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MechRC Robot Does Evolution of Robotic Dance Vid, Original Put to Shame
Incredible: what more's there to say? Incredible. Based on Judson Laipply's "Evolution of Dance Video," but way better. We get to see a robot doing Vanilla Ice's dance moves better than he did. A robot doing the "walk like an Egyptian" dance. The upcoming MechRC robot has been under development for three years and has 17 independently-controlled servos, and built-in audio. And if this video is anything to go by, when it goes on sale in the fall it should make quite a dent in the miniature robot world. [MechRC via RoboSavvy. —Thanks Limor]
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RFID Robotic Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating
Dutch designer Jelte van Geest's RFID-enabled robotic chair is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it's fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair's sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit. Once you cross a line near the checkout counter, the chair returns back to its docking station to re-juice and get ready for the next guy's ass. The video after the jump illustrates how it works. [Momeld via Technabob via DVICE] More »
Wall Racers
This is what happens when you get a couple of cheap RC cars and add proximity sensors, extra batteries, robot brains, and name them Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds: totally-automated racing all around your house. These electric robocars can detect the walls around them and race against each other for as long as the batteries last. The resulting Tron-lightcycle-like action is impressive.
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Wall Cars Will Race Automagically for Eternity
This is what happens when you get a couple of cheap RC cars and add proximity sensors, extra batteries, robot brains, and name them Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds: totally-automated racing all around your house. These electric robocars can detect the walls around them and race against each other for as long as the batteries last. The resulting Tron-lightcycle-like action is impressive.
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7:51 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Latest by n/a: The project inspired me, so I started to build my own wall racers (see below) Unfortunately, when I contacted the creator of "Wall Racers" he wanted $25 to see the Picaxe source code. I was a little disheartened, since letsmakerobots.com masquerades more »
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Students Build Robot Muffin Maker, Prompt Re-Write of Song
Do you know the Robotic Muffin Maker, the Robotic Muffin Maker, the Robotic Muffin Maker? Well: you do now. Built by a Industrial Electrical Technician students Carl Boucher and Dominic Dussault, there's almost no other info about the project. But no matter: forward to about 1:30, and check out the neat mini-industrial ballet that is this thing in action. And then fantasize about munching on its output— an endless (ok, sort of) supply of fresh-baked muffin. I want one. [Makezine]
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Scientists Working on Matrix-esque Brain-Computer Interface
A team at Caltech is working on a MEMS-based robot probe that will be able to slowly creep electrodes into your brain to connect up to specific neurons. Creepy indeed, but with potential uses for advanced control of prosthetic limbs, Luke Skywalker-style. But the idea has greater potential for "state-of-the-art experimental techniques for electrophysiology." according to team-leader Michael Wolf. And that's just got me picturing the neural probes of The Matrix. More »
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Noah Shachtman over at Wired has a very interesting look at iRobot's six year battle with Robotic FX, a company started by a former employee who allegedly (and probably) stole schematics and plans in order to build a competitor. There's too much detail to work into a short summary, but Jameel Ahed, the former employee, was caught by a private investigator deleting documents and shredding CDs containing data that belonged to iRobot.
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iRobot, Corporate Sabotage, Stolen Plans and Destroyed Evidence
Noah Shachtman over at Wired has a very interesting look at iRobot's six year battle with Robotic FX, a company started by a former employee who allegedly (and probably) stole schematics and plans in order to build a competitor. There's too much detail to work into a short summary, but Jameel Ahed, the former employee, was caught by a private investigator deleting documents and shredding CDs containing data that belonged to iRobot.
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Robotic Hand May Be Tiny, Has Strong Grip
Scientists have developed a pair of robotic hands that are both strong and sensitive. The tweezers can guide themselves to pick up and move individual cells without damaging them, and have a grip that can be as slight as 20 nanoNewtons of force. In fact, so advanced are the little grippers, that they can be hitched up to a microscope and, with the right software, function without human control. More below. More »
electronic eye
Plugging right in to that eerie "they're watching me" feeling you're supposed to get from normal portrait paintings, Opto-Isolator is an artwork that takes the sensation into the scary, robotic 21st Century. Its realistic-looking eyeball actually responds to an onlooker's gaze with a bunch of human-like movements, including coy side-glances and blinks. If the gallery doesn't creep you out enough, the video certainly will. UPDATED.
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Opto-Isolator: An Arty Eye That Really Does Follow You Around the Room
Plugging right in to that eerie "they're watching me" feeling you're supposed to get from normal portrait paintings, Opto-Isolator is an artwork that takes the sensation into the scary, robotic 21st Century. Its realistic-looking eyeball actually responds to an onlooker's gaze with a bunch of human-like movements, including coy side-glances and blinks. If the gallery doesn't creep you out enough, the video certainly will. UPDATED.
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Bluetooth Prosthesis Helps Man Walk, Kick More Ass
The only time we use Bluetooth is to yap about in our cars while we're driving or for transferring photos to and from our computer, but Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill is using it to help him walk again. The Iraq veteran has dual prosthesis with Bluetooth transmitters on board that sends signals between each motor, which updates each piece of the legs on what the others are doing, how it's moving, and whether or not they need to make adjustments. More »
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Who says you have to scape up millions of research bucks to make a working robot arm? Meet Wooden Menace, a roughly functioning robotic appendage that Chris, an enterprising craftsman at PyroElectro, put together for less than $50. Its parts are carved out of wood, and Chris connected those parts with a few servo controllers and an $8 PIC18F452 microchip processor to make this crudely functioning robotic arm that he steers with a cloned PS1 controller. After 25 hours of work and some tricky programming, we're thinking Chris proved his point. [PyroElectro, via Make]
Wooden Menace, the $50 Robot Arm
Who says you have to scape up millions of research bucks to make a working robot arm? Meet Wooden Menace, a roughly functioning robotic appendage that Chris, an enterprising craftsman at PyroElectro, put together for less than $50. Its parts are carved out of wood, and Chris connected those parts with a few servo controllers and an $8 PIC18F452 microchip processor to make this crudely functioning robotic arm that he steers with a cloned PS1 controller. After 25 hours of work and some tricky programming, we're thinking Chris proved his point. [PyroElectro, via Make]
10:50 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Charlie White
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Latest by -Core-: This is great and all.. but where's the rest of the robot? more »
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$75,000 Swami Conversational Robot is a Very Expensive Psychic
Sure we've covered other robotic fortune tellers in the past, but none of them have cost anywhere close to $75,000. Now, to be fair, as far as robotic swamis go, this one looks amazing. Utilizing "cutting-edge" AI and over 30 facial motors, this swami can learn his own name, wink at you as you walk by, or even answer all of life's questions (as any swami worth its salt should be able to). Of course, for this much cash, you could probably just pay a real swami to sit in your house every day and do the same stuff. Then again, you don't have to feed the robotic version. [Red Ferret Journal]
robotic legs
Although exoskeletons are nothing new &mdash remember the Bleex? &mdash the Biomechatronics Group from MIT's Media Lab has come up with a smaller, more discrete number. Although it can only carry 80 pounds (compared to the Bleex's upper limit of 220 pounds), associate professor Hugh Herr hopes that in the future, exoskeletons will be another way of getting around. "Our dream is that 20 years from now, people won't go to bike racks, they'll go to leg racks" he says.
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MIT's Exoskeleton is not Just for Lazy Buggers
Although exoskeletons are nothing new &mdash remember the Bleex? &mdash the Biomechatronics Group from MIT's Media Lab has come up with a smaller, more discrete number. Although it can only carry 80 pounds (compared to the Bleex's upper limit of 220 pounds), associate professor Hugh Herr hopes that in the future, exoskeletons will be another way of getting around. "Our dream is that 20 years from now, people won't go to bike racks, they'll go to leg racks" he says.
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Robot Arm Mimics Muscle, Bone Structure To Write Hello
Although this robotic arm probably won't make anybody cry, it is pretty darn amazing. The components, which look anime-like in its cords and pipes and metal structure, are designed to mimic your muscle and skeletal structure. It's good enough right now to actually write semi-legibly and lift a small weight up without passing out—two tasks I have a lot of trouble with. [Festo via Core77 via Boing Boing]
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Robotic Lamp Brightens Your Path
Built by MIT's Guy Hoffman, AUR is a desk lamp that can track your movement so it's always shining a spotlight where you need it. The lamp, which is dubbed a lighting assistant, was created to explore the relationship between humans and robots. I personally think it's cool and would love to replace my flashlight and desk lamp with something like this. More »
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Froggie the Robotic Pen Will Freak Out the Schoolmarm
Froggie the Robotic Pen goes through quite a frog-like convolution just to open itself up, but it's about the most gadget delight you can get for 8 bucks. Fold it back up into itself, and it's hard to even tell what it is. Available in silver or black. It's not exactly robotic, but big fun nonetheless. See a close-up of both colors, after the jump.More »
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New York Drivers Get Parking Help from Robotic Parking Garage
Ok, so maybe there won't be a 7-foot tall robot who takes your keys and parks your ride, but that's not to say New York's first robotic parking garage won't be worth checking out. The garage (which will be located in Chinatown) will be able to squeeze 67 cars into a space that would otherwise fit 24. (Kinda like your studio apartment). You basically just drive your car onto a platform and... More »
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