Robots
Flying Mini-Robot Based On Solar Cells
A cool mini-robot designed and built by James Watt, but the best thing about this robotic insect is the fact that it flaps his wings with power coming from the sun. The dragonfly includes several solar cells and some electronic circuits. Interesting looking concept but this is not the only one from James. Can’t wait [...]
26Feb2008 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Animal Tests Could Be Reduced By Robots
Scientists got a new job for robots: they will replace the animals used for testing chemicals. This was the idea of the National Institute of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, which think that by using robots they will reduce the number of animals used for tests, costs and time. According to Dr Francis Collins, [...]
17Feb2008 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Glider Uses The Temperature Differences Of The Ocean To Propell Itself
U.S. researchers created the first green seagoing glider to explore the undersea environment. This glider uses the temperature differences from the warm surface and the cold deeper layers to power itself, and by using this kind of power it managed to cross for more than 20 times the 13,000 feet deep Virgin Islands Basin between [...]
11Feb2008 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Dubai Plans to Build Jurassic Park
Dubai never stops amazing us. The locals are planning to build a $1 billion Jurassic Park. The park will have over 100 robot-dinosaurs of various species. The park will be named as the “Restless Planet”. In order to impress the tourists, they want to portray the world like it was when dinosaurs ruled the world. In order [...]
18Dec2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Twendy-One, The Breakfast Serving Robot
The Japanese made an lovely robot called “Twendy-One” that is looking like ET. Shigeki Sugan, the Twendy-One’s designer said that this is the first robot that has so much system integration. This robot is smart enough to serve breakfast and to respond to greetings. In 7 years several million dollars have been spent on [...]
28Nov2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued