Managers of large power plants strive to ensure outage optimization, lifetime extension and outage reduction due to which turbines, generators, pressure lines and boilers undergo risk and condition assessment continuously.
By Kalwinder Kaur
16 Jul 2013
Boston Dynamics have created a 6’2 humanoid robot, ATLAS - one of the World’s most advanced robots. At 330 pounds and anatomy put together with sensors and actuators, this automated giant is operated using a human controller.
By Kalwinder Kaur
12 Jul 2013
The DC motor is considered the heart of a robot and is the main driving force behind moving an artificial structure.
An elementary school teacher in the US has prompted global interest by recently publishing a number of fun, thought provoking and creative videos of a Robotic face constructed from 3D printed parts designed to engage pupils in in the class room.
By Nick Gilbert
10 Jul 2013
Researchers at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth have developed the Yeti Robot - a battery-powered four-wheel drive rover designed to explore treacherous terrain at research sites in Greenland and the Antarctica.
By Kalwinder Kaur
10 Jul 2013
Rehabilitation robotics is a branch of robotics that focuses on the development of machines to help people recover from severe physical trauma.
Human-robot social interaction plays an essential role in extending the use of robots in daily life. Robots will be able to perform a lot of additional tasks if they possess the gift of social interaction.
By Kalwinder Kaur
5 Jul 2013
An automated car, also known as a robotic or self-driving car, is an autonomous vehicle that has an ability to sense its surroundings and navigate without requiring any input from an operator.
By Kalwinder Kaur
28 Jun 2013
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), also called as unmanned underwater vehicles, is a robot that performs underwater survey missions such as detection and mapping of obstructions, rocks, submerged wrecks without the need for input from an operator.
By Kalwinder Kaur
26 Jun 2013
In this modern world, several tasks that are considered dangerous or dirty are likely performed by autonomous and robotic systems. Autonomous systems exhibit high precision, efficiency and reliability, and perform the task without human intervention.
By Kalwinder Kaur
26 Jun 2013