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sjriek — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:45:05 +0000

A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors – YouTube

sjriek — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:41:38 +0000

Indoor flight navigation

sjriek — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:28:00 +0000

The Robust Robotics Group of the MIT develops unmanned vehicles that can fly without GPS , so that can autonomously navigate through unmapped indoor environments using a laser scanner and smart AI-algorithms.

via Botjunkie

SensorFly

sjriek — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:39:12 +0000

The SensorFly is a novel low-cost controlled-mobile aerial sensor networking platform. A flock of these 29g autonomous helicopter nodes with communication, ranging and collaborative path determination capabilities, can be extremely useful in sensing survivors after disasters or adversaries in urban combat scenarios.

http://sensorfly.sv.cmu.edu

Hexapod with 3D-balace gestures

sjriek — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:43:15 +0000

a Hexapod robot designed at the Robotics and Neural Systems Laboratory (RNSL) at the University of Arizona.

The hexapod is using Robotis AX-12, RX-10, and RX-28 servo motors. The controller is a Fit-PC2 with Intel Atom Z530 Processor computer running Ubuntu 9.04, with a custom PIC18F4550 based USB board to pipe motor control protocol.

This is a demonstration of the new leg design which is much more solid than the previous design. Also, new 3D balance gestures have been included based on a spring model. Balance gestures are shown both turned on and off for comparison.

http://www.engineering.arizona.edu/news/story.php?id=114

AdMoVeo featured in Tom’s Guide

sjriek — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:44:43 +0000

Tom’s Hardware Guide published an article by Paul Escallier, in which the AdMoVeo is featured as one of the “30 Inventions From Regular Guys”. We are happy to see that AdMoVeo is getting more attention, although we are listed as “regular guys”

Read the part about AdMoveo or you may want to have a look at all these inventions.

R2 – Robonaut 2

sjriek — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:18:08 +0000

NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries.

http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/

Living with Robots

sjriek — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:52 +0000

Honda shows a Short-Film Documentary at Sundance Film Festival As part of the “DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE” Documentary Series.

Robot news

sjriek — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:37:01 +0000

Seven adult-sized humanoid robots together for first time in the U.S. Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 7:58 pm
Seven adult-sized humanoid robots took the stage during Drexel University’s celebration of National Engineers Week in a first-of-its-kind assembly of. […]
RB3D Hercule robotic exosceleton Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 2:10 pm
Hercule is the name of this robotic exoskeleton developed by RB3D, a French engineering company, under the steering and funding of DGA, the French min. […]
Robot maakt prachtige portretten Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 8:41 am
Onderzoekers hebben een robot ontwikkeld die prachtige portretten kan tekenen. En dat in tien minuten tijd! Robots kunnen steeds meer. Bijvoorbeeld ko. […]
A robot sketches portraits Friday, 17 February 2012, 4:55 pm
An industrial robot as artist? A painter made of metal really can sketch faces. Its artistic genius only emerges if someone takes a seat on the model�. […]
A Unique Pop-up Origami Fabrication of Micro Robots Friday, 17 February 2012, 3:29 pm
Harvard’s Microrobotics Lab has created a new Pop-up Origami style of fabrication for their winged microbots. A carrier is first made out of several. […]
Willow Garage collaborating with Adept Technologies and Southwest Research Institute for ROS Industrial Thursday, 16 February 2012, 9:02 pm
Willow Garage is proud to announce our collaboration with Adept Technology. Along with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the three organizations a. […]
Robot haalt zijn kracht uit koffie Thursday, 16 February 2012, 2:23 pm
Er zijn genoeg mensen die het doen, maar nu is er ook een robot die kracht ontleent aan een pakje koffie. De robot bestaat uit een robotarm, met daara. […]
DarwinBot – The Pet Companion Robot Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 8:00 pm
Jordan Correa is a developer on the Microsoft Robotics Team and has recently built a Robot for his dog Darwin. The robot comes equipped with two way a. […]
2nd ICRA Workshop on Semantic Perception, Mapping and Exploration (SPME 2012) Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 7:19 am
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 14, 2011 http://www.spme.ws/ Important Dates Submissions Due:01 April 2012 Notification of Acceptance:16 April 2012 Fina. […]
Robots: Senseable Robots Friday, 10 February 2012, 7:00 am
In today’s episode we look at some of the work done by the Senseable City Lab. We’ll be talking to Carlo Ratti, the director of the lab, about two of. […]
DARPA’s Hummingbird Nano Air Vehicle Thursday, 9 February 2012, 8:32 pm
In 2005, DARPA announced the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program and its goal to develop agile and flyers system that could fit in one hand. This video chr. […]
Robots: Advances in Bipedal Locomotion Friday, 27 January 2012, 7:00 am
In this episode we talk to Subramanian Ramamoorthy from the University of Edinburgh about the recent progress in walking robotics. We then speak with. […]
BotJunkie teaming up with IEEE Automaton to make the world’s greatest robotics blog Sunday, 13 February 2011, 12:24 am
We’ve got some big news. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (aka IEEE) really, really likes what we’ve been doing at BotJunkie,. […]
Interview: iRobot Scooba 230 Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:34 am
We gave you the rundown on iRobot’s new Scooba 230 back when it was first announced in January, but we got to see it in person at CES. First impress. […]
Nerdlab 8: Robots on tour Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 7:18 am
Knol-ontwerp will take the Admoveo on tour with Nerdlab . Where/When: 3/10 Electron (Breda) www.electronbreda.com 10/10 TAC (Eindhoven) www.tac.nu. […]
Serving Salt and Pepper on Omroep Brabant Thursday, 1 April 2010, 2:45 pm
Knol-ontwerp, specialized in food design did a techno food experience, using AdMoveo to serve Salt and Pepper. Omroep Brabant was there for an intervi. […]

Sebastian Thrun Will Teach You How to Build Your Own Self-Driving Car, For Free Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 12:00 am
Last August, Sebastian Thrun, the brains behind Google’s self-driving cars and one of the world’s top AI experts, offered an online version of Stanfo. […]
Truss-Climbing Robot Can Build Structures, Take Them Apart Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 12:00 am
Next time you need a new house, Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab is betting that robots might have a hand (or lack of hands) in helping you build it.. […]

Robot Evolution Through Intelligent Design

sjriek — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:22:17 +0000

That’s the motto of RoMeLa, the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech. At RoMeLa, Dennis W. Hong, PhD and his students have been creating a lot of really interesting new robots. In the video from the TEDxNASA conference, Hong offers a short overview of their research. Of particular interest to hobbyists should be the DARwIn humanoid robot.

source: robots.net