By Richard K. Noots A group of robot lovers decided to answer the age-old question, “Can a robot safely travel the United States without fear of slaughter?” This question was unceremoniously answered in less than a thousand miles with a resounding no. Within one month of HitchBOT’s travels he was found dead, like many others, in Philadelphia. The…
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This Man’s Cutting Edge Robotic Arm Design Will Help Amputees Worldwide to Perform the Impossible
By Anne Cacherell Meet Easton LaChappelle, founder and roboticist of Unlimited Tomorrow, a company whose mission is to create extreme technology at an affordable price, making it accessible to those who need it most. LaChappelle started showing interest in the field of engineering and computer science at the age of 14, when he created his…
Yes, Robots May One Day be Able to Feed You
By Richard K. Noots Carnegie Mellon University may be the site where the robot revolution begins. For the past decade, scientists here have been working on a new way of creating functional robots. Each joint piece of their Serpent holds the ability to control the robot itself, gather data, and link with it’s other parts via ethernet. What does this mean?…
Some People Think This May Be the End of Evolution
By Richard K. Noots We live in an age where we may just live to see one hundred and twenty. Prosthetic limbs are an example of something that may be outdated as science moves forward. New studies, like these bionic limbs Les Baugh is testing out, could be how we continue to exist for years…
Beer-Pouring Robot?! Yes, Please!
By Richard K. Noots So, leave it to a German to finally invent a beer-pouring robot. That’s right! A mere man sensed the plight of beers being poured in an imperfect manner, so he created a way to have the perfect beer pour every time! Of course, when we’re slave to our robot masters, I…
How We’ll Probably Go To School in the Future
By Richard K. Noots Jeffrey Kaji of Babylon, Long Island, was faced with a dilemma no one likes. He had to get his appendix removed so he, you know … Doesn’t die. On the bright side (or at least what most of us would consider a bright side), he has to miss about a week…