The one-armed orange cyborg who goes by the name UBR-1 is perfect for your office, laboratory, or even your dinner party. The fantasy Jetsons life we once only dreamed of can now be yours for the sweet asking price of a $35,000. It may not be affordable for everyone, but this robot butler is just […]
In 2011, MIT senior John Romanishin told his professor, Daniela Rus, about his new design for modular robots involving brightly colored blocks which have no external moving parts, but can spin, hop, and assemble themselves into modular machines. Rus, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of CSAIL, told him: “That can’t be done,” but, […]