, the Georgia Institute of Technology is building a new laboratory that would allow roboticists from around the US to conduct experiments remotely.

Jan 18, 2016, 11:24 AM IST

Microrobots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'

The study is detailed in a research paper appearing this month in the journal Micromachines.

Jan 17, 2016, 21:08 PM IST

Study provides model to improve visual perception in robots

Specially-designed tiny 3D glasses for mantises have proved that the praying insects use 3D vision and thus provided a new model to improve visual perception in robots, according to a study involving an Indian-origin scientist.

Jan 08, 2016, 14:46 PM IST

European Space Agency announces plans to build a 'Moon village' by 2030

According to the European Space Agency, a man made base on the moon should turn into reality by 2030.

Jan 05, 2016, 09:41 AM IST

Now, Japanese robots can build infrastructure, save human lives during disasters

Japan has developed robots to help rescue victims during any disaster. The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) recently displayed these robots and the work that they do.

Dec 29, 2015, 22:32 PM IST

Robot assists in world's first artificial blood vessel procedure

A hospital in China has successfully performed tumour surgery on a patient with pancreatic cancer taking assistance of a robot.

Dec 14, 2015, 18:18 PM IST

Japan shows off disaster-response robots at android fair

The four-day event which kicked off Wednesday, is held once every two years in Japan's capital.

Dec 03, 2015, 21:36 PM IST

Amid increasing attacks, anti-terror robots make debut in China

Amid increasing terror attacks at home and abroad, a Chinese firm has introduced three robots specialising in reconnaissance, armed attack and moving and defusing a bomb.

Nov 25, 2015, 19:22 PM IST

iRobot Roomba - Vacuum cleaning robot now available in India!

The iRobot Roomba, the vacuum cleaning robot is available in five models.

Nov 06, 2015, 23:11 PM IST

New technology to let robots walk like humans do

Scientists have developed new technology that will enable legged robots to walk like humans do, an advance that could allow the machines to work in the armed forces, save lives as firefighters or do household chores.

Oct 29, 2015, 00:25 AM IST