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Read this before you comment! This is the new version of RuBot by Pete Redmond from Dublin, Ireland. It's very different to the prototype but it has to be the coolest looking robot solver ever. There are cameras in the eyes of the head that scan the cube before the pneumatic arms solve it. It usually solves the Cube in about 35 seconds (not incl...
This is the robot: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OF50M4?ie=UTF8&tag=demonbaby-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000OF50M4
When I brought home a Roboquad robot the other day and started playing with it, our resident guardian K9 was none too pleased. I decided to put Roboquad in "autonomous" mode, set his aggression level to high, and ...
When Robot Programmers get bored
Boston Dynamics just released a new video of the Big Dog on ice and snow, and also demoing its walking gait.
Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. I'm impressed.
Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826531.200-shapeshifting-robots-take-form.html
A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.
Read more
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14101
These robot fish can organise themselves into schools - a tactic that could one day transform ocean exploration.
Footage courtesy University of Washington
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Read more:
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926696.100
This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells.
Footage courtesy Reading University
A robotic fish developed by scientists from Essex University is put through its paces in a special tank at the London Aquarium. It works via sensors and has autonomous navigational control.
www.itnsource.com
In the latest installment of NY1's two-week series looking at technology in Japan, Techno Tokyo, we meet the bionic man...sort of. Tech Beat Reporter Adam Balkin explains
more info: http://ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=61474
The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth
BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal's, and have complian...
Scientists are now building a new kind of robot capable of self-assembly and doing tasks too difficult or too dangerous for human beings.
Check out the "Search Engine Rap Battle!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w688s-AURE
The hilarious, somewhat flawed predecessor to Boston Dynamics' infamous Big Dog Robot.
For reference see: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
Digg it here:
http://digg.com/comedy/BigDog_Beta_Quadruped_Bot_Video_Is_So_Stupid_It_s_Hilarious
Bigdog Beta's MySpa...
GET THE DVD! http://www.howtodotherobot.com
so you think you can dance huh? you think so?
Hay You! This is a lesson from the totally dope, amazingly random, stupendously good HOW TO DO THE ROBOT instructional DVD.
But hey, don't trust us! Check out the reviews on Amazon. Search "How To Do The Robot" or go there directly: http://www.amazon.com/Ho...
LITTLE ROBOTS DUKE IT OUT
http://www.myspace.com/thtrons practicing in the lounge before their fringe gigs! More vid soon...
A puzzle-solving robot is set to take visitors to the British Toy Fair back to the future.
david elsewhere, 2004.
This video demonstrates the hexapod router cutting a 3D face in high density foam. The video has been sped up in places to alleviate boredom :)
More information can be found here: http://www.hexapodrobot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12
the asahi beer robot that we won! it holds beer in its stomach and pours it out for you. check it out :]
(Note:I Did Not Make This) This movie belongs to the people who created it (The director,The writer etc). Here are the three Laws just incase you couldn't read them
Law 1: A Robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being come to harm
Law 2:A Robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would...
Toshiba's prototype robot can control devices in your living room. The robot, called ApriPoco, learns from users and then can act on their command. Toshiba hopes to commercialize ApriPoco one day.
Murata Boy, is a robot capable of riding bicycles unassisted. Balancing, pedaling and directing the bicyclee, turning the bike to avoid obstacles, etc.
more info, see:
http://cyclesantamonica.blogspot.com
This is an instructional video for the new Gibson Robot Guitar due out December 7, 2007
the tuning mechanism is made by Tronical called powertune
http://www.tronical.com/
Toyota's robot violinist has 17 computer-controlled joints in its arms and fingers, which allow it to hold the violin, gently draw the bow, and correctly press the strings against the fingerboard. In a recital held at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo on December 6, the 152-centimeter (5-ft) tall humanoid entertained guests with a rendition of "Pomp and C...
Snake robots can use their many internal degrees of freedom to thread through tightly packed volumes and access locations that people and machinery otherwise cannot. These highly articulated devices can coordinate their internal degrees of freedom to perform a variety of locomotive gaits that go beyond the capabilities of conventional wheeled and l...
The amazingly realistic female android, named Actroid DER 2, was demonstrated at the AKIBA Robot Festival here in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. For more information visit Robots Dreams at http://www.robots-dreams.com.
