Hon Hai, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and owner of Foxconn, recently announced that it intends to build a robot-making factory and replace 500,000 workers with robots over the next few years.
It already has 10,000 robots busy at work in its factories, and the plan is to increase the number of robots to one million by 2013.
Hon Hai now has about 800,000 employees and a yearly revenue of about $60 billion. The company signed a letter of intent to invest $3.3...Read Full Story
This is amazing. Flying robots build a 19.7 foot structure.
The FRAC Centre in Orléans, France will for the first time host an exhibition to be built entirely by flying robots. Titled "Flight Assembled Architecture," the six meter-high tower will be made up of 1,500 prefabricated polystyrene foam modules. The exhibition has been developed by Swiss architect Gramazio & Kohler and Italian robot designer Raffaello D'Andrea, to inspire new methods of thinking about architecture as a "physical...Read Full Story
Still time to buy a robot for Christmas. While Roomba vacuums your living room, Scooba is scrubbing the bathroom floor, Verro is power washing your pool, and Looj is clearing out your gutters. You can kick back, catch the game, and the house will be spic-and-span just in time for the party. Prices are coming down, too. A few hundred bucks for many and up to a few thousand for the really slick and sophisticated ones.
Millions of home robots have been sold and are busy every day. Ava, an...Read Full Story
Just a quick video of a computer, powered by a phone solves a Rubic's cube in just over 5 seconds.It beat the human record of 5.65 seconds. LINK I love technology.Read Full Story
Orly airport in Paris, France is experimenting with "virtual" boarding agents who always smile, don't need breaks, and never go on strike. "Bonjour! I invite you to go to your boarding gate. Paris Airports wishes you a bon voyage," the image appears to say, while the name of the destination flashes in front of it.
The pilot project in July and has so far been met with a mix of amusement and surprise by travelers, who frequently try to touch and speak with the life-like video images that...Read Full Story
Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories throughout the United States. After a round of final tests, five of the systems will be shipped to medical robotics researchers at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Nebraska, UC Berkeley, and UCLA, while the...
Do you want a future where C-3P0 and his robotic pals do the driving as you text your friends the 411 on the next stop in a crosstown pub crawl? Minds capable of making this dream come true want your opinion.
Students with Stanford University's Center for Automotive Research hav …
Seriously, at a time of major budget cuts in the military and proposed layoffs for tens of thousands of proven combat veterans from the Army, it does not make sense to spend scarce defense budget funds on developing robotic dogs for the Army.Copyright Andrew Oh-Willeke (2012)
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/539153/analyzing_robotic) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Robotic Surgery Equipment Manufacturing in the US" report to their offering. With advances in technology, it was only a matter of time before robotic surgery became a popular concept in the world today. Robotic surgery, or computer-assisted surgery, involves the use of robotic systems...
They have made robots that talk, walk and speak like humans. Now researchers have taken another leap forward in android technology - with a robot that eat just like a human and, just like a human, has to visit the toilet. The team created a robot which ...
We’ve covered robotic exoskeleton prototypes in the past here on Inhabitat, but Ekso Bionics just announced plans to launch a fully-functioning commercial model by the end of the year! Think about it – within 12 months, this exoskeleton will help thousands of paraplegics trade their wheelchairs for the ability to walk again. Read the rest [...]
Robotic insights Swarms of tiny robotic aircraft using insect-style vision could be feasible in a decade, says an expert recognised for his work this Australia Day. Professor Mandyam Srinivasan of the Queensland Brain Institute has been made a Member of ...
KOHLER — Two F.I.R.S.T. Robotics teams — Droid Rage Team 3381, consisting of students from six schools in Manitowoc County and surrounding counties, and Robo Riot Team 3418, based in Plymouth and consisting of students from six schools in ...
The second device was a remote-controlled helicopter which can fly far away from its controller. The next device was a car powered by a solar panel. The fourth technological wonder was a miniature robo-tuk tuk, just like the Cambodian version. The last ...
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