Saturday 26 May 2012

Robonaut: An alternative for Astronaut



NASA has developed a humanoid robot to help the astronauts work better and explore in space. Its called Robonaut built at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Robonauts are developed to explore in the areas which are dangerous for humans to work. There are four Robonaut designs, and others currently in development. Robonaut 2 or R2 is developed for the International Space Station on space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission.

In a single word "Robonaut is a Humanoid version of Astronaut!!! :)"

SmartDog: Dog has got Smarter



SmartDog




Smartdog is a robotic pet developed by Japanese Toy manufacturer, Bandai. It is a simple 

design that is based on iPhone for its control. It uses an iPhone as its brain and a free app of 

iPhone serves its functioning. It does the actions based on the commands you give to your iPhone, 

and based on Face time camera. Its available from Apr 24 in two color variants: Black and White 

and costs 78$. The iPhone app is released on 31 Mar and can be used without robotic dog.

"Man has been making his own replica with robots and the trend spread to the pets too!!!!"