Robot drones, similar to the ones used in war zones in the Middle East, could be used for crime fighting in the UK. At least that’s what the police is calling for, as they launch the National Police Air Service today. Senior officer Alex Marshall thinks they are much cheaper than helicopters, can stay up [...]
SO! It’s half-term. Many of you are busy taking a well-deserved rest (STOP WORKING!) and some of you might even be thinking of visiting the museum. If you do, make sure you head to the Antenna gallery, on the ground floor, to check out Robots to the Rescue, a live event featuring an incredible robot that [...]
Have you ever visited the Antenna gallery at the Science Museum? It’s an ever-changing exhibition of science news and cutting edge research, where you can find out what’s bubbling and what’s buzzing, see some incredible objects (a dress made of thousands of paper cranes folded from the London Metro newspaper- how’s that for throwaway fashion?) [...]
A few weeks ago I posted about Robolobster, a mine-seeking robot modelled after a lobster for underwater bomb disposal. Now I come across another fantastic piece of robotic technology, that one day could be out there doing dangerous jobs so us humans don’t have to: a small spherical drone which can navigate the underground pipes [...]
Not entirely new, Robolobster has actually been in the works for some years. Is this not just the coolest/weirdest sounding technology ever? It’s a mechanical lobster that scurries along ocean floors, seeking out and detonating buried bombs. Scientists developing an underwater mine-detecting robot realised that nature had already done all the work in ‘designing’ a [...]
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