robotics

Amazon Drones: Automated Convenience That’s Energy Efficient?

February 13, 2014 by David Glenn

When Amazon.com announced recently that it was planning to make deliveries by drones by 2015, it created quite a stir. How will it work? How will the drone find my apartment? Will my e-reader get left out in the rain? How much power would it take to carry large packages?

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The details on how drone automated delivery would work are somewhat sketchy right now. The proposed vehicles have a range of 10 miles and can carry weights up to 5 pounds, which includes 86% of Amazon’s packages. But the 10-mile range would no doubt limit deliveries to big cities. And even then, an MIT professor pointed out that the drones don’t have enough battery life to go 10 miles with a 5-pound package. While the idea suggests energy efficiency, the current numbers suggests otherwise. [Read more…] about Amazon Drones: Automated Convenience That’s Energy Efficient?

Meet The Zeno Boy Robot

August 8, 2012 by noemi

Depending on your age, you might be able to relate when I say I have been reminiscing and thinking a little about The Jetsons and Small Wonder. While I did not watch TV regularly as a kid, these two shows were very popular during that period, and every kid I knew was fascinated with them, probably because of the robots.

Several decades later, we’re still not close to having a robot-person like Vicki (see Small Wonder!), but we just might have something a step closer in the Zeno Boy Robot. [Read more…] about Meet The Zeno Boy Robot

Meet the Intelligent Cutting and Deboning System: a Robot That Can Cut Your Poultry Up

June 1, 2012 by noemi

Poultry Deboning Robot — Intelligent Cutting and Deboning System

I may be wrong, but knowing how to cut and debone poultry the proper way may not be all that common. Sure, there are people who can do that in their sleep, but for people like me, it is probably best to leave that task to the experts.

But what if you can have the Intelligent Cutting and Deboning System? [Read more…] about Meet the Intelligent Cutting and Deboning System: a Robot That Can Cut Your Poultry Up

Need a Haircut? Check Out the Robot Barber!

March 22, 2012 by noemi

Multi-Arm Unmanned Ground Vehicle — Robot Barber

Robots are the future. People have been saying that before I was born. Books have been written. Movies have been made. We are in their future, and we now have robots. Lots of them.

Sure, the state of technology is still not at par with many a writer’s imagination, but we have come a long way. There is even such a thing as a robot barber! [Read more…] about Need a Haircut? Check Out the Robot Barber!

Avatar Robot Created by Japanese Scientist

February 15, 2012 by noemi

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James Cameron’s Avatar made a very big splash when it came out, with practically everyone raving about the movie. Well, maybe not about the story line but the movie in general. It was not my first 3D experience, but I found it pretty fun. Truth be told, I have never seen it again in its entirety. Once was enough, in my opinion.

What is interesting about Avatar is the concept of being able to project yourself as another being. Now that is the stuff that science fiction is made of, and these things are always fascinating. What if this can actually be done in real life? [Read more…] about Avatar Robot Created by Japanese Scientist