Robot stays on its feet despite punishment
It's another day of abuse for this poor robot named Atrias. If not being kicked around, Atrias spends hours being pummeled by balls. But, remarkably, through the abuse, the robot stays on its feet....
View ArticleHas This Australian Company Just One-Upped Carbon3D’s Super Fast 3D Printer?
It was just last week that we reported on a company called Carbon3D, who had just unveiled a “breakthrough” 3D printing process referred to as Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP)....
View Article'Robots on reins' could soon replace guide dogs: Machines use tactile sensors...
The small mobile robot is equipped with tactile sensors to lead the way. A sleeve on the user's arm then interpret signals sent back from the robot. These vibrations can reveal the size, shape or...
View ArticleTiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots
As nanotechnology makes possible a world of machines too tiny to see, researchers are finding ways to combine living organisms with nonliving machinery to solve a variety of problems. Like other...
View ArticleDesigner's toolkit for dynamic DNA nanomachines: Arm-waving nanorobot signals...
The latest DNA nanodevices created at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) -- including a robot with movable arms, a book that opens and closes, a switchable gear, and an actuator -- may be...
View ArticleArtificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart...
Engineers have taken a leaf out of nature's book by equipping an artificial hand with muscles made from shape-memory wire. The new technology enables the fabrication of flexible and lightweight robot...
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First Ever 3D Printed Thyroid Gland Announced by Russia’s 3D Bioprinting...
The advancements seen within the field of 3D bioprinting are simply staggering. With numerous companies spending millions of dollars on advancing such technologies, we are in the early stages of what...
View ArticleIntelligent robots must uphold human rights
There is a strong possibility that in the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligences (AIs), perhaps in the form of robots, will become capable of sentient thought. Whatever form it takes, this...
View ArticleIntelligent neuroprostheses mimic natural motor control
Neuroscientists are taking inspiration from natural motor control to design new prosthetic devices that can better replace limb function. In new work, researchers have tested a range of...
View Article#3 Avatar Technology Digest / Bionic hand, BioMicroRobot, 3D-printed bionic...
Welcome to #3 Avatar Technology Digest. And here are the top stories of the last week. As always we start our Digest with incredible news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence....
View ArticleGoogle Takes on the Challenge of Making Robot Surgery Safer
GOOGLE IS NO stranger to robotics or healthcare technology. The tech giant owns several robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics and its arsenal of robo-dogs and nimble-but-drunk bipedal bots. And...
View ArticleThe 'Interstellar' robot was actually a 200-pound puppet an actor carried on set
"Interstellar" director Christopher Nolan is a big proponent of making his movies look as real as possible. In “The Dark Knight Rises” he actually had a plane dropped from the sky to film the movie’s...
View ArticleNon-invasive brain-machine interface gets a grip on bionic hand control
A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH) has developed an algorithm that enabled a man whose right hand had been amputated to grasp objects using a bionic hand controlled by his...
View ArticleThis mechanical exoskeleton makes walking more efficient
For the first time, researchers can improve the way humans walk without using an external power source, according to a study published in Nature today. A boot-like exoskeleton that fits into a regular...
View ArticleSilicon nanoneedles could lead to "super bandages" that help blood vessels...
Researchers at the Imperial College London and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed biodegradable, silicon "nanoneedles" that can deliver genetic material to stimulate the growth of...
View ArticleGirl, 7, gets revolutionary new 3D printed prosthetic hand that cost ONLY $50...
Seven-year-old Faith Lennox never thought she needed a left hand; after all, she couldn't remember losing hers when she was only 9 months old. The 7-year-old, grabbed the replacement as soon as it...
View ArticleWith geomagnetic compass hooked to the brain, blind rats act like they can see
By attaching a microstimulator and geomagnetic compass to the brains of blind rats, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journalCurrent Biology on April 2 found that the animals can spontaneously...
View ArticleShould We Fear Artificial Intelligence? The Experts Can't Seem To Agree
Could machines that think someday pose an existential threat to humanity? Some big names in science and tech seem to think so--Stephen Hawking, for one--and they've issued grave warnings about the...
View Article#4 Avatar Technology Digest / 3D Bioprinting, Boot-like exoskeleton, BMI, 3D...
1) Russia-based company called 3D Bioprinting Solutions headed up by Vladimir Mironov, recently printed the first ever Thyroid (thAЙроид) Gland of a mouse, which could then be transplanted into a...
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NASA-funded program will use SPIDER robots to build a home for mankind in SPACE
The futuristic new system – dubbed SpiderFab – is being developed by a company called Tethers Unlimited. The system uses arachnid-like droids to construct large objects in orbit around the Earth or...
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