As the proof of our last year statement that robots are being developed to aid humans in their daily habits, the most popular articles in the last year were nearly all about robots which interact with humans or help us in our everyday lives. There were also many examples of robots whose operation or design ... »
Although it was originally released in 2005 as a robot meant for entertainment, the first time we wrote about little robot NAO was in 2009 in our article about 2009 RoboCup. Aldebaran Robotics recently surprised us and released a new and improved version of the NAO robot they dubbed NAO Next Gen. NAO Next Gen ... »
Honda Robotics, a newly established collective name used to represent all of Honda’s robotics technologies, unveiled a new version of their popular ASIMO humanoid robot. Its new autonomous behavior control technology allows it to continue moving without being controlled by an operator, and its improved algorithms and dexterity make ASIMO more practical in office or ... »
Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory team dominated the international robot soccer competition known as RoboCup 2011 which was hosted this past weekend in Istanbul, Turkey. Team CHARLI took first place at the Louis Vuitton Humanoid Cup, the Adult Size class with the humanoid robot CHARLI-2, and the Kid Size class with the miniature-humanoid-robot DARwIn-OP. ... »
A group of developers from the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is developing a robot capable to tell jokes. Before you skip this article thinking of insignificance of such robots in the future, you might need to know the developers plan to develop more effective personalities for everyday human robot interaction, help machines understand charisma and ... »
Here is an article with a theme this website mostly covers, and those are robots meant to aid in our everyday lives. Kawada Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have recently revealed the latest version of a robot they have been developing for 10 years. The newest version of ... »
PAL Robotics is a Spanish company, based in Barcelona, dedicated to the Research & Development of humanoid robots. It forms part of the PAL Group from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. After many years of study and various prototypes, the company is now commencing the launch and production of commercial products. The latest ... »
