One of the biggest problems with our environment today is the buildup of trash. Not many of you may realize that 14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean annually. However, all of this is hidden in the murky depths of any water source. And so someone made a robot to clean it […]
How do you make a robot to monitor things while still at home? You make a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), an ASV (Autonomous Surface Vehicle), or an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) . But what if you need to monitor three areas at once, like from the sky, the surface, and underwater, what do you do? You […]
Noodles, noodles, everywhere. One of the more common foods in China is noodles, lots of them. You can find them around almost every corner, each with a different style. What’s more, they are lots of different varieties, like lamian or udon. And one of the most common forms of noodles is freshly sliced noodles. That […]
Firefighting is one of the most dangerous jobs out there. Every year, tens of hundreds of firefighters lose their lives putting out fires, and still there are many who suffer greatly from unsuccessful firefighting. The first robot firefighter is trying to solve or alleviate this issue. Called Thermite and made by Howe and Howe Technologies, […]
In an attempt to preserve age-old culture of writing calligraphy, Japanese researchers have made a robot that can copy the strokes of a master calligrapher perfectly. The actual robot is not especially complex. By using a motor, the robot records the pressure, movement, and angles when a human user writes them, and the robot is […]
As some of you might know, the PR2 robot made quite a stir when it first came out for sale. It is roughly the size of a person, and has a mobile base sitting on four casters, a movable torso, a head, two arms, a wide array of sensors, and sixteen cores for calculation. These […]
Have you ever tossed a piece of popcorn or candy upwards and failed epicly at catching it with your mouth? Well say no more! Meet the Popinator. It is exactly what it looks like. It shoots popcorn into your mouth. And here’s the selling point. It’s voice activated. Simply say “Pop,” and the robotic popcorn […]
