Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found. These new insights on how biological systems stabilize could one day help engineers design steadier robots and improve doctors' understanding of human gait abnormalities.
Grishin Robotics, the first venture capital firm in the world that is focused on consumer robotics, announces its investment into the Boston-based hardware incubator Bolt, which helps hardware startups (including robotics and connected devices) with seed capital and an extensive mentorship program.
More than 80 FIRST LEGO League teams brought their robots, inventions and innovations to the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championships held in Oshawa and Waterloo. “Senior Solutions”, this year’s challenge, asked teams of nine to 14 year olds to develop innovative ways to help senior citizens maintain their independence and quality of life.
Over 200 student teams will compete in the 13th Annual NYC FIRST Celebration, March 7-9, 2013 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. A series of competitions will occur throughout the three day event culminating with teams advancing to compete in the FIRST Championship, April 25-27, in St. Louis.
A new European Union initiative will create an exciting new Grand Challenge for intelligent search and rescue robots. The euRathlon project is a three-year effort, funded by the European Commission.
The robotics research of Dr. Aaron Ames, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been featured in Design News.
GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. would like to update our investor community as to the activities we have been engaged in during the past year and anticipate this year. For over fifteen years GeckoSystems has dedicated itself to development of "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(tm)."
The AirBurr robot was demonstrated at the Techfest festival at IIT Mumbai in India and inspired thousands of curious visitors.
Researchers use combustible gases to power leaping machines
TOMY International, a leading global designer, producer and marketer of a broad range of toys and collectible products for children of all ages, previews its 2013 line-up at American International Toy Fair (booth #463). Leading with the introduction of several all-new toy brands, including the highly-anticipated Pokemon™ line, the high-tech Battroborg™ motion-controlled battling robots and Wild Stylz—the doll brand that's all about unlimited hair play, TOMY® expands its offerings alongside innovative additions across existing owned and licensed brands.
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