Robotic Blogs

U0303270 Quak Yeok TeckPerhaps the concept of robots still linger in the humanoid form in most of our minds, but robotics have been aiding the manufacturing industry for many decades now. The most common form of robotics in the industry would be the mechanical arm form, which aids in precision fabrication of products as well as welding.One of industrial...

u0204781 Peh Meng Wee"Hello International Space Station maintenance. What! Sector 4 has been hit by an asteroid! We'll send in the robot maintenance crew to take a look immediately."Does the previous scenario entice you? Or does the image of R2D2 repairing Luke Skywalker's fighter...

The future of edutainment and service robots...U0308283 Wu ChengyuIntroductionRobots are usually designed to function optimally, be it streamlined to reduce resistive forces or having extra legs for traveling on rough terrains. But come 21st century, robots today are now deployed...

U0205391 Beeharry VishalToy robots have since long been viewed as entertainers for children. In the recent years, with the rise of technological motor-driven toys, a wide range of robot toys, for example AIBO from Sony and NeCoRo from Omron Corporation, have seen light. More humanoid...

U0204840 Lin Ming Zheng The Mechatronics Group of the University of Waikato has developed a fleet of five mobile robots capable of autonomous operation. These robots are design to move on a variety of terrains including farms, forests, underwater and smooth indoor surfaces. MARVIN...

u0205159 Du XingThe Roboraptor measures about 80cm from head to tail and comes to life with realistic motions and advanced artificial intelligence. It has 40+ pre-programmed functions and comes with dinosauresque advanced artificial intelligent personality, realistic biomorphic...

u0204699 - Ong Chin SoonRoboWalker is one of the main projects in the area of legged robots and powered leg orthotics that Yobotics, a cutting-edge robotic design, consulting, and research firm specializing in biomimetic robots, powered leg orthotics and force-controllable actuators,...

Martin Wiig - s0500296An unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, is an aircraft which is either self-controlled or remote-controlled. It can carry different payloads, such as sensors, cameras, radar and weapons, all depending on the use of the UAV, which may be quite varied. For civilian...

By:WANG LIWANG "U0205321" A few days ago, the local news from Channel5, 8 and U reported that a Taiwan Hospital bought a few Mobile Robot Doctors from UK and put them into operation for daily nursing and performing ward rounds.The robot is equipped with video camera and a LCD...

U0204438 Huang Shichao AlvinTraditionally, autonomous robots have been designed to perform hazardous and/or repetitive tasks. However, a new range of domestic applications such as household chores and entertainment is driving the development of robots that can interact and communicate...

U0303505 Pham Dang KhoaIntroductionSmarter, stronger and more intuitive than ever, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is a robotics toolset that provides endless opportunities for armchair inventors, robotics fanatics and LEGO builders ages 10 and older to build and program robots that do what...

U0308030 PHUNG DUC KIENIntroduction: Currently, there are many available home cleaning robots in the market. Each robot has its own strengths and weaknesses. I will give this exclusive chance to compare the products, to help the consumers differentiate between the robots and...

u0303819Ang Yong CheeHealth and Food Advice RobotWhile most of the media attention goes to high publicized domestic robots like the Sony’s QRIO and the Mitsubishi’s Wakamuru , another Japanese giant NEC has announced that it has developed a new robot that is capable of tasting food...

U0307641 Low Youliang FreddyIn the present day, using mobile phones has become the norm. While people are out at work, they may be constantly worried about the condition of their household; be it thieves breaking in or an accidental fire being set. By combining these two pressing...

U0206584Vidhya Ganesan ROBOTS IN MINING “In the ten years between 1988 and 1998, 256 miners died and over 64,000 were injured in mining accidents!”“World metal prices have been falling for decades due to increases in efficiency. If a mine is unable to become more productive,...

u0307999 ZHAI NINGU.S Air Force is taking steps to try out new robotic security guards to replace the human duties in order to save potential losses of life and improve efficiency.There are two major robotic is on trial at EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida.One robot being tested is a...

u0307999 ZHAI NINGDo you still the scene of 911 attack? It is an unexpected attach which demonstrated how a small group of people can have a huge destructive power on once invulnerable to large-scale terrorists attack, U.S. And this events unveiled the limitless possibilities for more to come if we do not secure ourselves well.This introduction of...

u0307999 ZHAI NINGAmong the possible applications which have been foreseen for Service Mobile Robots, surveillance robots (i.e., robots designed to replace human security guards inmaking rounds) are becoming more and more popular, as witnessed by the many systems commercially available and the growing interest in the research community. In this blog,...

Yan Meixian U0205044Making robots look like humans or animals is nothing surprising anymore. Living things especially human beings have such a complex structure that it is a never-ending challenge to reproduce the various aspects of it such as its emotion, its facial expressions,...

U0205183 Teo YinlingSecurity and surveillance robots have evolved much since they were introduced in the early 80s. As technology improves over the years, new security robots can do much more and some are even replacing humans. There are some which are not just security robots only....