And Now: A Robot Serenade
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by axb
Feeling down? How about a nice serenade from these personable robots:
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Tokyo Exhibits Robo-Diversity
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by axb
The 2009 International Robot Exhibition took place in Tokyo at the end of last month, and if there’s anything that stands out from the photos, it’s the incredible diversity across all aspects of the robots -including shape, size, material and function.
Motoman, an industrial robot that can work on an assembly line and swordfight. Meet more of the exhibition participants after the jump.
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Tags: Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics
Stair-Conquering Robots
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by axb
Core77, one of our favorite design blogs, recently featured some pretty impressive stair-climbing robots (the one above is from the Intelligent Robot Lab at the University of Tsukuba). For many more creative solutions to stairs, see this blog post.
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Tags: Robotics
March of the Robo-Penguins
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by axb
Festo’s new robotic penguins can fly, swim and communicate with each other via sonar. Anyone else worried about impending penguin world domination? [Time]
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And Now: Roomba Pac-Man
Posted on November 16th, 2009 by axb
Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde have been recently incarnated in the form of Roombas. A group of engineering students from the University of Colorado have created an automated, real-life Pac-Man game in order to test out their Unmanned Aerial System software (which would help track and guide aircrafts). Video after the jump.
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