European researchers have developed the AMAR III robot that can communicate with objects via the sense of touch without requiring a huge repository of instructions for each object it might come across.
Festo, a Germany-based company, has developed a robotic elephant trunk. Researchers at Festo were motivated by the structure and function of the elephant’s trunk and decided to revolutionize human-machine interaction, which is one of the biggest areas in robotics research.
National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has honored Daniel Messina, a student of Catholic Regional College in Sydenham, with NECA Electrotechnology School Student Award, for developing a bomb disposal robot.
Suraj Verma, a Master’s of Science student at Bradford University’s School of Engineering, Design and Technology, has developed a vision-controlled wire-free robot. It works on the eye-tracking technology in which navigation of the robot is controlled by human eye.
Sight capable robots seem to be flooding the market ever since Microsoft's Kinect motion controller went open source. Now, Willow Garage, a team of researchers and robotics experts, has paired Xbox 360's Kinect with a robot that is capable of gesture control.
As a part of its incentive for student participation in science, technology and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology, NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade department has decided to procure robots for extinguishing fire and has given up the previous idea of acquiring water monitors which can be remotely operated.
A team of Michigan University students have won the Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge and have received a research grant worth $750,000.
The requirement for increased automation in robotics seems to be encouraging programmers to experiment with robot applications. Not long ago, robots required numerous sensors to manoeuvre through even simple courses.
A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed Shimon, a marimba playing robot. It can also effectively communicate with humans during its performance.
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