Check out the latest webcam offering from USBgeek. Although the cam looks pretty cool, its functionallity isn’t great, with only a VGA camera to provide telepresence. Read the rest of this entry »
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Honda Motors Asimo, the humanoid robot has some new impressive features. Standing 51″s tall Asimo can perform an extensive list of simple tasks. Simple conversations, kicking a ball, and walking up stairs are also just a few of the features Asimo displays. Check out the movie in read more! Read the rest of this entry »
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This Robot Boombox will follow you to the ends of the earth. Just plug in your iPod to this 11-pound Miuro and the party starts. Use the wireless remote to have this boombox follow you around your house. This amazing entertainment device comes in four different colors and you can program it to remember your household chores to follow you around the house.
Soon we’ll be coming up on the three year anniversary of the launch in January of 2004. The bot has lasted much more then expected, taking around 160,000 pictures while traveling around 10.4 miles on ground. Read the rest of this entry »
A company out of Japan, Matsushita has came out with a ground breaking suit with virtual muscles. This has the potential to rehabilitate victims of strokes suffering from partial paralysis by moving their limbs. It is planned to be released in 2009 and cost $17,000. Although this is out of the price range of many people it should become cheaper with mass production and is still an outstanding break through.
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Check out this impressive peice of machinery that can hit baseballs that are pitched from the pitching mound. This robot was created by Robocross.de and will raise from eyebrows. I just can’t wait to see it hit bombs every time. Check out the video after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Find out what happened during a Honda ASIMO demo. Let’s just say the Honda ended up face first with a broken head. Many were shocked, but I personally think it’s very funny. Here it is… Read the rest of this entry »
What’s an important thing that robots can’t do? Well one of the biggest things is that they can’t react to anything. If you hit a robot in the head, it wouldn’t react. Well NASA is trying to change that by developing a special robot skin, in which robots can feel, and react to people touching them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Although you may think this robot may be a huge breakthrough, and could possibly be the coolest robot you’ve ever seen, you’d be saddened to find out that the robot was controlled off camera by a human wearing a harness. Read the rest of this entry »
The company iRobot, has just designed a way to controll several robots using only a tablet PC. This technology is aimed towards the military so our troops can move around more Proficiently. The Army threw iRobot some cash to develop the Sentinel, so it’s only a matter of time before the technology is deployed in any one of our well-managed theaters of operation.
The developed user interface will:
- Provide the operator with increased situational awareness regarding the ongoing system-level and individual robot operations
- Appropriately bring to the operator’s attention changes in the operational environment detected by the robots to allow for dynamic mission re-planning
- Reduce the cognitive demand placed on the operator and allow them to focus on high-level mission requirements and not low-level individual robot navigation
- via [irobot]
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Watch the video to view a hands on demonstration of the new Nuvo. There are three different models, BASIC†($257), “ARM†($495), “WHEEL†($2,570), and “WALK†($5,948).
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The Pantagon has invested $135 billion in a program that develops robots for the military. See what we’ve developed so far….
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