Robotics

Pleo Gets More Funtastic With Update 1.0.2

We loved the Pleo when we reviewed it a little while back, and now the smallest dinosaur in town has just been updated for more fun times. The 1.0.2 update will allow Pleo to interact with its surroundings more convincingly, wake from rest if a noise is detected and support a new grouped singing function,…

Tech News Haroon Malik Mar 5

Georgia Tech to Launch First Interdisciplinary Robotics Ph.D Program

Georgia Tech is going to create the nation’s interdisciplinary Ph.D program in Robotics, pulling from various engineering (mechanical, electrical, biomedical, aerospace) and computer science disciplines to form a more focused program. Other schools tend to offer a concentrated look at one area of robotics. The idea behind Georgia Tech’s program is to get students to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 2

CES 2008: Comprehensive Robot Roundup

We had a wail of a time at CES 2008, but we were not the only ones. The various robots on display were also going nuts at the convention. We have rounded them all up in this excellent video, showing you the neat robotics that we thought were worthy of a video shout out. Hit…

Tech News Haroon Malik Jan 14

iRobot CEO Talks Past, Present and Future of Robotics

Very few people know more about the practical robotics industry more than iRobot CEO Colin Angle. We had a nice chat with him (he did all the talking) earlier today about the state of the robotics industry, why iRobot is essentially the only company doing what they’re doing in the field, what kind of robots…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 8

Japanese Team Breathes Life into Robotic Arm Whose Muscles Are Driven by Compressed Air

Japanese researchers have developed a new approach to robotics that could revolutionize the future of artificial limbs. The team, from Okinawa University, has come up with an amazing “muscle” design that is driven by compressed air and is simpler than the designs of many other prosthetic arms currently in development. More info, plus a video…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Dec 17

Ladies and Gentlemen! In This Corner, A Real Bionic Arm …

Alas, no new episode of The Bionic Woman tonight. Instead, let’s ponder who would win a bionic arm wrestling match between Jaime Sommers and Airic’s Arm. The challenger is a robotic limb created by German company Festo, which incorporates 30 “fluidic muscles” operated by compressed air and supported by a computer-designed bone structure mimicking that…

io9 Peril Nov 1

PicoBotz Let You Build Your Own Robot on the Cheap

These $77 PicoBotz kits are the perfect thing to let the budding engineer (your kids) get their hands on some robotics. The “robot” has 180 programmable commands and operates in three modes, obstacle avoidance, sound repositioning mode, and line tracing mode. It also runs on two AA batteries, just like the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 16

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…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 4

Genibo: Aibo Knockoff Coming

For those Aibo fanboys still weeping over the discontinuance of the object of their techno-affection, in prances Korean company Dasastech with Genibo, the robot dog that comes when you call and never shits on the floor. We saw a video of this robot puppy a few months back that was accompanied with little other information,…

Gadgets Charlie White Aug 1

History of Humanoids, Part I

Honda put together an extensive history of its humanoid machines on its website, culminating in Asimo, which debuted in 2000. We’re digging the group shot above, showing how the robot started off in 1986 as just a primitive pair of legs that took five seconds between steps and could only walk in a straight line.…

Tech News Charlie White May 31

Lego Mindstorms NXT Software Going Open Source

Jon Lund took some time out from liveblogging the CustomerMade conference in Copenhagen to email in and tell us that according to Soren Lund of Lego, the software behind the upcoming highly anticipated Mindstorms NXT will be published as open source; Lego is currently in the last stage, figuring out which public domain license to…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Apr 20

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Pre-Order Starts April 1

You fans of LEGO MINDSTORMS had better mark your calendars for April 1, as that’s the date the LEGO Shop and retailers like Amazon, Target, Fry’s and Wal-Mart will start taking pre-orders for the new MINDSTORMS NXT. Pre-ordering is the only way you can be sure to get a box of the highly-anticipated NXT, even…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Mar 22

Another Skype Speakerphone

We already showed you the Actiontec Chatterbox, a hands-free USB speakerphone for Skype, so it should be no surprise there’s competition out there. Take this US Robotics USB Internet Speakerphone, the newest in the company’s Skype family of products. Just $50, it includes echo cancellation technology, volume and mute buttons, full-duplex operation, and it’s light…

Tech News Tgrumet Jan 10

Pleo Gets More Funtastic With Update 1.0.2

Georgia Tech to Launch First Interdisciplinary Robotics Ph.D Program

CES 2008: Comprehensive Robot Roundup

iRobot CEO Talks Past, Present and Future of Robotics

Japanese Team Breathes Life into Robotic Arm Whose Muscles Are Driven by Compressed Air

Ladies and Gentlemen! In This Corner, A Real Bionic Arm …

PicoBotz Let You Build Your Own Robot on the Cheap

Froggie the Robotic Pen Will Freak Out the Schoolmarm

Genibo: Aibo Knockoff Coming

History of Humanoids, Part I

Lego Mindstorms NXT Software Going Open Source

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Pre-Order Starts April 1

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