This tech company will pay $ £100,000 if you let a robot use your face Geomiq, a UK based machining start-up, is currently offering a £100,000 (about $130,000) challenge wherein they are looking for a ‘kind and friendly’ human face that could be used for a new line of human-looking […]
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This Bengaluru school has robots as teachers and teachers as mentors A humanoid robot teaching in a Bengaluru school in India could perhaps be the first in the country to be a teacher assistant. Meet Eagle 2.0, a humanoid robot, who was introduced as an assistant teacher in Indus International School in […]
Technological advancements in the past three decades have completely transformed the lives of human civilization. What once seemed like a futuristic sci-fi movie is now becoming a reality. Well, if you want to welcome a robot to your family, then you are reading the right article. So in no particular […]
Report: 20 million manufacturing jobs to be displaced by robots by 2030 Robots are set to take over up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world by 2030, according to private British-based research and consulting firm, Oxford Economics. This means robots could displace about 8.5% of the global manufacturing […]
Boston Dynamics is a well-known American engineering and robotics design company. Recently, Boston Dynamics published a video that showcased a robot fighting back against humans. As you might have guessed, the video went viral and at first sight, it seems threatening as well. Well, the entire video was a parody […]
Meet India’s first Robocop, KP-Bot Anyone visiting the police headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala will now be greeted by a humanoid robot, as India has launched its first ever robocop in its police force on Tuesday. This is the first police department in the country to use a robot for police […]
Sony’s adorable aibo robot puppy returns with a hefty price of $2,899 Sony’s robotic pooch aibo is making a return to the U.S., with the “first litter” of aibos scheduled to be released in September, Sony announced in New York on Thursday. For those unaware, aibo is a series of robotic pets designed and […]
Russia’s ‘new walking robot’ is bulletproof ‘soldier suit’ with claws Do you remember those bulletproof robots holding weapons in its giant claws in sci-fi movies like Avatar and Robocop? Now, Kalashnikov Concern, Russia’s most famous weapons manufacturer, unveiled a new state-of-the-art military robot at the Army-2018 international forum at the […]
In 2014, PMMI (Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute) published a report indicating that 2 out of 3 manufacturing locations had palletizing robots installed or planned to install the robots at a future date. Palletizing is basically taking the packaged product and assembling it for transport by loading it on a pallet […]
Honda’s ASIMO robot to breathe its last as development ends Japan’s public broadcaster, Nikkei Asian Review has reported that Honda, a major automobile manufacturer, has halted the development of the famed humanoid robot “ASIMO”, as it plans to focus on the development of practical robot technology to use in areas such […]