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 […]
It’s wine grape season! And what does that mean? Of course, it means that we have robots to do the manual labor of picking grapes, pruning, and recording data! And that’s exactly what Wall-Ye does. Specifically built for work in the vineyards, Wall-Ye uses two robotic arms and six cameras to pick over 600 vines per […]
Here we are to talk about the recent popularity of robotic insects. I know some of you won’t be too psyched by the fact that people are imitating robot behavior using robots, but you also have to admit that insects hold certain advantages as well, some including efficient and stable flight, ability to hide quickly, […]
