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Volvo could develop a robot that plugs in your car

The video above is an 8-minute interview with Ichiro Sugioka of Volvo talking about Volvo's Recharge concept. Ichiro also talks about the many interesting advantages of battery-powered cars like the power company paying you $2,000 or $3,000 a year to use your car battery while it's parked and using recycled hybrid batteries to store energy from wind turbines. These kinds of things, Ichiro admits, won't be done by a car company. Car companies have developed home charging units for cars and Ichiro hints at a very interesting technology that ... Read more →

Toyota plans on building "bed to bed" robots? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Toyota is most likely the world's largest maker of "door to door" automobiles. Could they possibly become a maker of "bed to bed" robots too? Considering that Honda is building robots already, it's ...

Video: In-wheel electric motors on robotic legs Lascelles Linton

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/NASA_is_making_anime_spider_robot_with_videos'; Want to take the in-wheel electric motor concept cars like iReal or Pivo off roading? NASA is developing ...

"Green Machine" fuel-cell powered robot competition begins Dane Muldoon

FirstFuelCells.com, a distributor of practical hydrogen fuel cells for personal and educational use, has teamed up with FIRST Robotics to put on a fuel-cell powered robot competition called the Fuel ...

Volvo could develop a robot that plugs in your car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an 8-minute interview with Ichiro Sugioka of Volvo talking about Volvo's Recharge concept. Ichiro also talks about the many interesting advantages of battery-powered cars like the power company paying you $2,000 or $3,000 a year to use your car battery while it's parked and using ...

Toyota plans on building "bed to bed" robots? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota is most likely the world's largest maker of "door to door" automobiles. Could they possibly become a maker of "bed to bed" robots too? Considering that Honda is building robots already, it's not hard to imagine Toyota starting to do so as well. In addition to the ...

Video: In-wheel electric motors on robotic legs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/NASA_is_making_anime_spider_robot_with_videos'; Want to take the in-wheel electric motor concept cars like iReal or Pivo off roading? NASA is developing ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) which has in-wheel electric motors as the ...

"Green Machine" fuel-cell powered robot competition begins 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

FirstFuelCells.com, a distributor of practical hydrogen fuel cells for personal and educational use, has teamed up with FIRST Robotics to put on a fuel-cell powered robot competition called the Fuel Cell "Green Machine" Pilot Program. Up to 100 FIRST Robotics teams will compete in the program ...


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