by The Curious Technologist | Oct 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
futurescope: Search & Rescue Robot: Hybrid zoobot can travel by air or land Scientist from University of Pennsylvania Mod Lab team have developed a snake drone-quadcopter, called H.E.R.A.L.D. (Hybrid Exploration Robot for Air and Land Deployment). “Snakes on a...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
futurescope: Zoobotics is developing modular animal-like robots made from paper, wood or plastics that can be assembled with a few tools A startup from Hamburg (Germany) is experimenting with tetra- and hexapods, made from cardboard and paper. All technical functions...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
futurescope: Harvard researchers have created an unthethered jumping soft robot A soft robot that uses an “explosive actuator” to propel itself? Yes, please. IEEE features a weird flesh-tone silicone robot, created by Harvard researchers, that could come straight out...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
futurescope: “We’re bouncing now” – New version of MITs robotic Cheetah MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they’ve successfully implemented in their robotic cheetah. It enables the robot to run and jump, untethered, across...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized, Vision of the Future
futurescope: Swarm Robotics: Invasion of the Robot Ants Even though the video is from last year, it’s worth a look. James McLurkin, assistant professor at Rice University in the department of computer science, shows some impressive robot dances. Watch as a throng of...
