June 19, 2008
Wii HACK - Industrial Robot with Wiimote!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the industrial robot that could swing that big ass arm? Well, here’s another one but is more sensitive for precise control. This is a small presentation of a university project I have worked on for the last 6 months. Using a real-time system the ... More
June 4, 2008
iPhone Lego NXT Mindstorms Robot
God, it’s a Lego NXT Mindstorm robot with an iPhone!!! Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is a demonstration of iPhone to Lego NXT Robot communication via the Safari browser and Lego’s Light Sensor. To build this, you’ll need a laptop, two iPhones, and a Lego NXT Robotics ... More
May 21, 2008
Homemade Self-Balancing Vehicle Uno!
As a biker, I couldn’t resist posting this cool Uno, a uni-cycle that can balance itself. I must have missed it when it first came out but here it is. The UNO, built by Ben Gulak, is essentially a 120-pound electric unicycle that balances itself with gyros and is capable of reaching 40MPH. The inventor initially began the project himself, ... More
Wall Climbing Robot!
Here’s a pretty impressive wall climbing bot. Ever rub a balloon and stick it to a wall? If only larger objects could defy gravity the same way. Later this week, researchers from the non-profit group SRI International will unveil the design of a wall-climbing robot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Pasadena, Calif ... More
March 4, 2008
Oil Roomba!
Wow, check out this Oil Roomba that will clean up any oil spills. Get bunch of these together and they look like ants! There are some new bots called OSP on the drawing board. Using advanced robotics, these guys autonomously work together to contain an oil spill by surrounding it with an inflatable barrier. Once contained, clean-up crews ca ... More
October 11, 2007
Wii DIY HACK - Wiimote Lego Tank Surveillance Robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool nice little wiimote Robot… This robot is composed of Legos and uses a handyboard as the control hardware. It has 4 wheel drive each controlled by a lego motor, and a pan tilt mount for directing light and the video camera. The Wii Remote talks to a Ma ... More
March 13, 2007
Self modeling robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a tight ass robot! While simple yet robust behaviors can be achieved without a model at all, here we show how low-level sensation and actuation synergies can give rise to an internal predictive self-model, which in turn can be used to develop new be ... More
February 2, 2007
Vex Robotics Kit Review (We bought at 40% off at Radio Shack!)
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Well, we just bought the Vex Robotics Kit for like a hundred bucks at Radio Shack while shopping for some parts. Check out the video of what’s inside the kit. Apparently, they are not selling too well at Radio Shack but the kit itself is a great deal and has lots of parts for other projects. ... More
January 24, 2007
Video - i-Sobot, World’s Smallest Robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool robot! It can play music, dance, respond to voice commands for performing simple actions, respond to applause and other user actions and even play drums. ... More
January 13, 2007
Video - Robot Competition Balloon Survival
View This Video on You Tube Here’s a funny robot competition that robots try to pop each other balloons! via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cool-nice-dude, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, funny-robot-competition, Gadgets, Gadgets, Games, Games, make, makezine, pop-balloon, robot-competition, robotics ... More
October 31, 2006
Robot Testing in homes
I don’t know about a secret army but seems like these robots would be fun to have around…bring me beer…fetch newspaper…turn on heater…etc…etc… South Koreans are moving toward a robotic society with the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) launching the pilot program of the national ̵ ... More
October 30, 2006
Funky Futuba Robot
View This Video on You Tube Here’s a cool robot like the Robonova with lots of fast movement. Futaba reportedly plans to sell its new Futuba Robot worldwide for just $1,200 each. The 10-inch tall humanoid robot uses 11 high torque servos and 9 lightweight servos for the upper body for SUPER-FAST MOVEMENT. The robot kit takes two hours to bu ... More
September 29, 2006
Sentry Robot Update - Video
View This Video on You Tube Video of the sentry robot from earlier Government, Government, korea, korean_military, military, robotics, Robots, robots, Robots, sentry, sentry_robot, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
Wine tasting robot from Japan!
Interesting wine testing robot from Japan… The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese would seem to be about as human a skill as there is. In Japan, robots are doing it. Researchers at NEC System Technologies and Mie University have designed a robot that can taste ... More
September 24, 2006
What kids do these days - Robot War
Here’s a review of what kinds of robots are coming from kids. I build robots that battle against other bots. One of my first bots was TurboGnome. It faired well in its matches, but my last competitor … all defeated TurboGnome pretty badly. I wondered: How could I build and design a robot that had a more effective weapon? View This ... More
September 17, 2006
DIY - Cardboard robot
This isn’t exactly emerging technology but can be something for your kids to get started in robotics w/o all the hardware and dangerous voltages… [via] a1qualitytoy.com cardboard, Cool, DoItYourself!, easy, kids, robotics, Robots, robots, Robots, toy, Zedomax ... More
