[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUw1J33b618](Video Link)Many years from now, when we are old and gray, we shall tell our grandchildren of the primitive times of our youth. We will tell them that once it was necessary fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/12/30/Self-Propelled-Robot-Dives-Deep-into-your-Colon/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5oaCqTmQwc](Vide... ...s flexible spine, which is a challenge for modern robotics .-via The Mary Sue
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/12/09/NASA-Roboticist-Critiques-R2-D2-C-3PO-and-BB-8/(Photo: Tufts University/HRI Laboratory)In an extraordinarily reckless act, programmers at the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory at Tufts University have intentionally given robots the ability to disobey their orders. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/27/Robots-Learn-to-Disobey-Humans/(Photo: Simbe Robotics )One of the most common tasks for retail workers i... ...task may be partially replaced with robots.Simbe Robotics calls its invention Tally. This robot roams a sto...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/12/This-Robot-Keeps-Store-Shelves-Full/Researchers led by Dr. Robert Webster of Vanderbilt University's Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory have developed a new type of wrist joint for surgical robots. It's only 2 millimeters wide, which permits it t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/27/Mechanical-Wrist-Will-Take-Robot-Surgery-Deeper-Inside-the-Body-Than-Ever-Before/The hustle and bustle of daily life--who needs it? There's way too much verticality in the day. Lie down and conserve your precious energy. Artist Carsten Holler has the right idea. For his "Decision" exhibition at the H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/08/Finally-Robotic-Beds-That-Carry-You-Where-You-Need-to-Go/(Photo: China News)This is Xiao Mei, a teacher at Jiujiang University in southwestern China. Although you may not be able to tell from the photo, she's not human. She's a robot built by researchers at that school, allege...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/06/Robot-Teacher-at-Work-in-China/Maybe our new robot overlords could use a hand up.... ...ew robot overlords could use a hand up. The DARPA Robotics Challenge is going on today and tomorrow. There i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/05/robo-fails/Robotic hands need to be able to securely grasp and move objects with different shapes without breaking them. Festo, a German automation and controls company, has developed a new type of device to do so. The FlexShapeGri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/16/Robot-Hand-Based-on-a-Chameleons-Tongue/(Photo: AFP)AIBOs are robotic dogs with artificial intelligence. They're capable of developing unique personalities. So some owners in Japan think of them as pets, just like dogs. Sony manufactured them from 1999 through...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/02/26/In-Japan-Robot-Dogs-Get-Funerals/