Oct 14
Solar power is fantastic, sure. But while the tech behind solar panels is zooming forward
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Oct 13
Petting zoos are fun, but they can also be kind of sketchy. Is that rabbit being attacked by too many five-year-olds? Is that goat depressed? It’s awkward. But if the tactile experience were coming from robots and AI you might really be able to enjoy yourself.
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Oct 11
Maybe you thought that self-driving vehicles were a little bit further away, but check out this prototype machine gun, that will dispatch enemies from afar, without needing anyone to drive it.
The HDT Robotics Self-Driving Machine Gun uses a M240 machine gun and it can fire at a target at almost 500 feet away. Such a robot could help clear the way for soldiers to safely enter a battlefield, assuming it’s able to tackle the terrain us puny humans can. The prototype was demonstrated for the US Army, and you’ll notice that they have it chained up “for safety purposes.” Perhaps they learned a lesson from ED-209.
It can be a scary thought, having unmanned vehicle firing at enemies. So long as they remain firmly under human control, I guess it can’t be all bad.
[via Computerworld]
Oct 11
Remember that iStruct robotic ape
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Oct 10
As we see more and more technology enter the realm of the battlefield, the need for a soldier to run around on foot, dispatching of his enemies with his rifle or grenade, are starting to diminish. After all, there are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that can deliver an adequate amount of payload for certain measures, and this time around, the U.S. Army intends to use more robots on the battlefield with a robotic demonstration of a certain HDT, a self-driving machine gun robot.
This particular robot from HDT Robotics (hence its name) is ready to open fire an M240 machine gun at a target 150 meters away at your beck and call, and there were also other robots from notable names such as Northrop Grumman, 5D Robotics, iRobot, QinetiQ and Lockheed Martin being paraded, although not all of them would be harbingers of death, but rather, to demonstrate how they are able to maneuver through rough or wooded terrain, carry heavy loads and move autonomously. Will a robot be able to replace a human soldier on the battlefield eventually one of these day? We shall see, as time is always the great teacher. After all, robots never fatigue, and the loss of them would be more or less strictly monetary with no compensation to be paid out.
HDT Self-Driving Machine Gun Robot Being Tested original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 10
From the department of Innovations That Really Aren’t That Innovative comes a robotic arm that’s been customized and programmed to make a fresh pot of coffee—using a Keurig machine. That’s like building a robot designed to clean floors—by turning on a Roomba.
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Oct 10
It’s good form to send a thank you note when given a gift, but how many of us ever really manage to find the time to do so? A New York company called Bond Gifts assumes very few of us, so it’s created an app-powered robot with perfect penmanship that can hand write a thank you—or any kind of note—on your behalf.
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Oct 10
Many of us are so used to typing on our respective keyboards these days, that when it comes to using our very own hand to write down some notes for a loved one, it might be rather difficult to do so since our hands have for the longest time, not been writing down page after page of notes or letters. In fact, there is nothing quite like a handwritten note when it comes to thank you cards or a personal message, and we have a company known as Bond Gifts from New York that might just use technology to deliver old world charm. They have revealed a robot that will work alongside an app that will be able to move a pen back and forth, scribbling a 255-character message in cursive, making it look as though it hailed from your very own hand.
Not only that, it will be extremely neat in nature, and this was made possible thanks to a freelance font designer, Rob Leuschke, who has come up with this connective script fonts which has been carefully planned and thought out in the first place. However, Bond’s handwriting robot is more “human” than normal, since it is capable of writing each “l” differently, so that not every letter would end up looking the same as the rest of the pack. It sure as heck could have fooled me! Enjoy the video above to see how this writing robot app does wonders.
Bond Gifts Delivers Writing Robot App original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 09
Robots are stealing our jobs. Again. In fact, they’ve been stealing our jobs in one way or another since the dawn of the industrial revolution.
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Oct 09
Avengers, Assemble! That could very well be the rallying cry of MIT’s M-Blocks, which so happen to be a new class of robotic cubes which are aware of one another, and are fully capable of a self assembling process. This is the premise that was explored by the T-1000 in the movie Terminator 2, except that such a cyborg from the future was made out of liquid metal. Well, there is also the Transformers in the science fiction realm as well, where they are a race of humanoid robots that can transform into machines – vehicles especially. Just how far along is humankind to achieving such wonders? MIT’s John Romanishin, Daniela Rus, and Kyle Gilpin could have taken a wee step closer with the M-Blocks self assembling robotic cubes.
These simple yet independent modules are able to separate and recombine at will, letting you have the freedom to design a robot that will sport flexible functionality. The M-Blocks’ movement are self contained, which means there are no external moving parts. This is made possible thanks to a 20,000 RPM flywheel that will impart angular momentum to each cube, letting them make their way across the floor, roll over one another, and even have the ability to leap around. Hence, you get a system that will be able to join together to develop a shape, before breaking apart and assembling into a different shape altogether. Pretty neat, no?
MIT M-Blocks Are Self Assembling Robots original content from Ubergizmo. 
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