In 2006, researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University created a unique spider-bot capable of walking on water. The robot could ultimately be equipped with biochemical sensors for monitoring water quality or deployed with cameras for spying or exploration missions of ...

This 18 feet wide 8 feet tall robotic spider is the brain child of Industrial Designer Marcos Nolan from the University of Washington. The bulletproof robot is designed for high risk rescue operations in dangerous areas and war zones. Using ...

Boston Dynamics, a U.S. based robotic company, has been developing for the past several years a new four legged robotic mule which could carry equipment and supplies for ground forces moving in rough train. The prototype “BigDog” as it is ...

In the last several years robots have entered more and more areas of our lives. One of these new areas is medical treatment and surgery in particular where the high precision and stability of the robot can prove to be ...

South Korea is promoting an ethics charter for robots. The new ethical charter will set standards for users and manufacturers of robots and will be released later in 2007. The charter is being drafted by a five member team of ...

ASIMO, a 4 ft. (120 cm), 115 lb. (52 kg) Honda humanoid robot, is the world’s most advanced and recognizable. Despite what many think, ASIMO does not pay homage to Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov but is actually an acronym ...

Led by the Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute directed by D. Richard Blidberg, research teams at several institutions have developed the SAUV II, a solar-powered autonomous underwater vehicle for undersea observation and water monitoring. The SAUV has many potential applications including ...

Researchers Josh Bongard, Victor Zykov, and Hod Lipson from the Computational Synthesis Lab at Cornell University have developed a self-modeling robot that can generate successful motor patterns for locomotion by creating an “internal model” of itself and then adapt itself ...

Toyota i-foot – is an over 7 ft., two-legged, walking, mountable robot developed for three-dimensional mobility, with the ability to navigate staircases. The passenger climbs on, straps in, and drives it with a joystick. The i-foot is meant to carry ...

Fujitsu Enon Robot Worker –. According to Fujitsu “Enon” is an acronym of the phrase” exciting nova on network”, which conveys the robot’s ability to autonomously support customers’ tasks while being linked to a network. Fujitsu has been selling the ...