Posts Tagged ‘Robotics’

Scientists Create Robot Surrogate for the Blind

By TechnoGadge on October 22, 2009 at 12:48 am

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created an unique remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the “visual” experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual prosthesis, such as an artificial retina. An artificial retina consists of a silicon chip studded with a varying number of electrodes that directly stimulate retinal nerve cells. It is hoped that this approach may one day give blind persons the freedom of independent mobility.

The robot is called CYCLOPS and …

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Robotic Ferret for Cargo-Screening

By TechnoGadge on June 13, 2009 at 5:39 am

Scientists are developing a new type of robot that will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers. Dubbed the ‘cargo-screening ferret’ and designed for use at seaports and airports, the device is being worked on at the University of Sheffield with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the UK’s main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences.

The robotic ferret will be the world’s …

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