Robot News: Page 8

Tofu Robot Gently Handles Tofu Bricks Without Smooshing Them (June 27, 2013): A tofu robot gently handles tofu bricks with smooshing or dropping them. It can move 1,200 to 1,500 pieces of tofu an hour.

German Researchers Build Robotic Apes to Explore the Moon (June 26, 2013): German researchers have built robotic apes to explore the moon.

Spherical Robot, Called Rosphere, May Help Farmers Monitor Soil Conditions (June 25, 2013): A spherical robot, called Rosphere, may help farmers monitor soil conditions in the near future.

Researchers Use Kinect to Steer Cockroach Biobots (June 25, 2013): Researchers are using the Microsoft Kinect to steer cockroach biobots.

Harvard Researchers Build Fast Moving Microrobot and Centipede Millirobot (June 21, 2013): Harvard's Microrobotics lab has built a fast moving microbot and a centipede inspired millirobot.

Swiss Researchers Develop Robot That Runs Like a Cat (June 17, 2013): Researchers from the EPFL have developed a four-legged robot that runs like a cat.

Japanese Researchers Develop Air Hockey Robot (June 14, 2013): Japenese researchers have developed an air hockey robot which was built using a four-axis robotic arm and high speed cameras.

UC Berkeley Researchers Build Hydrogel Hand and Move Its Fingers With Laser Light (May 31, 2013): Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a light-controlled hydrogel. They created a hydrogel hand and manipulated it with laser light.

German Railways Plans to Use Small Flying Drones to Report Graffiti Vandals (May 30, 2013): Deutsche Bahn, a national German railway, plans to use flying robotic drones with infra-red sensors to report graffiti vandals.

Cornell University Programming Robots to Anticipate Human Activity (May 29, 2013): Cornell University is programming robots to anticipate human activity, such as opening the refrigerator door if a human is heading to the fridge.

Outdoor Test of Impressive Little Transformer Robot (May 24, 2013): A car morphs into a robot in this outdoor test of Transform Robot Ver7.2 by Kenji Ishida.

MIT's Cheetah Robot Now Second Fastest Legged Robot (May 18, 2013): MIT Cheetah is now the second fastest legged robot at 22 km/h. It is slower than the Boston Dynamics Cheetah robot, but more efficient.

French Developers Building Robotic Penguin Butlers Called robuPINGU5 (May 18, 2013): French developers are working on a line of robotic penguin butlers called roboPINGU5. They are adorable.

RHex is an Impressive Six Legged Leaping Robot (May 11, 2013): Researchers from University of Pennsylvania's Kodlab have developed RHex, a six legged acrobatic and leaping robot. RHex has C-shaped legs.

Japanese Researchers Build Female Robot for Detecting Bad Breath (May 10, 2013): Japanese researchers have build a female robot named Kaori that can detect whether or not you have bad breathe.

Tiny Robot Writes the Word Robot (May 4, 2013): This small robot, named Robophilo, writes the word

University of Maryland's Robo Raven Gets Attacked by a Hawk (May 3, 2013): The University of Maryland Robotics Center has announced the launch of its Robo Raven.

DARPA's Dexterous New ARM-H Robotic Hand (May 2, 2013): DARPA released this new video of its new dexterous robotic hand.

RoboBees: Harvard Researchers Develop Robotic Insects (May 2, 2013): Harvard researchers have built tiny insect-sized robots.

NASA's GROVER to Explore Greenland Ice Sheet (May 1, 2013): NASA is sending its Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research (GROVER) to Greenland to study snow and ice accumulation.

Japanese Scientists Build Baseball Playing Robot (April 29, 2013): Japanese scientists have built a robot that plays baseball using a large bat that looks like the cover of a fan.

Young French Engineer Builds Robot That Steals Things From Vending Machines (April 28, 2013): French YouTuber Ioduremetallique created a little robot that climbs up a vending machine.

Romibo Robot Project Introduces Cuddly Flashlight Following Social Robot (April 26, 2013): The Romibo Robot Project, developed by Origami Robotics, has released a video of its Romibo social robot.

Brain Scans Show Humans React in Similar Way to Violence Against Human or Robot (April 25, 2013): IEEE Spectrum reports that research presented at the International Communication Association conference in London found that humans react in a similar way to violence against a human or a robot.

Researchers Make FlipperBot, a Baby Sea Turtle Robot (April 24, 2013): Georgia Tech and Northwestern University researchers have developed FlipperBot, a robot inspired by baby sea turtles.