Category Archives: robotics
The Pentagon is Building a Robot Army [VIDEO]
Less than a month after the U.S. Army ordered 1,100 micro-robots for $13.9 million, the Department of Defense placed a $1 million order for lig… Continue reading
DARPA’s Robot Grabs Tools, Opens Doors
Showing-off 18 new human-hand-like maneuvers, DARPA’s Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) project reached the second milestone in its de… Continue reading
Google to Test Driverless Cars on Nevada Roadways
The roads in Nevada are ready for driverless robot cars. Earlier this month, Nevada’s Legislative Commission approved testing of autonomou… Continue reading
Deep-Sea Diving Robot Can Do Dangerous Work
In some instances, it’s a good thing when a robot can replace you at work. A team of professors and student researchers are exploring ways… Continue reading
Grant From MythBusters Offers Advice for Aspiring Hardware Hackers
If you’ve always wanted to tinker with hardware — up to and including building robots — but didn’t know how to start, Gr… Continue reading
Gang of Smart Mini-Copters Learns How to Build Stuff [VIDEO]
Look out everyone, because there’s a gang of miniature, four-rotor electric helicopters that’s figured out how to work together and build a simple structure. This could be just the beginning of what they can do. Those clever programmers at the GRASP (General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania have made […] Continue reading