Showa Hanako 2 is a dentistry robot that will revolutionize the way students practice dentistry. The life like robotic patient sits in the regular dentist’s chair and gives the users almost the same stress that they would get while working on a human patient.
Researchers at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are currently developing a skin for robots that offer critical information to the robot. The artificial skin will therefore supplement the robot’s perception formed by gripping hands, infrared scanners, and camera eyes.
Microsoft’s Kinect has put robotics in the hands of the common man. The hardware is changing the robotics industry as new innovative applications for the product keep popping up.
President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The researchers from Tokyo have developed a Robot, named Sense-Roid, which hugs you in return for your hug.
Researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich have come up with an innovative robot, named ECCEROBOT-2, which is built on a solid yet flexible skeleton that is covered with mechanical muscles and tendons.
Custom Entertainment Solutions (CES) has launched a new animatronic head that closely resembles a human head.
Saskatchewan Science Centre has partnered with IBM to host the Saskatchewan Robotics Challenge. As part of the IBM Centennial year celebrations IMB’s subsidiary ISM Canada and Saskatchewan Science Centre will donate time and expertise in communities.
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have developed a child-like robot, named KASPAR. KASPAR stands for Kinesics and Synchronisation in Personal Assistant Robotics;
Is a robot going to take away Grandma’s job of making cookies? It sure seems that way when you see Bakebot at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence laboratory. The robot which was built by MIT graduate student Mario Bollini is a PR2 that can bake up a batch of cookies from scratch.
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