Modern robots are driven by brushless AC servo motors

Almost all modern Robots are driven by brushless AC servo motors but many of the robots existing in industry use other drives. Pneumatics Many of the simple pick and place arms are driven by pneumatics. This makes them cheap but has the disadvantage of being difficult to control. Pneumatics are still used with a number of modern robots to drive end effectors. Hydraulics Hydraulic drives were used on a large number of...

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HydroBOB Puts the Scooter Underwater !

For those with no diving experience, or who don’t know how to swim, Andrew Sneath has created an underwater vehicle just for you. Offering a controlled environment, and the ability to breathe regularly thanks to a bubble around the rider’s head, the HydroBOB underwater scooter is perhaps not the most graceful device to ever descend beneath the waves, but it does look like a somewhat safe method to experience the joys of being underwater. The...

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Dubai to Build Underwater Hotel

Dubai’s thirst for crass civic projects and buildings cannot, it seems, be quenched. In the last decade, the emirate has cultivated an utterly strange landscape of isolated icons, each one more “spectacular”,”daring”, and “different” than the last.  From the vacuous iconicity of the Burj Khalifa to the ludicrous ambition of ”the World“, Dubai’s tolerance for an asinine and radically depoliticized architecture has yet...

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Laptop Kitchen: Portable Notebook Computer Cooks Food !

Desktop (or would that be counter-top?) kitchens are so 2000s. Drawing design inspiration from that most familiar of everyday portable devices, this conceptual kitchen-to-go contains a four-tier induction cooking element, built-in cutting board, ingredient grater and, of course, a touchscreen interface and wireless connectivity.  A few button touches bring up favorite recipes or new cooking ideas and nutritional information on ingredients...

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Will we ever create intelligent robots?

Walking, talking androids have been a sci-fi staple for decades, but as John Pavlus reports building one in reality is still a matter of getting the right parts and smarts. -We made you ‘cause we could. - Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you to hear the same thing from your creator? In Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s film about a space expedition searching for the origins of human life, the elegant, Lawrence-of-Arabia loving android...

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Its future electric roller skates

Because Americans are too damn lazy and uncoordinated to regular roller skate, Peter Treadway is trying to get these Electric Roller Skates into production. Just kidding, Peter. I mean, yes we absolutely balk at the idea of any kind of physical activity, but we want this because we f***ing love futuristic kinda shit! The spnKiX are controlled by a small wireless remote and can go up to 10 miles per hour. You can contribute to the cause...

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Anti-gravity platform

  This is one of the things that make you feel like you’re in a science fiction movie. In fact there is nothing magical or unbelievable but it makes a great effect. It is based on magnetic levitation of a magnet placed above another one. Power supply comes to the base platform. Once it is turned on, you can place the supplied globe in the air above the platform. It will hover almost an inch above the powered base and will rotate slowly....

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Touch Life In Future:

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