Inverted pendulums (i.e. balancing a stick on a moving platform) never ceases to fascinate humans, especially when it is done by a robot. The robot illustrated in the video below is capable of balancing a pencil on its tip. The motion of the pencil is tracked by two image sensors while a platform where the tip of [...]
There's a huge steel robot Santa climbing a pipe wall constructed next to the Maronouchi Building here in Tokyo: Of course, it's a promotional/exhibition piece. Although it's impressive because of the size and weight, there really isn't much else that makes it compelling. Actually, Maeda-san did a much more impressive...IMG_7776 Originally uploaded by Robots-Dreams. Derek Arnwine mugs with Mondai-noid, one of our humanoid robots, at the November Portrait Party held at the Harajuku Photo Studio.Matt Mets, a prolific maker, writer for MAKE, and completely over the top hacker, put together a Spoon Organ for the Tokyo Hackerspace exhibit at MAKE Tokyo 06.Ng Beng Kiat thoroughly enjoys robotics. In addition to his 'day job' as a lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore, he has done leading edge work in Micromouse, RoboCup, and other fields of robotics. In 1997 he had the opportunity to watch the 18th All Japan Micromouse Competition, which...We uploaded the 2010 All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition photoset, including photos of all the Expert Class robots that were on display. Unlike previous years, this time the robots were placed on a table behind a barrier which made getting detailed shots a bit more challenging. Luckily we were blessed...We weren't able to capture a lot of video showing the surprisingly well designed micromouse robot that uses a video camera instead of the more normal LED/sensor pairs. So, we decided to split the footage and insert a description of the design and how it works. Notice how the robot...After the 31st All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition wrapped up on Sunday night a group of us headed over to a local restaurant to relax and debrief. David Otten, Harjit Singh, and Peter Harrison share their observations and opinions on what took place during the event:
The Kinect was quickly hacked a few weeks ago and now, the development around this sensor is advancing very fast. The Kinect is a 3D camera made by Microsoft that not only senses a full colour video, but also sees the depth of objects and scenes. In the robotics field, the Kinect has been used [...]
Best Toys in 2010 for four year old boys Buying popular toys for four year old boys does not have to be hard. We have a look at some of the most popular toys for four year old boys in 2010. We have popular toy ideas for everyone on your list, so get your coffee [...]
Cool Toys for 10 year olds Finding toys for 10 year olds can be simple if you go into it with as much info as possible. Each child is different, but here is a list of some of the best toys for 10 year olds this year. We also have some ideas for other age [...]
Cool Toys in 2010 for nine year olds Locating toys for nine year olds can be simple if you go into it with enough information as possible. Every child is different, but here is a list of some of the best toys for nine year olds this year. We also have some ideas for other [...]
Cool Toys for 8 year old girls Have you been shopping for 8 year old girls? Finding terrific learning toys shouldn’t be too hard. We have a list of some of the most popular learning toys for 8 year old girls. Keep reading to get some ideas if you need a good gift for 8 [...]Why do we find robot faces to be particularly scary or frightening when there are faces all around us? Drain cover in a park near the Robots Dreams HQ: Autumn leaf in the same park:
Everybody knows that robots take jobs that are simply too dangerous or that human do not want to do, filming and taking pictures of bikini models is definitely not one of them. Nevertheless, a very lucky hexacopter UAV got this highly coveted job. If you want to reproduce the experiment you will need a UAV [...]
“Made in Germany” is an autonomous car developed by Autonomos-Labs that is fully capable of picking you up at a random location. The car uses a GPS navigation system, video cameras, several video laser scanners and multiple radars. The car’s intelligence is based on software, which is implemented on computing systems located in the trunk [...]
What goes in to choosing a name for your child? Do you choose a family name that has been handed down for years? Do you look to the past for a historical name that has reverence or meaning in your life? There are a lot of 20-something’s out there named Reagan and recently there’s [...]