Started as an agricultural and mechanical land-grant college in 1872, Virginia Tech is a research university that offers 65 Bachelor’s degrees through its seven undergraduate academic colleges, 145 masters’ as well as doctoral degree programs through…
The INIA is an institute of agricultural research that has a mission to generate and transfer knowledge and global technologies to produce innovations in the agricultural sector and improve the competitiveness of the sector.
Founded in 2009, Skybotix develops autonomously navigating and safe miniature aerial vehicles for a number of applications, ranging from inspection of power plants, indoor reconnaissance, and scientific and educational applications.
Sandia National Laboratories is home to the ISRC, is the leader in developing miniature and macro-sized teleoperated and autonomous vehicles. With more than 26 years of experience, the Center responds to the challenges impacting the country’s security…
Virginia Tech Robotics Mechanism Laboratory developed a bipedal humanoid called CHARLI L. Having four limbs and a head, it can walk on uneven grounds and can kick a ball.
RoMeLa team at Virginia Tech developed a small humanoid called DARwIn-OP. Built on open source platform, it allows users to modify either hardware or software, or both.
Date Masamune is a miniature robot based on the legendary Samurai of the same name. JR Propo and Matsuyoshi Dolls created this robot, which is available for rent for expos and special events. Date Masamune has sword and body armor and cost 1 million yen…
The watch company, Citizen, developed a miniature soccer playing robot called Eco-Be. This wheel driven robot is powered by a watch battery and can move in any direction.
Panasonic in collaboration with ROBO-GARAGE developed a miniature humanoid robot called Evolta. It traveled from Tokyo to Kyoto while recharging its evolta batteries once a day.
The agBOT Challenge is contest to merge Technology and Agriculture to develop unmanned seeding devices. The event will be hosted at Gerrish Farms in Rockville, Indiana May 7, 2016
The International RoboBoat Competition is an annual event where students compete against each other using their own Maritime Autonomous Surface Vehicles to cross an aquatic obstacle course. It will be held from July 8 to 13, 2014 in Virginai Beach, USA. Tasks…
The CDR is one of the leading robotic research labs in the United States. The chief objectives of this robotic lab are to design, build, and show distributed robotic systems. Among the robots that they have co-developed is the UMN Scout robot, designed…
Tsinghua University offers various research facilities which focus on robot technology. Among their projects is the walking robot, developed by the university’s Robot Walking Group, which is a contender of the prestigious RoboCup competition.
Yamagata University in Japan is a distinguished institution that has won many awards. The university has a robotics lab, the Telerobotics Laboratory, which is seeking to add to the school’s honors. A researcher there has developed a wearable telepresence…
The CamCopter S-100 drone is being used in Eastern Ukraine to ensure proper involvement of pro-Russian separatists and Russia in accordance with the Minsk Protocol
SmartBot is an innovative robotics project involving Germany and the Netherlands to create a global knowledge hot spot for robotic sensing and doing business.
Sony released its first canine entertainment robot, the AIBO ERS-110, in 1999. It sold over 5,000 units in the first week. The AIBO ERS-110 has a memory stick that allows you to customize the toy robot. It can walk, show different moods and respond to…
BeRobot is a tiny entertainment humanoid robot created by GeStream Technology, Inc. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized it as the world’s smallest humanoid robot.
Elvina is a life-sized humanoid robot. It is fully independent, has a single board PC, and runs on Linux operating system. This robot also has 24 degrees of freedom.
The android robot EveR-3 has been quite the star in South Korea, appearing in several dramas. This lifelike robot has 16 facial expressions and can speak Korean and English.
Panasonic and ROBO-GARAGE developed Evolta car which holds the Guiness World Record title “The Longest Distance Covered by A Battery-Operated Remote-Controlled Model Car”.
The 6th generation of Dr Robot's android series, HR 6 can recognize faces, obey voice commands, read emails and do online research. It also sings, dances and tells jokes.
Japan's Yamagata University developed the MH-2; a wearable communication robot. It has a 360 degree 3D display and a motion capture environment, allowing a remote viewer to see what you see. The developers are looking for ways to reduce the bulk needed…
RoboWatch created a security robot called MOSRO MINI. This guard robot can navigate autonomously, avoid obstacles and operate for a long time due to connected charging station.
Singapore Polytechnic developed a team of soccer playing humanoids called Robo-Erectus. Powered by a lithium polymer battery, they can walk, run, climb stairs and kick a ball.