Now, an intelligent robot that recycles waste

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 16:54

Finnish technology company ZenRobotics has created a recycling robot that could help address the escalating global waste problem.

US Army develops realistic robot bird

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 18:25

The US Army has developed a realistic robot bird that has even tricked real flocks and hawks to attack it midair, making it a potential unsuspecting future war agent.

Soon, robots to walk like humans

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 14:24

Scientists have developed a new robot that replicates normal human foot movements more closely than ever before.

Now, robot that knows when you need a refill

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:29

Two Indian researchers from Cornell`s Personal Robotics Lab have helped develop a robot, which offers a helping hand to humans by anticipating their action.

Robots learn to take proper handoff

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 17:17

A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion, thanks to a new method developed by scientists.

Now, robot bartender to serve cocktails

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 15:40

Scientists have developed a robot that can act as the perfect bartender - from shaking a martini to slicing a lemon.

Robot explores Mexican archaeological site

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 13:13

A robot that weighs just 25 kg is helping scientists explore the underworld of Teotihuacan, an archaeological complex.

Now, robot that can `discover` new objects on its own

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 18:14

More than a good eye! Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have developed a new `smart` robot that can analyse and learn about new objects on its own.

Now, smart robot that tends to your every need

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 20:11

Indian-origin researchers have developed a new `smart` robot that can predict human actions with surprising accuracy.

Japanese humanoid robot reappears at Osaka store

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 16:16

A Japanese female humanoid robot, designed as a 26-year-old pop idol and equipped with new skills to recognise words and have conversations.

`Smart` artificial skin could give robots adaptive sense of touch

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 19:52

Using bundles of vertical zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals.

China to build robots at new industrial base

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 15:26

China will establish a new industrial base in northeast Liaoning province that will mostly develop robots and other intelligent equipment, officials said.