Bricklaying Robot Builds Three-Bedroom Home In The UK
In September, a bricklaying robot constructed a three-bedroom house in East Yorkshire’s Everingham. The developers claim it’s the first house in the UK to be built by a robot. The robot, developed by...
View ArticleGamer Born With Only One Hand Gets Metal Gear Solid Bionic Arm
Gamer Daniel Melville from the UK was born without a right hand. He has been an ambassador and tester for Open Bionics – an artificial limb maker – for many years. The company has upgraded Melville’s...
View Article3D-Printed Microscopic Star Trek Voyager Sheds Light On Microswimmers
Leiden University Physicists have 3D-printed a microscopic version of Star Trek’s USS Voyager as part of a larger research experiment on microswimmers. The shape is a significant factor affecting the...
View ArticleAdidas’ New Kind of Textile For Trainers Is Robotically Woven
Sportswear brand Adidas has an experimental division called Futurecraft dedicated to finding new ways to build footwear. It’s been running for a few years already with several exciting projects under...
View ArticleThe Moley Kitchen Robot Cooks For You And Cleans Up Afterward
London-based robotics company Moley Robotics has developed the world’s first fully robotic kitchen, which “cooks from scratch and even cleans up afterward without complaint.” The Moley Kitchen robot is...
View ArticleThermite RS3: America’s First Firefighting Robot
Robots are becoming more commonplace by the day. In recent news, America received its first firefighting robot. The Los Angeles Fire Department purchased a robotic firefighting vehicle called the...
View ArticleThis Incredible Robot Punching Bag Throws Punches Back At You
Finally, the ultimate punching bag has arrived! The Stryk RXT-1 is unlike any other punching bag because it actually fights back! How? It’s a robot. The RXT-1 is the world’s first sparring robot that...
View ArticleYou Can Summon This AI Robot-Bike Assistant With A Smartphone
Shunji Yamanaka and Takayuki Futura at Future Robotics Technology designed another AI robot to add to their series – the CanguRo. This time, the aim was to bring a sense of companionship to smart...
View ArticleDraBot: A Dragonfly-Like Soft Robot To Signals Environmental Disruptions
DraBot is a soft robotic dragonfly that senses and monitors its environment to help point out hazardous areas. It uses air force, microarchitectures, and self-healing hydrogels to perceive changes in...
View ArticleX – The Moonshot Factory’s Plant-Inspecting Buggy For Sustainable Farming
X – The Moonshot Factory is an American top-secret research group that aims to solve big-picture ideas through technological breakthroughs that could one day make the world a better place. For its...
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