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If you’ve perused our website over the past several days, then you’re doubtless aware that we attended the International Conference on Robotics and Automation last week in Montreal. It was a fantastic event, and we’re pleased to now present w… Continue reading In photos: Rascally robots and kindred contraptions, at ICRA 2019
Although we’ve been seeing a lot of robots that are designed to deliver packages to peoples’ homes, most of those bots are stymied by houses’ front steps. Tokyo-based Amoeba Energy is developing a solution, in the form of a tracked robot that… Continue reading Soft-bodied robot could soon be climbing up to your door
Several years ago, California-based Willow Garage introduced a two-armed wheeled robot known as the PR2. It was designed for use in robotics research, but unfortunately the company has since gone out of business. Quebec-based Kinova Robotics has stepped in to fill the gap, however, with its Movo.
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Continue Reading Movo robot is armed for research
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If you like unsettlingly animal-like robots, then you’re probably already familiar with Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini. Well, it’s now in for some competition. Last week at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Chinese manufacturer Unitree Robotics showed off its Laikago quadruped.
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Continue Reading Unitree’s Laikago joins the growing robo-dog pack
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Continue reading Unitree's Laikago joins the growing robo-dog pack
You might think that most new robots are designed to head off into factories or other workplaces, but the fact is that many of them are made to be used in the lab, by robotics developers. That’s the case with EVE r3, although its successor ma… Continue reading Norwegian robot is made to help scientists – and seniors
We hear a lot about aerial and underwater drones, but ones that travel on the water’s surface … not so much. They can be quite useful, though, as we discovered when we recently checked out the Heron USV (unmanned surface vessel) at the… Continue reading Heron USV is to boats what quadcopters are to aircraft
Last time we wrote about the HyQ robot, it had just mastered walking and begun venturing into rough terrain. Now, its successor has do so with a three-ton passenger airplane in tow. Granted seven years of research and development have played … Continue reading HyQReal four-legged robot tows a three-ton passenger plane
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drones typically have four horizontal propellers for moving up and down, along with a vertical rear “pusher” prop for moving forward in more efficient fixed-wing flight. A new aircraft, however, uses the same four props for everything.
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Continue Reading Vogi VTOL drone uses swingin’ props to keep things simple and efficient
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Continue reading Vogi VTOL drone uses swingin' props to keep things simple and efficient
Back in 2013, we heard about an all-terrain walking robot known as RHex. Designed in a collaboration between McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, it used six flipper-like legs to scamper around. Now, its successor is taking t… Continue reading Flipper-legged robot runs, swims, and is ready to hit the bigtime
Amongst many other things, aerial drones are now being used to inspect high-voltage power transmission lines. Canada’s Hydro-Quebec public utility company, however, has developed what could be a better alternative … the LineRanger robo… Continue reading Power line-crawling robot may give drones a run for their money