Each of the jointly-developed Robonaut’s four-handed hands has five brushless motors that add up to provide 13 degrees of freedom.
Category: Industrial
IBM is developing a nanoscale GPS
The company is bringing the accuracy of magneto-resistive detection down to the micrometer scale.
IBM has invented a cloaking device to conceal military vehicles
The stealth matrix disclosed in one of its latest patent filling reveals the specifications for a futuristic stealth matrix capable of hiding military vehicles both in motion and at rest.
This Italian exoskeleton could revolutionize physiotherapy
Researchers at at Rome’s Università Campus Bio-Medico have found a better way to
Microsoft is helping developers build robot brains
Microsoft’s autonomous control division has developed a controller that will enable robots to automatically steer out of the way of any human who happens to wonder into their path.
Google has been granted government funding to pursue its airborne wind turbines
A newly published patent filing suggests that airborne power generation has come a very long way since Google took over the initiative two years ago with its acquisition of Makani Power.
This Japanese invention will help prevent freak robot accidents
It’s the sensory-enhanced industrial automation equivalent of shrink wrap, if shrink wrap was designed to protect people from the electronics inside and not the other way around.
LG’s next-gen solar cell is incredibly efficient
A special alloy applied to the bottom reflects stray photos that managed to dodge past the electrons in the cell on the first go back up for photoelectric conversion so to increase energy efficiency.
LG’s future monitors will cool themselves
The programmatic cooling system in LG’s latest display patent will put your computer fan to shame.