ARTPARK: From legged robots to advanced cargo drones, a look at India's first robotics parkARTPARK, India's pioneering AI and robotics hub established in 2020 within the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus, Bengaluru, aims t...
05 May, 2024, 11.17 PM IST
Tatas roll out cars out of acquired Ford India plant in GujaratTata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd (TPEM) rolls out the first Tata badged car from its new plant in Sanand, Gujarat, which was acquired f...
13 Jan, 2024, 01.02 PM IST
Team including Indian researcher wins 2023 Ig Nobel prizeA team of scientists from India, China, Malaysia, and the US has won the Ig Nobel Prize in the mechanical engineering category for their st...
15 Sep, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
IIT researchers develop robot for less painful, more affordable spine surgeriesThe project is India's first robotic system for spinal surgery - making such procedures right-first-time across skill level of surgeons and...
27 Aug, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Another round of Jenga? This new AI-powered robot may beat you at the gameThe robot combines vision and touch to carefully extract blocks without toppling the tower.
02 Feb, 2019, 06.27 PM IST
Meet FlyCroTugs: The flying robot that carries objects 40 times its weightThis device can heave open closed doors, making them useful for search and rescue operations.
25 Oct, 2018, 06.01 PM IST
- Novel underwater robot may boost research on marine life
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) US scientists have developed a novel soft, flexible and customisable sampling device that can help in the collection...
02 Aug, 2018, 04.14 PM IST
New soft robotic gripper can screw in light bulbsThe gripper is unique because it brings together three different capabilities. It can twist objects; it can sense objects; and it can build...
11 Oct, 2017, 12.43 PM IST
- Gecko-inspired robot gripper may help clean space waste
New York, June 29 (IANS) Researchers have designed a new kind of robotic gripper, inspired by the grasping ability of a gecko, to grab and ...
29 Jun, 2017, 06.47 PM IST
- Tactile sensors may help robots handle household items
London, June 6 (IANS) Scientists have mounted a sensor technology on robots to give them greater sensitivity and dexterity to help them man...
06 Jun, 2017, 06.50 PM IST
Expect robot industry to grow by 20-25%: RS Thakur, TAL ManufacturingIn an exclusive chat with ET Now, RS Thakur, Chairman, TAL Manufacturing, said that the company is looking to launch newer variation in cur...
11 Apr, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
NASA testing climbing space robot with sticky gecko feetInspired by geckos, NASA has equipped a climbing robot with next-generation sticky feet that could help them carry repair work on the ISS.
17 Aug, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
New method to give robots more dexterityEngineers at MIT, including one of Indian-origin, have found a way to impart more dexterity to simple robotic grippers using the environmen...
05 Aug, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Robotic 'hands' may boost cancer diagnostics, drug delivery"Scientists are forging new territory in the field of soft robotics. One of the latest advances is a flexible, microscopic hand-like grippe...
05 Feb, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
NASA's gecko grippers to grab space debris"The stickiness of the grippers can be turned on and off, by changing the direction in which you pull the hairs," Parness said.
23 Dec, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
Gecko-inspired 'Spiderman' sticky pads developedThey are also working with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to adapt the adhesive for use by robots, according to MIT Technology Review.
20 Nov, 2014, 05.50 PM IST
New sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterityThe sensor is an adaptation of a technology called GelSight, which was developed by lab of Edward Adelson from Massachusetts Institute of T...
21 Sep, 2014, 02.26 PM IST