Tag: Robot
Boston Dynamics Handle robot dominates parkour on wheels in new footage
Boston Dynamics wheeled Handle robot received much fanfare earlier this month when DFJ partner Steve Jurvetson slipped us an early video from a company Keynote. Today we have more details on Handle in the form of a shiny HD video. We already knew Handle could manage some pretty sick hurdles and spins, but the new […]
Byrun, the walking, jumping, hopping robot, built using MapleSim models
Waterloo, Canada (PRWEB) February 18, 2015 In movies, robots can walk, talk, and even pretend to be human. Their real-life counterparts are considerably more limited. But this gap is closing, and Engineered Arts, a UK robotics company, is seeking to bring reality closer to fiction. Engineered Art’s current flagship product is RoboThespian, the robotic […]
University of Pittsburgh Team Publishes New Findings from Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Project
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) December 16, 2014 In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those unable to use their own arms, a woman with quadriplegia shaped the almost human hand of a robot arm with just her thoughts to pick up big and small […]