Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Faster Than any Man Alive: Cheetah


So guys, here is a little image: you are on your morning stroll, Eye of a Tiger or something else inspirational buzzing in your headphones. Beautiful weather, sun is shining in your face, everything is great. Suddenly, you hear something strange behind you. It gets louder, faster, and worst of all, closer and closer. You don't bother to look behind you, but something causes you to turn around. You, terrified, realize that this is what was chasing you:


Yep, you are doomed.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Future is here: Festo's BionicOpter


Festo, a company that specializes in automation technology, has recently announced its new robot, and boy is it awesome. I present to you the BionicOpter, a robotic firefly. Incredibily enough, current prototype looks identical to the real insect. Although it seems almost too good to be true (all things consdiered, it has only been a day after April Fools), this is a real thing. Furthermore, the flight patterns of this robot are very similar to those of an actual firefly.