An umbrella party / robot swarm behavior experiment was held at MIT’s Jack Barry field in order to help researchers develop human like behavior for large groups of robots or robot “swarms”. Called “UP: The Umbrella Project” the event is a collaboration between MIT and Pilobolus, a dance company from Connecticut Human group behavior observed […]
A group of 14 robot hobbyists and enthusiasts coming from the United States and one from the European country of Estonia are aiming for NASA’s $1.5 million prize. NASA is trying out the Tony Stark approach: build innovative technology using limited materials and resources. While the researchers would not be building robots locked up in a cave […]
The team spent 12 twelve years developing the robotic fly. Each miniature robot weighs about 80 milligrams and can flap their wings at the speed of 120 times per second to achieve flight under laboratory conditions. The robotic insects were built from materials custom cut by laser and layered on top of each of other. […]
We love robots, and Iron Man isn’t an exemption. That’s why when we heard about a boy who built his own Iron Man suit in his garage, we digged in to check who this young Tony Stark is. For under $500, Archie Whitehead, a high school student from Welwyn Garden City, has got himself an […]
Not to be outdone with Cheetah-like and snake-inspired robots, a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology decided to work on a robot that mimics the paddling movement of baby sea turtles. For Daniel Goldman and his team, it’s not just about working on a pet project. The end goal will be to […]
In 1950, during the start of the Korean War, South Korea, backed by the United Nations, rallied a fleet of Navy ships to North Korea. But there was one problem. North Korea had installed over 3,000 sea mines on its eastern coast, halting the United Nations’s armada, over 250 ships all in all. North Korea’s […]
Contrary to the belief that humanoid robots are endowed with brute strength and limitless supply of energy, the reality is that the current technology that we have is still a far cry from such fantasies. In fact, according to a study, the strongest humanoid robot up to date is only capable of generating one tenth the […]