When there’s a lock-down in South Korea’s Pohang prison there’s three guards which stand out from the rest – they are not human! The ‘Robo-Guards’ are roaming the corridors as part of their live-testing with the hope that automation will make prisons safer as well as making them cheaper to run. The five-foot tall, Korean-designed…
When there’s a lock-down in South Korea’s Pohang prison there’s three guards which stand out from the rest – they are not human! The ‘Robo-Guards’ are roaming the corridors as part of their live-testing with the hope that automation will make prisons safer as well as making them cheaper to run. The five-foot tall, Korean-designed... [more]
Have you been holding out for a Sphero? You know, everyone’s favourite smartphone-controlled robot ball? Well, it’s all set to roll out to the UK and 95 other countries. Sphero is one of those items that is set to be the next big thing – mark my words! This is why I am excited to... [more]
If you want to avoid getting caught for pirating then your network has to be ninja stealthy. If your network literally moves around then that’s got to help. How about drones with wireless internet links? Electronic Countermeasures, a project from Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, a London thinktank has done just that. Electronic Countermeasures has created an... [more]
Everyone loves Lego. RD-D2 is probably one of the most lovable droids to hit the silver screen. These are both facts. Bring them both together and then you have genius! It might not be as flashy as the Ultimate R2-D2, be controlled by your voice or a lightsabre for that matter, play Xbox 360 games... [more]
I’ve just written about Real Steel inspiring a motion controlled boxing robot and now here’s Iron Man’s suit being created by NASA, well, the gloves anyhow. NASA and GM’s have teamed up in order to develop a robotic glove which will make working with heavy tools much easier. The Human Grasp Assist device, or K-glove,... [more]
Have you watched the Hugh Jackman robot boxing flick Real Steel? Did you want to go out and build a giant boxing droid? Well, Naoki Maru did. Maru and his son recently showed off a kid-friendly version the Real King Kizer robot which utilises a new master-slave control system inspired by the film Real Steel.... [more]
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