Komatsu's robotic mining truck completely dumps the driver

Komatsu's latest autonomous truck fully embraces the notion of unmanned operation by ditching the cabin and adopting a design that optimizes load distribution and doesn't distinguish between forwards and backwards. Komatsu began trials of its Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS) in a partnership...

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SenseFly gives its eBee agriculture drone bigger wings

A few years back, drone-maker senseFly launched its eBee fixed-wing drone with a firm eye on agricultural applications, though the drone's mapping capabilities drew the attention of those working on search and rescue applications, too. Now the company has announced an upgrade, the eBee Plus, which...

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Geek Speak: Mrithun Chockalingam

It’s Saraswati pooja day and most of them young students must be happy! It’s the only mandated day of the year when students are requested to NOT touch their books! And it is something of a calm before the storm because most of these students will be burning their midnight oil the very next day, Vijayadasami,...

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Panasonic uses human touch to transfer data

Panasonic suggests that because the data is traveling through the body and not through the air, secure transmission is assured In an age when digital information can fly around the connected networks of the world in the blink of an eye, it may seem a little old timey to consider delivering...

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Geek Speak: Balaji

Ah, finally the weekend of Navaratri is here! It’s been a week full of roboting for most of these students! With the schools drawn to a close for the pooja holidays, students have been caught up in making robots in line with the festival season. With Kidobotikz also setting up a robotics Kolu on the...

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Meet NASA's robot destined to mine Martian soil

After all, Curiosity could get some much needed company! Elon Musk and his private spaceflight company SpaceX recently outlined their plan to make space travel to Mars an affordable reality—just $500,000 for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet. To shuttle people to Mars (within the next decade...

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Kidobotikz @ DIDAC INDIA 2016

   “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards towards the technology” ~ Steve Jobs Going by the words of this tech-visionary, it makes sense that when you’ve got a wonderful product on hand, it is always wise to take it out there and get as many people to place...

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