CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
SINCE 2011 © ROBOT RABBI
In a basement of New York University in 2013, Dr. Sergei Lupashin wowed the room of one hundred leading technology enthusiasts with one of the first indoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) demonstrations. During his presentation, Dr. Lupashin of ETH Zurich attached a dog leash to an aerial drone while declaring to … Read More
Shortly after SoftBank acquired his company last October, Marc Raibert of Boston Dynamics confessed, “I happen to believe that robotics will be bigger than the Internet.” Many sociologists regard the Internet as the single biggest societal invention since the dawn of the printing press in 1440. To fully understand Raibert’s point … Read More
Last year, Intel partnered with Lady Gaga on the Super Bowl Halftime Show to showcase its latest aerial technology called “Shooting Star.” Intel did a reprise performance of its Shooting Star technology for Singapore’s 52nd birthday this past week. Instead of fireworks, the tech-savvy country celebrated its National Day Parade … Read More
Last week, we featured a robots the size of Linnaeus, and now at the prestigious Swiss institute of ETH-Zurich, Professor Bradley Nelson has created a device that is only a millimeter long. This micro-bot can be injected into one’s body (via standard syringes) and steered through external magnetic fields. Dr. Nelson’s first use … Read More
