Electric Vehicles

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 Day by day petrol price hike might have made us at least think about an Electric Vehicle. Most of us are really confused whether to own one or not due to many reasons like higher price, maintenance, lesser range, availability of charging stations etc. It is actually a technological wonder. Let us now see what are the advantages, challenges as well as disadvantages of owning an EV. EVs came into existence in mid-19th century. Electricity was only one among the preferred method of vehicle propulsion. Later, modern IC Engines dominated the sector. In 21st Century, highly efficient EVs which were capable of replacing IC engines were produced. The main advantage was its emission-less engines. Increased focus in renewable energy and to reduce climatic changes caused due to carbon emission was the main agenda for the EV developers. Nowadays, electric engines are capable enough to produce an equivalent power which an IC Engine can generate. Premium automotive brands like Mercedes, BMW, Po...
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HUMANOID ROBOTS

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With the faster rate of technological advancements and emergence of international players in the technological market, there has been a boost in the field of Robotics. Extensive developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence, increase in commercial investment, an emergence of international players, reduction in hardware cost and popularity of the existing robots are significant signs that indicate the field of Robotics is going through major transformation and development. In this post, we will learn about the capabilities of Humanoid Robots.


What is humanoid robots?

Humanoid may be defined as something that resembles or looks like a human being and has certain human characteristics. In the present era of Technological development and advancements, Humanoid is being implemented in Robotics and these robots are called as “HUMANOID ROBOTS “.


        A humanoid robot is a robot which has a similar shape as that of a human body. In general, a humanoid robot has a torso, a head, two arms, and two legs. These robots vary depending upon the material they are made of and the design. Generally, humanoid robots come in three variations small sized humanoids, medium sized humanoids, and large sized Humanoids. Some humanoids may also have a face, eyes, mouth and are categorized as male humanoids and female humanoids. The purpose of such robots may vary depending upon its biomechanics, functional capacity, production cost and complexity involved.


Examples

Some of the advanced Humanoid Robots available in the market are:

Sophia

Sophia is a very popular super advanced humanoid robot which was introduced in 2016 to mimic social behaviour and emotions in human. Sophia represents the State of the Art artificial intelligence. Sophia the robot is capable of showing over 60 different human expressions. She can easiliy interact with human and she has already appeared in many public interviews. On October 11, 2017, Sophia became the first robot to get citizenship of any country after the kingdom of Saudi Arabia granted the citizenship. 


DARwln-OP (ROBOTICS OP)   

It is created at Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) in collaboration with Purdue University, University of Pennsylvania and Korean manufacturer ROBOTIS. This Humanoid can be used for household purposes, built with the main aim of education and research.


DARwln Mini (ROBOTICS Mini) 

DARwIn Mini is a very lightweight robot and it is much smaller humanoid robot kit that aims at makers and hobbyists. The 27cm (10.6 inch) tall robot is completely open source and the parts of this robot are 3D printable, which makes this an ideal and cost-effective development platform.


NAO Evolution 

It is developed by French company Aldebaran Robotics which was released in 2014. This 58cm tall robot has 25 DOF and is packed with very distinctive kinds of sensors such as tactile sensors, sonar, and pressure, not to mention cameras and other standard equipment, being able to perform highly complex motions and tasks.

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