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Robotic Cucumber Hand: Yummy or Not?

2008-08-29 11:24:35 by Priya Ganapati in Gadget Lab
 
...robotic cucumber hand, a styrofoam sheep and some other interesting creations in Pittsburgh. The easy to follow video list the ingredients as 5 seedless cucumbers, a round of cheese, basic kitchen utensils and a sensor sensitive to sound The result is a computerized cucumber hand that responds to sound. It's fun to watch though we are not...
 
 
 
 
 
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iRobot wins lawsuit against Robotic FX

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2007-12-21 20:27:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Robotic FX are finally over, with a federal court in Massachusetts ruling the Robotic FX had stolen iRobot's trade secrets, and another federal court in Alabama ruling that Robotic FX had infringed on iRobot's patents. In addition, the Massachusetts court ruled that Robotic FX had destroyed evidence and violated fair trade practices. iRobot...
 
 
 
 
 
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Tankpitstop- Robotic Arm to fill gas in your Car

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2008-02-08 05:46:05 by Cheryl in Gadgets Blog
...robotic hands called Tankpitstop, that are busy filling fuel in vehicles at the petrol pumps in Netherlands. Man, I wish even we had a few of these The Tankpitstop robotic arm is the brainchild of Dutch inventors, which uses a wide range of highly effective sensors together with a car database that guides the arm with the correct location of...
 
 
 
 
 
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SEGATOY Robotic Dog

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2008-02-10 18:00:13 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
...robotic dog which is capable of responding to various stimuli like touch, voice commands and even boasts the ability to track you as you move around it. This robotic pooch can move various parts of its body such as eyes, mouth and head, tail and even shake its paw while responding to voice commands just like a real dog would. Too bad it cant...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Ugobe Pleo Robotic Dinosaur Review

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2008-01-31 05:43:29 by Judie Lipsett in Gear Diary
...robotic-dinosaur-review When I was a kid, my parents bought me my first robot. Except this was in the early 70s, so it wasnt a real robot - it was a fuzzy effigy, a mechanized kitten thing . The kitten was tethered by co-joined wires to a long battery box which also served as a remote control. It could walk forwardstopwalk forwardstop; it...
 
 
 
 
 
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Scientists Developing Robotic Rats for Rescue Missions

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2008-02-13 17:08:07 by Michael in Medgadget
...robotic technology based on active sensing borrowed from nature. The inspiration? Rodent whiskers A statement from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel explains: Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic...
 
 
 
 
 
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In the glorious future, every surgeon will have robotic hands

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2008-05-19 17:54:04 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...robotic surgery assistants are allowing surgeons to perform the most delicate operations with swift precision Your average flesh-and-bone surgeon can keep his hands steady in increments of a few millimeters, but guiding a pair of robotic hands during a surgery enables an operating window microns-wide 50 microns, in the case of the NeuroArm...
 
 
 
 
 
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Monkeys Learn to Control Robotic Arms With Their Brains

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2008-05-29 01:33:43 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...robotic limbs. The control comes by way of an implant that is the width of a human hair. Using the robotic arm, monkeys are able to reach for, pick up and feed themselves marshmallows and pieces of fruit Our immediate goal is to make a prosthetic device for people with total paralysis. Ultimately, our goal is to better understand brain...
 
 
 
 
 
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Robotic Pool Cleaner

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2008-06-04 22:03:14 by Heather McLaughlin in Planet Gadgets Gadget Blog
...Robotic Pool Cleaner This model, sold by Hammacher will even climb the walls of the pool cleaning up debris such as sand, grass clippings, leaves and other materials that find their way into the water. Unlike other robotic pool cleaners, this one can clean a residential swimming pool up to 50 in one hour Scoring highest for features, the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Intel shows off robotic hand with "Pre Touch" object conformation

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2008-06-12 09:43:00 by Joshua Fruhlinger in Engadget