¿Es un pájaro? ¿Es un avión? Casi, es un dron con patas de ave
La naturaleza, entre muchas cosas, es una fuente de inspiración. Los artistas la plasman en sus obras y los científicos la estudian para entender...
robotics
The US will test robot firefighters
Just about everyone agrees that the profession of firefighter is a risky one. And while the most dangerous situations may not happen often, when...
A 15-year-old builds a robotic arm that is controlled by the mind
They say that the late Steve Jobs once said that «the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the...
These humanoid robots could make the plot of the film Her a reality
The film Her, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix, won the award for best original screenplay at the 2014 Oscars. The plot brings...
The hackers of tomorrow are just out of diapers
Last Saturday, my kids came home with t-shirts with the word HACKERS on it. They had just been to a session on robotics as...
Learning to program starting in childhood: the bq robotics kit
One of the educational needs for the coming years will be to learn how to program. Technology is becoming increasingly omnipresent in our lives...
When robots invade the kitchen
As science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov predicted a half a century ago, the kitchens of the future “will prepare ‘automeals’, heating water and converting it...
Drones: from battlefields to green fields
In just a few years, the use of drones has expanded from military technology aimed at reconnaissance and even carrying out attacks, to include...
South Korea creates the first nanorobots to treat cancer
A team of researchers in South Korea has produced successful results in their tests of a new method to fight cancer. The method is...
The language of chemical signals that will revolutionise nanotechnology and robotics
Communication, understood as the process by which we transmit information from one point to another, is inherent in living things. And it is not...
