Some people find the responsibility of watering plants to sometimes be difficult to manage. So what can you do when your plant is running out of water? Meet the self-watering plant. It consists of four parts. There is the actual plant, sensors in the soil, the robot that receives data, and the container used to […]
Another cool robot, the Inebriator might just be the new perfect bartender. The concept behind the robot isn’t very complex. A glass goes under a row of different kinds of spirits, and it will receive them in perfect quantities, getting the perfect ratio for a perfect cocktail. Then, if the cocktail needs a mixer, a […]
What benefits can a robotic maple seed bring to mankind, you ask? Maple seeds, while they might look innocent as they spiral down in the wind, are actually quite efficient fliers. And so, to emulate this efficient flight, Lockheed Martin created the SAMARAI. Named after “samara” for maple seed, the SAMARAI has one wing and […]
First, we had Jesus to walk on water. Then we had the water strider, able to glide and bounce on water freely without falling in. And now, we have a robot to do it too. Robots that are able to stay on the surface of water are not new. However, most older robots cannot actually […]
This video is of the launching of one of the newest scientific research robots. Although the Wave Glider has been around for a while, the newest version is being used to track electronically tagged marine animals. It is especially renowned for its launch during Shark Week, and it is now tracking Great White sharks as […]
Although mosaics are one of the oldest art forms, Robotics is adding a new twist that will change everything. Artaic is a robot that essentially builds mosaics when it is given a picture. It is composed of a software portion and a hardware portion. When an image is fed into the software, it breaks it […]
In general, robot arms are usually bulky and heavy, which sometimes makes them impractical in usage. However, this new robotic arm made by iRobot will change it all. This new robotic arm, called AIRarm, is fully inflatable, and only weighs about half of a pound. However, it is able to carry five whole pounds, and […]
