Robotic Blogs

In a demonstration of their growing influence, robots are gaining apolitical foothold to help them shape the policies of the US government.Congressman Mike Doyle, a Democrat from Pennsylvania's 14 district and ZachWamp a Republican from Tennessee's 3rd, announced the formation of a bi-partisan Congressional Caucus for robots.Congressman Doyle explains...

Shadow Robot Company, maker of the 24 Degree-of-freedom dexterous hand, is now making tactile sensors for the hand.According to Shadow's web site, "the sensor uses Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) as the sensing medium."Each sensor has either has either 34 or 22 active tactile...

Communications between troops in an urban area can be a problem due to interference and line of sight blocked by buildings.Can you hear me now?DARPA is looking to robots for a solution to the dropped call problem.They are looking for proposals for mobile robots that act as radio...

Boeing announced that they have successfully completed first flight tests on its unmanned helicopter the A160T Hummingbird.The A160T is the turbine-engine version of the A160 unmanned helicopter under development by Boeing since they purchased Frontier Systems in 2004.The Hummingbird...

Kuka Robotics has announced the largest factory robot ever. The KR 1000 'Titan' is a 6-axis worker with a 1000kg (2200 pound) capacity and 3200 mm (10+ feet) reach.The Titan is designed for heavy-duty work in automotive, building materials industries and foundries. The super-strength...

The Australian company Termicam is testing a remote controlled robot that can crawl through nooks and crannies to track down sneaky termites munching on your house.The Termibot uses video and thermal imaging to find the pests. Once found the robot probes the termite nest to break...

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are deploying automated weapon robots along the border of the Gaza Strip to create a buffer kill zone to prevent unauthorized infiltrations.The system, called the "See-Shoot" system, is currently being installed and will be fully operational by the end of 2007. It consists of automated weapons stations connected through...

From Daily Yomiuri:A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency's research and development team is based.The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical,...

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