www.youtube.com/watch Originally donning an effigy of George W. Bush from 2007, the solar power chariot robot has shed its political statements at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area (2011). Stanford neurology professor Bob Schneevis, created this ...
ISI Labs (Intelligent Systems and Informatics Labs) has developed a quadruped robot dubbed PIGORASS. This dog-like robot is made of ABS plastic and carbon-fiber reinforced plastics, and it is 13" long weighing 8.8 lbs (4 kg). The actuatio...
www.youtube.com/watchArt and technology meet again. This time in the form of traditional Kabuki. The robot, dubbed Tokotokomaru, is a customized hobby robot like the ones featured in the recent robot marathon by Vstone. Older version of Tokotokomaru ...
www.youtube.com/watch(via youtube) Korea is pushing robotics as the next big industry. Their "Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute" (ETRI) is helping in the cause. ETRI is donating the version 2 of their ETRI-Built Robot (ETRO) ...
I like playing golf. The green course, trees, nature, a gentle breeze, all contribute to a relaxed time. But scoring a 15 on a par 3 due to poor putting ruins the atmosphere. I had no clue that there are golf training devices that can help with your ...
www.youtube.com/watch "It's stunning. I have never seen a machine doing a motion like this." - Jessy Grizzle, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. MABEL is a pi-pedal robot that looks like it ...
players.brightcove.net/.../index.html As autonomous robots mature to be usable in rescue situations, the need for human control is still omni-present. Microsoft (MS) is bringing their "Surface" technology for use in control application...
www.youtube.com/watchLike watching your child take their first steps, the feat that the collection of "Swarmanoid" robots achieve brings tears to the eyes. Although I did not help create these bots, I can appreciate the advancement in robotic collab...
Only image of Ernie Fessenden's RC truck (via Sergeant Chris Fessenden) In a gesture of brotherly love and DIY finesse, Ernie Fessenden built an RC truck with a built in camera to keep his bother safe in Afghanistan. His brother, Sergeant Chris ...
www.youtube.com/watch Japanese company Riken has partnered up with Tokai Rubber in the creation of the RIBA II nursing assistant robot. At the joint laboratory RTC, RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research, they have t...
www.youtube.com/watch Fast forward to 1:30 for the real action Eliza is a robot built Beijing Institute of Technology's Intelligent Robotics Research Lab and the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation. Eliza is an affable robot ...
Industrial electronics manufacturing robot (via KUKA) Foxconn, based in Taiwan, is the world's premier electronics manufacturers. They assemble Nintendo, Apple, and Microsoft electronics. (Foxconn is also the world's leader in employee suicides....
www.youtube.com/watch Robots can perform repetitive tasks with a high degree of precision. Change some aspect of its environment and the bot will not adapt, and errors will soon follow. Researchers from Hasegawa Groups Labs, at the Tokyo Institu...
I immediately thought this "communication robot" was meant for the bathtub, I was wrong. Dubbed the MIRAI SANZO, made by Santo Homes, comes with a touch screen, touch sensors around the sphere, WIFI connectivity, voice recognition, and glows wi...
www.youtube.com/watch Following a series of innovative LEGO based projects, one engineer has made his masterpiece. The Pancake Bot (PB) is a 3 axis CNC router. The Z axis is a Pancake Batter Dispenser Control. The end results were a pancake Mick...
www.youtube.com/watch Showa Hanako is a dental training robot developed by the department of Orthodontics at the Showa University (SU) in Japan. The PVC skinned bot would move in a limited fashion using a hydraulic system. Limited movement and s...
www.youtube.com/watch I foresee a future where all clothes are made at home from professional designs, custom to the individual. Flip through a catalog, see something in an ad, or on the street would require nothing more than scanning a code wit...
www.youtube.com/watch Starring at glowing rectangles starts at an early age. Children watch then in cars, at home, and now in mobile robotic platforms. The Korea Robot Research Institute (or just Robot Institute) in trying to promote their new "...
www.youtube.com/watchwww.youtube.com/watch People of all ages love robots that express behaviors. Like the toy Furby, or the movie Batteries Not Included, or Short Circuit, people like anthropomorphic robots. I think Harvard's Kilobot should be ...
www.youtube.com/watchA true robot in disguise. Ron Tajima has created the CanBot, a beer can transformer robot that can walk around. What captured me most about this bot is the way it can use rolling for locomotion. It seems to move quite a bit faste...
The two Monirobo bots being used in Fukushima As the Fukushima nuclear core continues to melt, the radiation levels are spiking in the area. Current levels are so high that workers can only spend 15 minutes in the area. Japan's Nuclear Safety Te...
players.brightcove.net/.../index.htmlThe company Festo has made the world's first electromechanical bird that flies like it's real counterpart called the "Smartbird." Festo took inspiration from the Herring Gull, with the guidance of With French phys...
Packbot looking inside a truck bed Warrior bot clearing rubbleUnited States military robots, by iRobot, are helping in the recovery efforts in Japan. Two specific extensible used field robots, the "PackBot" and "Warrior." Two of each have been d...
