The Mechanical Turk was a very special machine, an automaton built in the 1700s to play chess. In reality, the “machine” was just a box with a chess board on top and a cupboard in the side. A puppet, intend to look Turkish, provided the drama. A slim human being could climb into the cupboard… Read more »
Business Insider suggests that the development of humanoid robots could be the space race of the 21st century. Remember the space race? In the mid 20th century, the United States and Soviet Union were in competition to put a man into space, to land on the moon, and, along with the race for dominance in… Read more »
Industrial robots are about to get a whole lot more dexterous. At the Hannover Messe, a leading international industrial technology trade fair, Bosch Rexroth’s innovative Smart Flex Effector stole the show, bagging the coveted Hermes Award 2023 for its groundbreaking advancements in robotic manipulation. This award-winning technology promises to revolutionize automation by granting robots a… Read more »
