Latest Robotics Stories
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new robot developed by automation giant Yaskawa and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) takes the human element out of the equation when working in a lab. Mahoro is able to automate lab work and perform tasks such as culturing more quickly and accurately than human lab techs, as well as handle biohazards. Tohru Natsume, the team leader for the Biological Information Research Center at...
SEATTLE and ORLANDO, Fla., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new collaboration between Florida Hospital Celebration Health and Mimic Technologies will add the latest robotic simulation training technology to the now world-recognized Nicholson Center. The agreement will result in improved surgical training for physicians using the da Vinci robot. The da Vinci is a complex surgical device that requires advanced skill for effective utilization. The new improvements in training for the...
Robotic Scientists Working On Real-Life 'Avatar' Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online If someone were to ask you what superpower you would want, chances are being able to move things with your mind would be in the top five. Now, new advances in robotics gives man that capability. Researchers are working on ways to make the man-machine link more sensitive, allowing people to speak to the robot through brain waves, according to a report by New Scientist. The...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Robots are receiving a new pair of legs that are the most accurate to the human walking gait so far. Researchers have developed a set of robotic legs that they believe are the first to fully model walking in a biologically accurate manner. Reporting in the Journal of Neural Engineering, the team said they built the neural architecture, musculoskeletal architecture and sensory feedback that humans have into the robot legs. They...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In Harry Potter, the paintings at Hogwarts did more than just follow you with their eyes, but in the real world, having a painting eye you down in a hallway would be creepy in itself. Now, researchers have found a way to take a robot's eye to Harry Potter's level. Researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye by using piezoelectric materials, allowing the robot eye to move more like a real eye. The new muscle-like...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A robot capable of disabling a roadside bomb is pointless if it runs out of power, so DARPA is creating a goal to create a more efficient robot. The agency created the Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) Actuation program, with the goal of achieving a 2,000 percent increase in the efficiency of power transmission and application in robots. "Humans and animals have evolved to consume energy very efficiently for movement," DARPA...
BOZEN, SUD-TIROL, Italy, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced that offsite Batch Sterile Compounding Centers are quickly becoming a trend in USA's hospital pharmacies' attempt to lower the IVs price premiums they are currently incurring with companies such as Pharmedium and Ameridose for custom IV manufacturing, and Baxter, Hospira and B.Braun for Pre-Mix/Frozen solutions. Health Robotics' i.v.STATION customer LeeSar is leading the hospital...
[244 Pages Report] Industrial robotics market research report categorizes the global market on the basis applications, functions, products, geographical analysis; forecasting revenue and analyzing trends. (PRWEB) June 30, 2012 According to the market research report “industrial robotics market - global forecast & analysis by applications, functions, product & geography (2012 - 2017)” published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total industrial...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com While most robots have been built recently with the work-industry in mind, one robot was built with the intention to party. Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology have developed Shimi, a musical robot designed to DJ dance parties everywhere. The smartphone-enabled robot is considered an interactive "musical buddy" that recommends songs based on feedback from the listeners. “Shimi is designed to change the way that people enjoy and think about...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com It may be just a simple step toward world domination, but one robot is able to conquer its human adversary in a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" 100 percent of the time. Ishikawa Oku Lab researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed the ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors fighting robot. The robot, which is essentially a camera-connected mechanical hand, is completely incapable of losing at the game. The hand-game dominator bot reads the shape of its...
