Willow Garage developed what we can call as a “Beer Robot“: a robot that will not only grab a beer and bring it to you, but will also recognize your face and your preferred beer. The Robot can fetch the beer as well as open it and make it ready for consumption. Let us see the robot in action now:
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Home Robotics: Beer Robots
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Stanford’s Junior does parallel park with the right vigour!
Friday, May 14th, 2010Stanford Racing Team’s autonomous car can throw itself into reverse, jam the accelerator to the floor, and slam on the brakes at 25 miles per hour, sliding sideways into a parking space. This feature would sure be a bang for a buck, if car manufacturers get it approved by DOT in coming years.
[More at Popular Science]
AR Drone can be flown with an iPhone
Friday, May 7th, 2010Now we know iPhone can be used to fly drones. Yes, AR Drone has consumer plan. The AR Drone has four propellers, two cameras, and can be flown with an iPhone.
Watch now:
Sophisticated Heart Surgeries with Robotic Support
Friday, May 7th, 2010Doctors have carried out a life-saving heart procedure with the help of a sophisticated robot. Cardiologists in Leicester were the first in the world to use a new robot that practically fucntions as the doctor’s right arm. The procedure involved passing a thin metal wire along the patient’s blood vessels and into the heart.If the muscle misfires electrical signals, it would raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke, eventually complicating the entire operation, but this could be made easy using the machine. The current robot system is much simpler to use than previous ones and doctors can be trained in just 15 minutes instead of several weeks.The system costs is expected to be around £350,000.
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