Remember the talking robot maid in Rocky IV? A decade later, we have been offered the opportunity to own man’s new faithful friend – the robot – courtesy Mitsubishi. However, Mitsubishi is not treading uncharted territory. It had experimented with its cute Wakamaru house bot a couple of years ago, but the company could find [...]

For decades science fiction writers have fascinated about a robotic age. In films they even moved a bit far away from the present, and have presented stories of robotic revolutions from time to time. It is always true that stories like robotic invasion and human fight back always been best sellers in the market. Success [...]

Ants are simple beings, but when foraging they present complex structures which inspire interesting solutions in this field (Soft Computing) Marco Dorigo This is the main reason why Marco Dorigo has devoted his life towards the research work into ‘Ant Colony Optimization and Ant Algorithms’ since last fifteen years. His work with robots imitating ant [...]

Information technology and business process outsourcing have become an important part of the global business arena. In spite of the recent economic downturn, the outsourcing industry has been able to register slow, yet steady growth. Operation costs, in most industries, had to be reduced due to the economic downfall. This had a direct effect on [...]

After getting acquainted with the world’s first creepiest robot CB2, today let’s peak into the German industrial robot manufacturer KUKA Robotics’ world’s largest and strongest robot – KUKA KR 1000 titan 6-axis robot. This latest robot is equipped with nine motors to generate mid-sized car-like power and can lift up to 1000kg. By keeping in [...]

We all know that robots come in various sizes and shapes, such as large, masculine wtc. Recently, Tomotaka Takahashi has created something more interesting. He has created a female robot with all the feminine movements. In Tech Epoch, last night he displayed his creation. Takahashi has impressed the crowd, as his FT(female type) made striking [...]

For years our wildest imaginations have depicted robotic forms in various media – movies, novels, and even games. In all of these depictions the robots were part of a future world, but with all the robot games and technology available today, the question must be asked – is the future now? For a long time [...]

Whenever I think of receptionists, I wonder why I always see hot women dressed up in tight fitting clothes. But that is a different topic for a different day and of course, for a different blog (wink). We all know that Japanese love robots. Japan’s leading technology company Misubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is offering companies [...]

It is the age of the machines, especially those that don’t exist in the realms of mundane imagination. Kudos to H.G. Wells, for conjuring up the concept of three-legged acrobatic robots, comes up with an idea inspiring the creation of STriDER (Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot) — a mean machine that knows how to ‘watch [...]

Technology has given us many advantages to make our lives easier. Microwave ovens, cell phones and personal computers are just a few innovations that a short while ago were only items in fiction. Now we have a new advancement in companions. Robot pets have become the latest rage. You get the fun and companionship of [...]