Robotic Blogs

There have been many problems concerning maids in Singapore over the years. The news has time and again had reports concerning maid abuse, maids dying because of accidents, and also maids committing crimes themselves. A check on google brings up many articles which are just the tip of the iceberg regarding maid problems in Singapore:Who’s fault is...

After being used to explore Mars, clean toxic waste and dispose bombs, robots are moving into the home, varying from domestic ones to entertainment ones. These home helpers can be classified in two categories: single-purpose robots with simple designs and cheap prices, such as robotic...

I'm a fan of cars. When I was asked to do a blog on robots, the first thing came to my mind was to look for something to do with cars. I started by looking for “robots+car industry”. It is easy for one to imagine how important robots are to the automotive manufacturing. Indeed, from...

Researchers from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College have built a robot designed to do research in Antarctica.The Environment:The weather conditions are low snowfall, moderate winds, and extreme cold. The land is mostly plain aside from dune like features called...

After motocycles, cars and power products, Honda has taken up a new challenge in mobility – the development of a two-legged humanoid robot that can walk. The aim of the function for the robot in the human living space was to create a partner for people, a social robot. From this challenge came the HONDA ASIMO, Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility....

Robots utilized in medicine, especially in surgeries, serve as assistance to doctors in their role of dispensing medical treatment to patients and even enhance their services. An important aspect is the improvement of the surgeon’s dexterity during surgery. No matter how skilled...

A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska Medical Center had recently came up with small robots that could have the potential to revolutionize the way minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is performed. Some of the early prototypes used for...

Industrial robots have evolved considerably since an invention by Joseph Engelberger and George Devol called “Unimate” was installed at a General Motors plant to extract moulded parts from die-casting machines in the late 1950s. Robots today have evolved to the point where they can...

Humanoids are one of the fast developing areas in the robotics. Many research institutes and companies are doing researches in areas such as human-robot interactions, biomimetics and so on. Companies such as Honda, Sony together with leading institutions in Japan and US developed many interesting humanoid technologies. One such example is the conversational...

Microbots: Micro Life-savers. Introduction Rapid advancement in nanotechnology has now allowed the production of smaller and smaller robots. Prototypes of robots, which measure only a few micrometers across, are already being made, and it is only a method of time before,...

The Great Pyramid of Egypt has always fascinated people because of its ancient mysteries and secrets, which only a few have been discovered. One of the Pyramids, named Khufu Pyramid, is particularly fascinating due to its highly complex interior, which contains countless secret chambers...

Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) procedures have been brought to a new level of advancement with the existence of Da Vinci Surgical system, in which the system combines robotics and computer technology to allow surgeons to perform delicate surgical procedures. By making use of these...

Introduction The Fujitsu Enon Robot was designed to provide support for various services in offices, commercial facilities, and other public areas in which people work or spend leisure time. The newly developed robot features functions that enable it to provide such services as greeting...

Introduction Before the advent of the Advanced Unmanned Search System (AUSS), researchers faced a tradeoff between using tethered and untethered undersea surveillance robots. The untethered robots obviously had more freedom and range of movement, without chances of wires getting...

We’ve seen many of the wonderful ways in which robots can be used in the medical arena; from patient rehabilitation to telesurgery, robots have truly been of aid to patients and doctors alike. While we rejoice over technological advances made in the field of medical robotics, let...

We all know the situation. The flow of traffic is becoming slower, jamming and after a (long) while you can see the reason for your delay. Several signs and traffic cones are blocking at least one of the lanes, since an accident happened or the road is is beeing repaired. Placing...

Have you all guys ever seen a robot that looks like a lobster? In fact, unknown to many people, the most amazing capability of a lobster is that they have a very sharp sense of smell, which they used to detect and trace the odor of their food to its source in the turbulent conditions...