New self-powered smart skin to give robots sense of touch
Other systems require external batteries and wires to operate, which adds to their bulk.
Apr 14, 2016, 13:02 PM ISTSuper elastic 'skin' for softer, mood robots
This hyper-elastic light-emitting capacitor (HLEC) can endure more than twice the strain of previously tested stretchable displays.
Mar 04, 2016, 16:13 PM ISTAre robots trustworthy when your life is at stake?
People may trust a robot too much for their own safety in case of emergency situations, but the machine has proven itself unreliable.
Mar 02, 2016, 23:21 PM ISTNew programming method can control swarm of robots
The researchers used a graphical tool to define the tasks they wanted the robots to achieve, a machine then automatically programmed and translated this to the robots.
Feb 28, 2016, 17:02 PM ISTWatch: Google-owned Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can withstand torture!
According to Boston Dynamics, the new version of Atlas robot is about 5 feet inches tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 pounds.
Feb 25, 2016, 19:13 PM ISTNASA asks people to help its humanoid robot see better
Existing algorithms assume that high-resolution images are always available but new algorithms are needed that can determine differences in objects based on noisy, stereo vision data.
Feb 24, 2016, 13:29 PM ISTRobots may take over most human jobs by 2045: Expert
He suggests that the pace of advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing, even as existing robotic and AI technologies are eliminating a growing number of middle-class jobs and thereby driving up income inequality.
Feb 14, 2016, 15:38 PM ISTHow robots can reduce drug experiments
Biomedical scientists have invested a lot of effort in making it easier to perform numerous experiments quickly and cheaply.
Feb 10, 2016, 18:49 PM ISTWhy your grandfather hates self-reliant robots at home
Seniors do not mind having robots as companions but they worry about the potential loss of control over social order to robots.
Feb 02, 2016, 23:51 PM ISTComing soon: World's first fully robotic farm in Japan!
Spread, a Kyoto-based company says it intends to start operating the farm by 2017 with an entire staff of robots and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day.
Feb 02, 2016, 09:54 AM ISTNew lab to provide researchers remote access to robots
Aimed at boosting research in robotics, the Georgia Institute of Technology is building a new laboratory that would allow roboticists from around the US to conduct experiments remotely.
Jan 18, 2016, 11:24 AM ISTMicrorobots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'
The study is detailed in a research paper appearing this month in the journal Micromachines.
Jan 17, 2016, 21:08 PM ISTStudy provides model to improve visual perception in robots
Specially-designed tiny 3D glasses for mantises have proved that the praying insects use 3D vision and thus provided a new model to improve visual perception in robots, according to a study involving an Indian-origin scientist.
Jan 08, 2016, 14:46 PM ISTEuropean Space Agency announces plans to build a 'Moon village' by 2030
According to the European Space Agency, a man made base on the moon should turn into reality by 2030.
Jan 05, 2016, 09:41 AM ISTNow, Japanese robots can build infrastructure, save human lives during disasters
Japan has developed robots to help rescue victims during any disaster. The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) recently displayed these robots and the work that they do.
Dec 29, 2015, 22:32 PM ISTRobot assists in world's first artificial blood vessel procedure
A hospital in China has successfully performed tumour surgery on a patient with pancreatic cancer taking assistance of a robot.
Dec 14, 2015, 18:18 PM ISTJapan shows off disaster-response robots at android fair
The four-day event which kicked off Wednesday, is held once every two years in Japan's capital.
Dec 03, 2015, 21:36 PM ISTAmid increasing attacks, anti-terror robots make debut in China
Amid increasing terror attacks at home and abroad, a Chinese firm has introduced three robots specialising in reconnaissance, armed attack and moving and defusing a bomb.
Nov 25, 2015, 19:22 PM ISTiRobot Roomba - Vacuum cleaning robot now available in India!
The iRobot Roomba, the vacuum cleaning robot is available in five models.
Nov 06, 2015, 23:11 PM ISTNew technology to let robots walk like humans do
Scientists have developed new technology that will enable legged robots to walk like humans do, an advance that could allow the machines to work in the armed forces, save lives as firefighters or do household chores.
Oct 29, 2015, 00:25 AM IST