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2016
Olive robotic suitcase brings new meaning to carry on luggage
Air travel is already stressful enough without having to trek long distances through what are essentially giant coach stations while dragging a bag on wheels behind you. There have been a number of attempts to relieve this situation in recent years with f
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2016
Geek Speak: When pupils become masters . . .
Kidobotikz is a place of where one gets to discover wonderful realities. When one enters Kidobotikz classrooms, it is usually a beehive of robotic nonchalance. Students are generally oblivious to the surroundings and spend their time learning the essentia
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2016
Yamaha designs an autonomous boat optimised for dam surveying
Dams have a variety of roles including irrigation, flood prevention, and power generation. When it comes to maintaining a dam, there's more to worry about than stopping the walls from falling down. Silt buildup can damage a dam's ability to effectively co
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2016
Scientists make Robotic ray with rat cells and steer it with light
Soft robots are nothing new, but they're generally made with a mix of circuitry and silicone or other rubber-like materials. Researchers from a variety of universities have just announced in the journal Science that they took a different approach. A team
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2016
Geek Speak: Jeffin Sam
7 days and counting ! That’s how we at Team Kidobotikz are now keeping track of the news articles that have sprung up around the city commemorating the unique achievement of our kids. The news has spread across the country as a wildfire and we’ve received
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2016
Geek Speak: Maahir Ali
he week after the world record has been quite tiring. There’s been quite a lot of hustle bustle about the event from all corners and the team at Kidobotikz has been working at the same frenetic pace as before the event even a week after the event. There
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2016
Robotic glove tech developed for space station adapted by GM for newer applications
A robotic glove that was originally designed for use on the International Space Station (ISS) has been licensed for use back home, where it could be put to work helping manufacturing workers. Developed in partnership between General Motors (GM) and NASA,
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2016
Geek Speak: A Chat with the record holders, Surya & Shailesh
It’s been a good 6 days since the record was set and some of our record holders were finally back at Kidobotikz after an exciting week at school. The record event had made these otherwise geeky mid-schoolers into celebrities back at school.
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2016
South Korea's nationwide IoT network completed six months early
The race to roll out a nationwide network for Internet of Things (IoT) devices may have come to a photo finish. When Dutch telecommunications company KPL announced last week that the Netherlands was the first country to switch on a nationwide IoT network,
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2016
Record worthy Coverage for a World Record Event ! !
The success of any event is usually determined by the impact it has on the public memory both before and after it occurs. While most events are discussed casually in informal gatherings and are usually given credence only as a part of gossip. The discussi
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