Tag Archives: Robot

Telekinetics? Bed-Bound Patients Move Robots Using Just Thoughts

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

“They’re not quite psychic yet, but machines are getting better at reading your mind. Researchers have invented a new, noninvasive method for recording patterns of brain activity and using them to steer a robot. Scientists hope the technology will give … Continue reading →

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Fraunhofer Sends Spiders to the Rescue

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Silicon.de recently reported on a new robot for hazardous missions: The high-tech spider developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart (Germany). The spider is built using a 3-D printing technique and is extremely lightweight. … Continue reading →

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Robot Birds and Octoroaches On The Loose at UC Berkeley

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

As mentioned in an earlier blog (Quadrotors Can Now Play Catch, All-Robot Baseball Team Closer to Reality) I have a weakness for flying robots and having studied insects for a considerable time during my research years I find the objects mentioned … Continue reading →

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Quadrotors Can Now Play Catch, All-Robot Baseball Team Closer to Reality – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

I have to admit my weakness for robots. Especially when they are flying. I find this really fascinating. Read the full article here: Quadrotors Can Now Play Catch, All-Robot Baseball Team Closer to Reality – IEEE Spectrum. Would this not come … Continue reading →

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Robot Swarm Could Steal Your Books

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Swarmanoid Robot Teams Up with Itself to Steal Your Books – IEEE Spectrum. “The Swarmanoid swarm consists of three discrete types of robots, all of which we’ve been introduced to before: Foot-Bots can grab onto other robots and move horizontally. Hand-Bots have manipulators and … Continue reading →

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