When Boston Dynamics finally put up its robotic dog, Spot, on sale, it is relegated for inspection and patrol duties. The ability to manipulate objects, including opening of doors, seen in 2018 was never introduced. Well, that was until last week.
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Gas Refueling Robot Is Real, But Its Future May Be Short-live
While the auto industry is betting their money on new energy vehicles, one company in Netherlands had developed a robot to fuel up gas-powered cars. Rotec Engineering is the company behind a robotic fueling for passenger cars called Tank Pitstop System.
Hyundai Motor Group Customer Service Robot Will Also Remind Customers To Wear A Mask
You know what? The pandemic may have opened up more opportunities for robots. You know, because, it minimizes human-to-human interactions. While the DAL-e AI-powered custom service robot revealed by Hyundai Motor Group is not born out of the pandemic, it may prove to be a great help in this unprecedented time.
Researchers Developed Autonomous Robot Fishes That School Together Like Real Fishes
First there was the super tiny robot fish that spies on Zebrafish. Then there were the robotic fish powered by synthetic blood and a robotic fish that assimilate with the fishes. Now, Harvard University has taken robotic fish to the next level with a bunch of robot fishes called Bluebots that does what real fishes […]
Samsung Vision Of Home Robots Include A One-arm Robot Called Handy
We are not at I, Robot age yet, but we are getting close – thanks to Samsung Next Generation Robotics. Samsung have presented two concept robots: Samsung Bot Care and Samsung Bot Handy.
Boston Dynamics Robots Dancing To A 60s Tune Was The Best Thing To Happen In 2020
If you haven’t been keeping up with Boston Dynamics’ development… Hyundai has, earlier this month, became the third owner of the company. Also, the agility of the family of robots from the robotic company, namely Atlas, Spot and Handle, is mind-blowing.
Soon, You May See Robots Going Around Disinfecting Areas In Public Places
Appliances that move on their own aren’t new. There’s self-driving fridge, robot vacuum, robot photographer, robot waiter, and even robot air purifier. Now, there’s new kind of appliance that move autonomous robot and its mission? Disinfect publicly touched areas.
Watch Volkswagen Mobile Charging Robot Prototype In Action
Remember the super cool mobile charging robot concept pitched by Volkswagen from late last year? Well, it appears that it has moved out of concept stage to become a prototype.
This Robotic Hand Simulates Holding A Girl’s Hand While Walking
There must be many lonely souls in Japan. How else would one find crazy number of life-like sex dolls and bizarre inventions like hologram girlfriend (and someone even marrying it), and a Woman’s Hand iPhone Case? Speaking woman’s hand iPhone case… a university in Japan has taken the concept of holding a girl’s hand even […]
Watch Japan’s Life-size Gundam Robot Walks And Kneels Down
This is a video of the 1:1 scale Gundam robot taking a few steps and kneeling down. Not going to lie. I was impressed for a second before realizing the video was sped up 4x. You know what that means, don’t you?