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The Age Of Robots – How Software Is Getting Brokers Fired
50 years ago it was considered quite optimistic to believe that we will have all knowledge of the world in our pockets. Even 20 years ago, the internet was considered only a fad, and no one really believed that with the help of robots companies operating from garages could change the way we look at ...
Two Guys Turned This Indsutrial Robot Into A Tattoo Master
If you have ever had a tattoo done, you know that once you have chosen your tattoo, it's out of your hands. The quality of the tattoo is then in the hands of the tattoo artist, and that can be a scary experience. Over the years, there have been a few occasions when people have had their tattoo ruine ...
Uber Hires Robot Security Guards To Patrol Their Inspection Lot
Uber as a company continues to grow, however, primarily adding robot employees. The taxi service has made quite a few headlines since the start. Many people, especially taxi companies and drivers, have long been angered by the rapid growth of Uber. When they announced that they are heavily investing ...
DARPA’s DURUS Robot Walks Exactly Like A Human
Anyone who has seen the movie iRobot, starring Will Smith, probably thought, at the time, that it will be quite a while before we see bipedal androids walking around on the street. The fact is that we are not too far from it already. The work that DARPA and other robotics manufacturers are currently ...
Guy Spends $50,000 On A Robot That Looks Like Scarlett Johansson
If you can't get celebrities to wear the clothes that you design, what do you do? You can do what Hong Kong-based designer Ricky Ma did and build a robot that looks exactly like Scarlett Johansson. Ricky spent more than $50.000 to complete the robot and compared to pictures of Scarlet the robot is p ...
Autonomous Pizza-Delivering Robots To Start Trial In Europe
Ordering a pizza in the future could be a whole different experience than it is today. A new company by the name of Starship Technologies (pretty rad name) wants to turn pizza delivery into an autonomous business. Today, ordering a delivery pizza is a micro social endeavor, but it could soon be a th ...
New Robot Moves Like Water And Can Build Itself
How do you create a robot that can do pretty much anything? It is a task that thousands of researchers and home builders are trying to solve. For one particular individual, Alberto, the idea is as intriguing as the solution. Alberto's solution is a new robot called DTTO, and it looks like it belongs ...
OceanOne Is A Robotic Diver That Performs Like A Human
A team at Stanford University has developed what looks like a robot mermaid that performs like a human. It's called OceanOne and is a robotic diver humanoid that is developed to help explore and recover fragile artifacts from old wrecks, something that was previously impossible due to the limited te ...
This Two-Legged Human-Like Robot Can Do Anything You Can
A couple of days ago I wrote about the first fully bionic man and it seems to have struck a chord with you guys. The fact is that while he is the robot with the most advanced technological organs, he isn't very agile and can't even walk. He has an exoskeleton that helps him limp his way forward. The ...
World’s First Fully Bionic Man Is A $1 Million Robot
Researchers and developers have long tried to create the first fully bionic man with the help of highly advanced technology. We have seen them in movies for decades, but the mold seems to be from iRobot starring Will Smith. Japanese scientists say that we'll see personal robots in our homes in 2025 ...
$20,000 Personal Walker Robot Toy For Kids Will Annihilate Bullies
Each year toys get more advanced. It seems no matter how prepared I am, there is always a new groundbreaking toy I couldn't have foreseen. Unfortunately when toys become more advanced, the price goes up as well. Recently the average toy was approaching a price tag that borders on $1,000. That's noth ...
These Robot Plants Can Learn How To Grow Just Like Your Real Plants
The future of robotics is fascinating but creepy. Robots can be programmed to 'feel emotions' (or at least look like they can) and behave very much like people. We have seen a taste of what the world of robotics might be like someday in all the sci-fi movies we've watched. But what if it turns out t ...
Future Of Retirement: The Elder-Care Robot That Will Look After You
How would you feel about a robot looking after you in your elderly years? With an estimated 1.5 billion people expected to be over 65 by 2050, we would need about the same amount of people employed in the Aged Care industry to look after them all. That’s an astonishing projection of 30% of the popul ...
BrickPi Kit Turns Your Raspberry Pi Into Your Own Custom LEGO Robot
If you got your hands on a Raspberry Pi last year when they became available, you've probably had a lot of fun with it. Even though I've had my Pi from the beginning, it never gets old. It's always fun to tinker with it, and make it do things you never thought it could do. There are tons of tutorial ...
Trash-Powered Cleaning Robot Will Eat The Trash & Dirt In Your House
Many times I've imagined what it would be like to have a cleaning robot roam around my house all day, keeping it sparkly clean. In my mind, it was always a robot that looked like a person who was wearing a maid's uniform and carrying around a duster. Obviously I watched too many television shows wit ...