We have talked about our fair share of transforming furniture. But what about a furniture system that assembles and also morphs by ITSELF? Well, a resourceful scientist team at the EPFL Biorobotics Laboratory (in Switzerland) is looking forth to create what can be simply termed as furniture robots. These modular …
For many of us science fiction aficionados, robots are either glittering humanoid shaped machines or entities with unparalleled artificial intelligence (J.A.R.V.I.S anyone?). However, in reality robots remarkably have the capacity to be much more than that. Baffled? Well, according to Dr Tan Yeow Kee, a Singaporean scientist at the Institute …
Whenever we think about robots, we tend to have reveries of glimmering steel humanoids doing our biding. However, robotics also does play its part beyond science fiction, by simpler practical means. The Botany Bot designed by Team Arduino Garden is an apt example of one such practical domestic application of …
Our second Japanese conception of the day; and once again hats off to their ingenuity. And, this time as a surprise, the level is also notched up on the fun quotient with Takara Tomy’s ‘Dancing Face-Stand’ for iPhones. Basically, envisaged as an iPhone stand, the contraption doubles up as a toy …
Gone are the days when you have to clumsily bend and work with that unwieldy appliance better known as a vacuum cleaner. With robotics making its foray into the world of home based electronics, we have had a myriad of smart conceptions starting from automated kitchen tools to ambiance controlling lighting mechanisms. And now the …
