A team of American researchers from the Autolab group, led by Ken Goldberg developed a robot with great dexterity. Called Dex-Net, this robot composed of a neural network, a high-resolution 3D sensor and equipped with two arms (one with a suction pad and the other a...
Thanks to Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk, flying taxis are getting closer ! The start-up has chosen New Zealand to test its product especially for its uncongested airspace. Named Cora, this autonomous vehicule, designed for two passengers is powered by 12-rotor plane-drone hybride and takes off...
The state of South Australia has announced that it will create a network of thousands of solar-powered homes. Tesla was awarded a deal to install solar panels and batteries in nearly 50,000 homes over the next five years. Initial phases of the plan are already...
Hyundai is not only working on cars, planes or designing heavy equipment but they are also at the foreground of wearable robot technology. The company is bringing walking to paraplegics. Soon, people who have use of their arms but not their legs can use the Hyundai...
At Georgia Tech, science fiction has moved closer toward reality. Gil Weinberg, Minoru Shinohara, and Mason Bretan have developed an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to individually move the fingers of their prosthetic hands. They've been able to make detailed maps of small muscle movements...
For the first time, the Bugatti developers have succeeded in designing a brake caliper by 3-D printing. But that is by no means all. While the main material used for the additive production of vehicle components to date has been aluminium, the new brake caliper is...
Firstly the aim of this photovoltaic balloon is to make the humanitarian intervention easier by allowing the access to energy in a crisis situation. Inflated with helium in a few minutes, the balloon of 3 m diameter covered with ultra-light solar panels is sent into the...