• Lynx 6 Robotic Arm Combo Kit for Basic Atom

    Updated: 2010-05-31 18:06:48
    About the Robot Arm The Lynx 6 robotic arm delivers fast, accurate, and repeatable movement. The robot features; base rotation, shoulder, elbow, wrist motion, wrist rotate, and a functional gripper. The Lynx 6 robotic arm is an affordable system with a time tested rock solid design that will last and last. Everything needed to assemble the [...]

  • Lynx 5 Robotic Arm Combo Kit for PC

    Updated: 2010-05-31 18:06:48
    About the Robot Arm The Lynx 5 robotic arm delivers fast, accurate, and repeatable movement. The robot features base rotation, shoulder, elbow and wrist motion, and a functional gripper. The Lynx 5 robotic arm is an affordable system with a time tested rock solid design that will last and last. Everything needed to assemble the robot [...]

  • Oxidative Stress – What is it?

    Updated: 2010-05-31 02:05:29
    If the formation of free radicals, a healthy concentration, it is called oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is the condition in which the human body arising free radicals are not quenched by antioxidants may be sufficient. Free radicals are oxygen radicals or derivatives of oxygen from the breathing. 50-10% of the oxygen [...]

  • great cg robots: perfect for desktop wallpaper

    Updated: 2010-05-31 01:51:04
    Suraj from Machoarts put together this roundup of great digital robot illustrations. Most of these can be downloaded as wallpapers for your computer. Here are a few that tickled my fancy. Needless to say that I’m a fan of Hajime Sorayama’s shiny, sexy robots, including the Björk-bot above. Of course, there aren’t just curvy female…

  • RoboGames Day Two: Photo Gallery

    Updated: 2010-05-30 22:24:33
    We're finally starting to get caught up on the 20 Gigs of photos, videos, and interviews we were able to collect during our US tour. The RoboGames Day Two photo gallery includes the Willow Garage PR2 robot platform, robot sumo, humanoid battles, and lots of other robot goodness.

  • P3 booth demonstration at Honda Pariotosaron

    Updated: 2010-05-30 06:38:50
    Europe’s largest motor show was held in Paris in a big French Pariotosaron. It attracts more than 1.4 million people have far exceeded the number of such large-scale mobilization of the Geneva Motor Show and Tokyo. It remained as a record number of visitors in the motor show of the century. Attention in the world, [...]

  • “Robodex2000, a • so • bot in p3 parade protest”

    Updated: 2010-05-30 06:38:49
    Between 24 and 26 November 2000, at Pacifica Yokohama exhibition futuristic robots “ROBODEX2000″ was held. The announcement of the news every day into the robot in November, this event was just heating up the heat in the robot, it started great, better than expected half an hour waiting for the venue entrance. Central hall three [...]

  • Action Integrated Humanoid Robot : H6 & H7

    Updated: 2010-05-29 14:26:37
    Human-shaped robots are well-suited for operating within environments designed for real humans.  In order to provide an experimental research platform for full-body integrated sensing and control, the prototype Humanoid Robot “H6″ and “H7″ are currently being developed at the JSK Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Major Research Topics: Design and Implementation [...]

  • ROBOTECH - Next Generation Robot Manufacturing Technology Exhibition

    Updated: 2010-05-28 21:27:40
    The first “ROBOTECH” – Next Generation Robot Manufacturing Technology Exhibition, is scheduled for July 28th (Wednesday) through 30th (Friday), 2010 at the Big Sight convention center in Tokyo. Concurrently, the 21st MEMS/Micromachine exhibition, billed as “the world's largest nanotechnology exhibtion” will take place.

  • MABEL: tests on a biped robot

    Updated: 2010-05-27 19:46:22
    Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US have developed a biped robot called MABEL, capable of walking without falling even when faced with improvised obstacles. Most surprisingly, this 57 kg robot has no vision (no video camera) but only sensors (encoders) which measure the angles of joints and ground contact to detect potential obstacles. Therefore, [...]

  • Scout: DIY Robot with LEGO

    Updated: 2010-05-27 17:09:22
    Here’s a prototype of the Lego robot made by Belisario Russefl de la Torre. The young man, aged 28 today, built his first robot when he was 10 years old. Scout is the project of a robotic helicopter with two fans. It still doesn’t fly but the foundations of the project have been laid. Watch the video below. If [...]

  • Advanced robot systems steadily gain higher intelligence and greater autonomy

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:55:26
    As advanced robot systems steadily gain higher intelligence and greater autonomy, the requirements for the design of flexible interfaces to control these systems will increase. This is for instance the case, according to Rembold et al. [1993], for the future use of intelligent robots in manufacturing or as service robots for different applications. Therefore, natural [...]

  • Violinist robot by Toyota

    Updated: 2010-05-26 18:24:57
    The violinist robot by Toyota recently made a good impression at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai. It’s not its first appearance, far from it since it dates from 2007, but its movements and natural ease have made it seem even more human-like. The robot by Toyota appeared in Japan’s pavilion at the Expo. So, professional violinists will now [...]

  • Bridge Robot

    Updated: 2010-05-26 16:22:52
    An unusual style for a robot, here’s a prototype that you’ve surely never seen before: the bridge robot! Even if the model shown below is a miniature the size of a toy, the principle could certainly be replicated on a scale the size of a military vehicle, for example. The Stilzkin EXT3 robot is actually a self-guided [...]

  • 1.50 meter tall Gundam Robot

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:42:20
    Gundam, one of the animation stars in Japan, will from now on have its own giant robot figurine. This replica is 1.50 m tall and weighs 35 kg. It will cost 3400 dollars. It’s not the first time that we’ve seen replicas of Gundam appearing in several forms. There’s already been this giant 20 meter tall statue in Tokyo. Related [...]

  • Robots: The Nao Humanoid

    Updated: 2010-05-25 19:55:27
    We've already reported on French company Aldebaran's Nao in a previous post. Nao has since grown up and made it into the RoboCup Standard Platform League. The latest episode of the Robots podcast interviews Luc Degaudenzi, Aldebaran's Vice President in Engineering, and his colleague Cédric Vaudel, who is Aldebaran's Sales Manager for North America. In addition, and as a premiere on the Robots Podcast, we also interview a robot. Nao introduces himself and and then shares his own version of Star Wars. Read more or tune in!

  • Autonomy of Modern Robot Systems

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:17:38
    The increasing intelligence and autonomy of modern robot systems requires new and powerful man-machine-interfaces. For example, a robot’s capability to autonomously recover from error situations corresponds with dynamic adjustments of robot plans during execution. This makes it difficult for an operator to predict and understand the behavior of the machine. Explanations and descriptions of why [...]

  • Mini G200 Micro RC Helicopter

    Updated: 2010-05-25 04:58:05
    The Mini g200 is one of the top micro rc’s because of its versatility and durability. Whether you’re just starting out or a pro, it is able to take abuse if it needs to but is also very fun to fly. If you’re looking to purchase a new rc helicopter, but don’t want [...]

  • The first prototype of such a machine was a robot

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:15:32
    Kojiro – musculoskeletal humanoid robot, created by engineers JSK Robotics Laboratory, University of Tokyo. Built by Kojiro designed his body in such a way as to create a highly accurate simulation of human bones, muscles and tendons. The main objective is to build a robot, whose movement is swift and light, and as close [...]

  • Are You Aware of Your Car Accident Insurance?

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:15:31
    Accidents are bound to happen, but can become suddenly more damaging if one of the person’s involved does not carry insurance. Facing a car accident with no insurance can be a c ostly mistake, and one should be free from doing this mistake. But, understanding car accident insurance plans can be confusing [...]

  • 4-Nanometer Wide Robot Spider

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:44:25
    The Universities of Columbia, Arizona State, and Michigan along with CalTech have joined together to create a nanobot that is only 4 nanometers wide and successfully traversed a distance of 100 nanometers (50 steps). The four-legged robot can turn, move, start and stop and was built out from a protein called streptavidin that as four symmetrically placed binding sites or "pockets" for attaching legs made of biotin. The robot's instructions come from outside its body since it is too small to contain any processing elements. They created a track for the robot to follow from strands of DNA and the molecules that make up the track contains the instructions the nanobot "reads", that tell the robot what to do.

  • Iron Man 2 Toys 2010

    Updated: 2010-05-19 20:26:13
    Iron Man 2 just hit theatres and was a huge hit.  Now, parents are out trying to find the best Iron Man toys for kids.  There are many different toys on the market for Iron Man 2, from action figures to race cars, which are sure to please any kid. The Iron [...]

  • Top Shrek the Final Chapter Toys

    Updated: 2010-05-19 03:03:10
    With the final Shrek movie set to be released in May, toys are starting to come out for kids that have a movie tie-in.  There’s not much out there yet, but there are a few different toys and games making it into stores that kids will love.If your kid loves playing [...]

  • Top toys for Christmas 2010?

    Updated: 2010-05-16 23:19:12
    You may be finally recovering from Christmas shopping last year, but kids certainly haven’t.  They may have already begun to think about what they’re going to have on their list for next year.  It’s hard to say what kids are really going to want for the next year, but there are [...]

  • Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 2)

    Updated: 2010-05-15 18:51:09
    Two weeks ago the Robots podcast celebrated its 50th episode and has now released the second part of its comprehensive "50th Special", summarizing the most remarkable developments in robotics over the last 50 years and experts' predictions for the next half-century. In part 2, Jean-Christophe Zufferey discusses flying robots, Dan Kara the robotics market, Kristinn Thórisson Artificial Intelligence, Andrea Thomaz robot interactions, Terry Fong space robotics and Richard Jones nano robots. Read more on the Robots website or directly tune in!

  • Jupiter Toy Robot

    Updated: 2010-05-14 12:03:45
    This is a 13-inch giant walking robot from the 1980s. Called the Jupiter Robot, it was made in China by KAMCO.

  • Stabbed by a Robot for Science

    Updated: 2010-05-07 16:29:39
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects About Account Stabbed by a Robot for Science Posted 7 May 2010 at 15:29 UTC by steve The folks over at the IEEE Spectrum automaton blog have posted an interesting story on research being done at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics in Germany . The researchers , including Sami Haddadin Alin Albu-Schaffer and Gerd Hirzinger are studying the biomechanics of soft-tissue injury caused by robots . Basically , they want to find out what happens when robots wielding steak knives , scalpels , screwdrivers , and scissors stab human flesh . Even though the robot in the video is only stabbing and slicing a block of flesh-like silicone , it's still a little creepy . The researchers used the results of their study to

  • KCRS Attempts Line Following World Record

    Updated: 2010-05-04 20:09:21
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects About Account KCRS Attempts Line Following World Record Posted 4 May 2010 at 19:09 UTC by steve The Kansas City Robotics Society is going for a world record and you can help them do it They want to set the record for the most line following robots on a single course . If you have a line following robot and are close to Kansas , you and your robot can become part of the new world record . Terry Frederick of KCRS writes , On Saturday , June 12th 2010, from 12:00 to 5:00, the Kansas City Robotics Society and Union Station's Science City will attempt a new Guinness World Record of the greatest number of robots to follow a common line following course simultaneously . From noon until 5:00 PM , robots from the Kansas

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