Ukuvakasha kwalesi makerspace ngaphandle kwaseDenver naseBoulder, eColorado kwenzeka ngoSepthemba 2019, kusasele isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuthi i-COVID-19 ivule izikhala ezinjengalezi emakhanda abo. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube namuhla, iTinkerMill ivulekele ibhizinisi, noma ngabe kunezinyathelo ezithile zokuqapha ezikhona. Thatha ukubuka ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhala esikhulu, futhi esihlome kahle kuvidiyo engezansi nge…

I-Roam Robotics yenza izinto ezinhle eSan Francisco, eCalifornia, futhi lapha sithola okukhethekile, ukubukeka kwangaphakathi! Umkhiqizo wabo wokuqala wokuhweba uyisikebhe samarobhothi ongazama kuso kule sizini ezayo. Funda ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuthi isebenza kanjani futhi ubone ngaphakathi kwehhovisi likaRoam. Noma, ungabuka i…

Njengoba ngihamba emhlabeni wonke ngifuna amanye ama-HW nerds, ngiyajabula ukuhlanganyela nawe lokho engikutholile, mfundi othandekayo weSolidSmack. Kule ndatshana, ngikulethela imicimbi nezinhlangano ezihamba phambili ozozihlola endaweni yaseSan Francisco Bay. Lapho ngaphezu, mhlawumbe, noma kuphi, igama elithi "tech" lihlangana ne "software". Noma kunjalo,…

Ngenkathi isintu senze intuthuko enkulu ekwakheni izithasiselo ze-Terminator-ezinjenge-robotic, siseyizindlela ezisuka engalweni yokufakelwa ehamba futhi isebenze ngokufana nesengezo senyama negazi. Noma kunjalo, iqembu labachwepheshe be-MIT lisanda kwakha i-robot gripper engasiza ukuvula indlela eyodwa. I-Origami Robot Gripper iyingalo eyirobhothi…

Ngenkathi izinhlelo eziningi ze-AI ezisuselwa eMhlabeni zenzelwe ukugcina esikhundleni semisebenzi yabantu, i-International Space Station yeNASA njengamanje ihlola izinzuzo ze-AI ngakho osomkhathi bayo bazoba nomuntu abazokhuluma naye. Ngemuva kwakho konke, isikhala singaba nesizungu kwesinye isikhathi, futhi ubone njengokuwukuphela kwento phakathi kwakho nolasha omnyama…

Ngamaholide nje sekusele amasonto ambalwa, mhlawumbe yisikhathi sokucabanga ukuthi iziphi izipho izingane ezincane empilweni yakho ezingazithanda. Uma bengena kumarobhothi, mhlawumbe iBellrobot's Mabot Plug-and-Play Modular Robot yilokho okufunayo. Impela iyikhithi yokufunda esekwe ku-STEM, kepha kulula ukuyihlanganisa bese uyihlela…

Ukukwazi ukukhuluma nabangane nezihlobo kusuka kude nge-Skype noma i-Facetime konke kulungile futhi kuhle, kepha akunakho nje ukuxhumana komzimba okutholayo lapho umuntu eseceleni kwakho. Kuhlanganiswe nemizuzu embalwa yokuqala kuchithwe ukumemeza ukubona ukuthi umuntu angakuzwa yini phezu kwe…

Noma behambe ibanga elide ngesikhathi esifushane, alikho irobhothi lokusesha nelokutakula elingathatha isikhundla sekhono lomuntu womlilo — okungenani, hhayi okwamanje. Ngaphandle kwamakhono angcono okwenza izinqumo, abantu abaxakekile uma kuziwa ekususeni imithwalo esindayo kulabo abahlukunyezwe yinhlekelele. Noma kunjalo, zingabantu nje,…

Abaphenyi abavela ku-UC Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab bebematasa bethuthukisa irobhothi labo le-Salto jumping kusukela laqala ngo-2016. Emuva ngaleso sikhathi, irobhothi lalikwazi ukweqa ezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu, kodwa lalinenkinga yokuqondisa futhi lalingagcwalisa kuphela ukweqa okumbili kulandelana ngaphambi kokuphahlazeka. Abaphenyi selokhu baxazulula izingqinamba zokuma nge…

Ngenkathi abantu abaningi bethi indlela engcono yokwenza i-burger ngesandla, iningi labo kungenzeka alikwenzi kaninginingi nsuku zonke. Abanye abantu bathanda ukuphenya patties kakhulu njengeSpongebob Squarepants, kepha ngokungafani nesiponji sekhathuni esiphuzi, kungenzeka ukuthi bafuna okuningi empilweni kunokuzwa iphunga…

Phakathi nenkathi yokuziphendukela kwemvelo, impilo yezitshalo isiyinkimbinkimbi ngokwedlulele. Kukhona izitshalo ezidla inyama, izitshalo ezinobuthi, i-heck, kukhona nezitshalo ezizifihla ukuze zibukeke ziheha kakhulu ukuthola impova noma zifihle izilwane ezidla ezinye. Kepha akukaze, kube khona, isitshalo esivele sikhona esikhula imilenze. Ngemuva kokubona ujongilanga ofayo ku…

Kungenzeka ukuthi asikaze silithole ithuba lokwakha amarobhothi wamaphupho ethu njengezingane (izinyembezi), kepha lokho akusho ukuthi izingane zethu zalesi sizukulwane kufanele nazo zilahlekelwe. I-STEMI Hexapod iyi-robot ekhanyayo yokuzenzela. Futhi ngaphambi kokuthi uthi kubukeka njengesicabucabu semishini, qaphela leli robhothi kuphela…

Njenge-Avengers: Infinity War yenza indlela eya ebhokisini-ichitha ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaholo omhlaba jikelele, akumangazi ukuthi i-movie ye-superhero ikhuthaze ibutho elincane labadali ukuthi linikeze izigqoko zabo zokwakha futhi lenze ukuhumusha kwabo i-iron-clad iqhawe elikhulu. Phakathi kokunye umsunguli wegaraji le-wacky eliyintandokazi le-SolidSmack…

Kugcine kwenzekile. Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi bephuthaphutha emilenzeni enezinyawo ezine futhi begxuma njengeziguli ezinenkinga yasemhlane, ekugcineni amarobhothi asefunde ukugijima ezindaweni ezimbi. Ama-ACHIRES (amafushane ngokuthi “Isistimu Yesivinini Esicubungula Ngokushesha Esebenza Ngokucwaninga”) yi-Ishikawa Senoo Laboratory egijima irobhothi uhlelo olusebenzisa ikhamera enejubane elikhulu ukuthola ukuma kwemilenze…

Kusukela kumamodeli asabisayo we-Terminator asuka eBoston Dynamics kuye kweYaskawa-kun eJapan, ayisikhilimu esabeka kangako, akunakuphikwa ukuthi iminyaka yosizo lwerobhothi isisondele. Lokho kusho, njengabantu — azikho izinhlobo ezimbili zamarobhothi ezifanayo. Futhi iyiphi indlela engcono yokuvivinya ubuhlakani belirobhothi elilodwa kusuka kwelinye kune…

Sihamba phansi eSolidworks World 2018. Umuntu kumele abone umbukiso we-Easton LaChappelle's Unlimited Tommorrow (UT). Ukhipha imishini ethile yokufakelwa emangalisayo! U-Easton eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala ube nentshisekelo kumarobhothi lapho afaka khona isitho sokufakelwa samarobhothi embukisweni wesayensi. I-epiphany yakhe maqondana nendima yakhe yesikhathi esizayo emhlabeni…

Ngenkathi cishe noma iyiphi i-tech noma i-junkie ewumshini ingalazisa irobhothi elikhulu eli-hulking, umuntu kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ashiye indawo yokubabaza abafowabo abancane. Impela, amakhulu angaba ngcono, kepha amarobhothi amakhulu awahlali enezinga lokunemba amarobhothi amaningi amancane afakwa ngalo. Amarobhothi e-Delta aqukethe izingalo ezintathu ezilawulwa ngawodwa ezixhunywe ku…

Amarobhothi. Ziyi-freakin 'yonke indawo kulezi zinsuku, ndoda. Ngenkathi singakabi sesimweni se-iRobot noma i-T2: Isimo Sosuku Lokwahlulela, ukuthola ukuqonda ukuthi basebenza kanjani ngaphakathi-ngaphakathi kuyikhono elizokhula liphatheke kalula. Futhi ambalwa amapulatifomu angcono ukuntywila ngamakhanda kune-mBot, ipulatifomu yamarobhothi efundisa ngobungani emhlabeni.…

Njengoba izindlela ezivamile zokusakaza zisifundisile, indlela engcono kakhulu yokwenza ngokuthembekile ukuphindaphindwa kwanoma iyiphi into ukuqala ngesikhunta esinembile futhi esiqinile. Ofundweni lwabo lwakamuva lwendwangu ehlolisisa impahla, noma kunjalo, abaklami uJoseph Sarafian noRon Culver bafuna ukwenza okuthile obekungajwayelekile. Isebenza ne-plug-in ye-Grasshopper…

Kwabanye, ikhona kuphela uma ifaka izindunduma zebhekoni kanye nesitaki esishisayo samakhekhe ashisayo agcwele isiraphu. Kwabanye, kulula njengesitsha sikakolweni osikiwe kanye nedlanzana lamajikijolo. Akunandaba ukuthi uyilungiselela kanjani, kodwa, amathuba okudla kwakho kokuqala kosuku akuyona into emnandi kakhulu…

Njengoba ithathwa ngabaningi njengerobhothi lokuqala lomthengi, iRobot's Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot ithengise ngaphezulu kwamayunithi ayizigidi eziyishumi selokhu yethulwa ngo-10. Izolo, iRobot imemezele ukuthi labo asebethembele ekuhlanzekeni okuzenzakalelayo manje sebezokwazi ukuncika imishini yokugunda eyirobhothi ezenzakalelayo lapho be…

Uma kungenzeka ukuthi ubuseLondon Design Festival ekuqaleni kuka-2010, kungenzeka ukuthi umiswe ukufakwa kukaClemens Weisshaar no-Reed Kram OUTRACE - obekumema umphakathi jikelele ukuthi uphathe amarobhothi ayisishiyagalombili ezimboni abolekwe kulayini wokukhiqiza wakwa-Audi futhi uwasebenzisele ukubhala imilayezo yokukhanya yomuntu siqu erekhodwe…

Ngenkathi silinde izinja namakati ethu amarobhothi, amaJalimane aqhamuka eZoobotic asebenza ngokusilethela amarobhothi wesicabucabu abizwa ngokuthi yiZURI. Isinambuzane esifana nerobhothi-kit sikunikeza ithuba lokuthi ekugcineni uqale ukusebenza ebuthweni lezilwane zakho ezifuywayo. Kubonakala sengathi iphefumulelwe yi-IKEA ne-Origami enomthamo onempilo weSci-Fi isitayela, i-ZURI iqala…

Kuzo zonke izimo zerobhothi ze-apocalypse eziwela emqondweni wakho nganoma yiluphi usuku olunikeziwe, ngubani obengacabanga ukuthi eyodwa kuzoba yibhotela elizimele, elirabha nelinemilenze emine? Ngomklamo obukeka ufana nesidakwa sobuso buka-Alien kunokudalwa kweDarpa, irobhothi elithambile aliqukethe amathambo aqinile futhi lingahambisa wonke ama-intshi angama-25 we…

Sonke sizibonile izithombe ezahlukahlukene namavidyo kliphu wamarobhothi kulayini womhlangano womkhiqizo kusuka ezimotweni kuya kumathuluzi ephaketheni. Ngenkathi amarobhothi esize ukuzenzekelayo inqubo yokukhiqiza, kunemininingwane embalwa ekhona mayelana nokuthi ikusasa kungenzeka liqonde kuphi ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi imibono yesayensi ezungezayo. Ngenkathi kungekho ofuna ukubona umuntu elahlekelwa ...

Umama ongcwele wezinto ezisunguliwe! IMilling Machines eklanywe ngu-Arthur Sacek iyajabulisa kakhulu ithumela izixhumanisi ezifundeni zethu ezisezansi. Kubi kakhulu ukuthi u-Arthur akafuni ikakhulukazi ukuxoxa ngendlela ayakhe kahle ngayo imishini yakhe, kodwa siyazi ukuthi njengelungu leZOOM Education for Life yaseBrazil, u-Arthur ungungqondongqondo.

Ifile kangakanani inhlanzi yakho? Njengokuthi, ingabe uyahambahamba, uyithenga ikhola yokulandelela kanokusho enekhamera noma uyondla esitsheni esigcwele idayimane? I-Blah, azikho izaba, okuncane obungeke ukwenze ukuyitholela isethi entsha yamasondo futhi wakwenza wazimela. Yup, ukube ngabe utshale imali…

Sikhishwe ngokuphelele nge-OutRunner - IWorld's RC Running Robot, kinda isikhumbuza iRoadrunner evela emakhathuni eLooney Tunes! Ukuphela kwento elahlekile yi- "beep-beep"! Noma kunjalo, imisindo eceleni, le phrojekthi yeKickstarter ikhahlela imbongolo ethile, ngenxa yamavidiyo amnandi abonisa amathalente e-OutRunners. Sifanele…

Ngenkathi iRobotChallenge imemezela ukuthi izobambisana ne-Arduino ne-RS Components ye- "Hack the Arduino Robot" yalo nyaka ukuncintisana, abavikeli bekhukhwini badubula baya esibhakabhakeni. Futhi ngesizathu esihle. Umncintiswano we-11 waminyaka yonke weRobotChallenge ufaka izinto ezintsha, futhi ngokungagwegwesi, ezinwabuzelayo, nezidalwa zamarobhothi, ezikhulisa ibha ngalokho i-Arduino-bots elula engaba yikho.…

Yebo, uzwile lelo lungelo. Hhayi eyodwa, hhayi amabili, hhayi amakhulu amathathu, kepha ama-908 amarobhothi angahlola ukuthi yini engcolile ekhaya lakho futhi… kahle, akuhlanzele indlu. U-Adrian Perez Zapata oneminyaka engama-23 ofunda ukuklama izimboni usanda kuthatha indawo yokuqala emncintiswaneni we-Electrolux ka-2013 Design Lab lapho umqondo wakhe 'uMab' uhlola khona inethiwekhi yezinyosi ezishintshayo…

Ngiyazi abantu abaningi abebengavumela ukukhamuluka okugobhoza igazi uma ubatshela ukuthi 'iSithwalambiza' sisehlombe labo. Ikakhulu, uma ihlombe labo belicindezelwe phansi yilesi silo esikhulu. IMantis Robot ukwakhiwa komklami uMatt Denton. Akuyona irobhothi ejwayelekile futhi akayena umklami ojwayelekile. Mat…

Kuvunyelwene. Ezivivinyweni zesayensi ezenziwe egumbini lokuhlala lomndeni, izingane ezintathu kwezintathu ziyavuma ukuthi leli robhothi lipholile. IMorphex inebhola elinobuhle elinemilenze eyisithupha, eliqhutshwa kude, eliqhutshwa nge-servo. Ukusuka endaweni emi (noma yokuhamba) ingakwazi ukwengeza futhi inwebe imilenze yayo noma iyidonsele ngokuphelele ukuze yenze…

Bengilokhu ngibambe umoya wami ngenxa yokwesaba kwemisipha yosuku olwedlule, ngibuka izithombe ezingezansi bese ngicabanga ukuthi ngigaxwe irobhothi lengane elingenasikhumba nekhanda elilingana nebhere elikhulu. Ngokuzimisela, uma le nto ingakhasa ize kimi, uzozwa ukukhala okukhulu kakhulu kwakho…

Yilokho kuphola kwamandla okuzwayo lapho ugijima umemeza ngodonga lwebhodi le-gypsum ngaphambi nje kokuphonsa uphume emphefumulweni omnene. Ukube nje ubunezinto zokubhujiswa ezilungele kangcono isimo sakho sokuzikhukhumeza. UChristian Ristow unakho nje lokho okufunayo. Uzipho oluneminwe emithathu. Yenziwe nge-Aluminium.…

Akukho ukushoda kwezindaba ze-pre-apocalyptic robot kulezi zinsuku. Sifunde izindlela amarobhothi angazondla ngazo. Uma lokho kungenzeka, kungani kungafanele bahlonyiswe 'ngemodi yokufunda ngokwakho' yokuphishekela okungenaphutha ku-rippin 'burner? Futhi uma kungenjalo, kungani kungafanele basebenzise amaphethini wokuphakamisa izingxabano afundwayo…

Kulungile, kuningi kakhulu ongakuthatha. Njengokungathi amarobhothi adla inyama ebukhoma ayengekho kubi ngokwanele, manje sinamarobhothi anokubona kusengaphambili okuzimele ukuqhubeka nobukhona bawo obusebenzisa amandla ngokusebenzisa i-DEAD. IRobotic Technologies Inc. isithumela ngaphandle ngokwakha irobhothi elifanele - i-EATR. Lokho…

Indodana: Kodwa Ma, ngiyakwazi ukudweba isithombe sami! Ma: Nope ndodana, unamathisela ingalo ye-robo kuwe. Umdwebo wokugcina owazenzele wona wawumangalisa futhi umelwe kabi. Ngaphandle kwalokho, irobhothi lithwebula izici zakho ezinhle kakhulu othandekayo. UThomas Ricker uthi kungcono, “kungumshini othwebula isithombe sakho bese ukuphoqa ukuthi udwebe…

Angisho ukuthi, ngolunye usuku, amarobhothi azokudla futhi akugaye ukuze uthole amandla, kepha yebo, ngisho lokho. Ikakhulukazi kunikezwe isimo sezingqondo ezimbili ezidala amarobhothi adlayo asebenza kumajusi akhishwe ezinambuzane ezahlukahlukene nezinto zawo.

Kuphela kanjalo-ke bangane bami. Basidonsela ngaphakathi ngemizwa yabo efana neyabantu bese bichoboza izifiso zethu zokuphila… futhi mhlawumbe nobuso bethu. Abalingani bomphakathi abakhiqizayo nabakhiqiza ngokweqile, abaningi bakhathazekile ngokukhipha impucuko, babone ukuthuthuka okukhulu njengakamuva, iRecon bots kanye ne…