Komatsu's robotic mining truck completely dumps the driver

Komatsu's latest autonomous truck fully embraces the notion of unmanned operation by ditching the cabin and adopting a design that optimizes load distribution and doesn't distinguish between forwards and backwards. Komatsu began trials of its Autonomous H

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Geek Speak: Mrithun Chockalingam

It’s Saraswati pooja day and most of them young students must be happy! It’s the only mandated day of the year when students are requested to NOT touch their books! And it is something of a calm before the storm because most of these students will be burn

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SenseFly gives its eBee agriculture drone bigger wings

A few years back, drone-maker senseFly launched its eBee fixed-wing drone with a firm eye on agricultural applications, though the drone's mapping capabilities drew the attention of those working on search and rescue applications, too. Now the company has

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Panasonic uses human touch to transfer data

In an age when digital information can fly around the connected networks of the world in the blink of an eye, it may seem a little old timey to consider delivering messages by hand. But that's precisely what Panasonic is doing at CEATEC this week. The com

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Geek Speak: Balaji

Ah, finally the weekend of Navaratri is here! It’s been a week full of roboting for most of these students! With the schools drawn to a close for the pooja holidays, students have been caught up in making robots in line with the festival season. With Kido

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Meet NASA's robot destined to mine Martian soil

Elon Musk and his private spaceflight company SpaceX recently outlined their plan to make space travel to Mars an affordable reality—just $500,000 for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet. To shuttle people to Mars (within the next decade if ambitious goals

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Kidobotikz @ DIDAC INDIA 2016

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards towards the technology” ~ Steve Jobs Going by the words of this tech-visionary, it makes sense that when you’ve got a wonderful product on hand, it is always wise to take it out there

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Omnidrectional robot moves on an electrically charged ball to keep things simple

In a field where highly complex machinery often pulls the strings of highly complex maneuvers, a system that relies on a single ball to get around is certainly at the simpler end of the spectrum. Ten years ago we were introduced to such an idea, and now t

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Kidobotikzians rewrite the history of Farming with AgriBot

For most of you who know a thing or two about Agriculture, it should not come as a surprise that Farming is inherently a laborious process. All of us have at one point in our lives been to the rural countryside and witnessed the happenings on patches of l

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Kidobotikz's masterful impact at Masterpreneur

It's always a wonderful experience to relive your successful memories and reflect upon the things that made it happen. After all, Memories are but a journey that we take in our minds but relive in our hearts. For most of you who may not be aware of what w

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