• Obama is the Friend of Robots, Announces Robotic Revolution

    Updated: 2011-06-30 16:56:01
    United States president Barak Obama announced a major manufacturing initiative from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The idea is to create an  ”Advanced Manufacturing Partnership” (AMP) that brings together major U.S. manufacturers and top U.S. universities in order to invigorate the local manufacturing activities. The video above features the full Obama speech at CMU. The [...]

  • High-precision robots available in kit form by LSRO/EPFL

    Updated: 2011-06-29 00:23:32
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account High-precision robots available in kit form by LSRO EPFL Posted 28 Jun 2011 at 23:23 UTC by IKE_RobotsPodcast Some years ago Reymond Clavel director of the Laboratory of Robotics Systems LSRO at EPFL invented the “ Delta robot ” that today is widely used in the packaging industry . It used a combination of arms in order to achieve a precise and complex movement path . You can see a funny but descriptive recreation here Today Murielle Richard a doctoral student from EPFL†s LSRO presented a new concept that evolves the idea of ‘parallel-type†robot to a new modular arrangement aimed at approachable high-precision . robotics The concept is a modular flexure-based mechanism for

  • National Robotics Initiative (NRI)

    Updated: 2011-06-25 19:33:52
    During his speech at CMU, President Obama also alluded to the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), described in this NSF publication.

  • Obama Announces AMP at CMU

    Updated: 2011-06-25 18:58:51
    Yesterday morning, June 24th, President Obama spoke at Carnegie Mellon University announcing the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national collaboration between the government, industries, and universities to invest in cutting-edge technologies, create new jobs and bring about a renaissance in American manufacturing. This initiative is based on a report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology titled Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing.

  • The Fond It Gives of Having Star Wars Toys

    Updated: 2011-06-24 04:08:29
    Are you fond of star wars toys?  Everyone loves Lego at some point during their lives. It’s something that never gets old, no matter how much it is played with. That’s the beauty of the Lego concept. By a long way the most well-liked Lego line lately has been the line of Lego Star Wars [...]

  • Alphabet Matcher by Twisterz Toys

    Updated: 2011-06-23 22:22:43
    Top Toys 2011 Archives About Privacy Your Toy Reviewed Disclosure Toys By Age For Boys 0 baby boys 1 Year Old Boys 2 Year Old Boys 3 Year Old Boys 4 Year Old Boys 5 Year Old Boys 8 Year Old Boys 6 Year Old Boys 7 Year Old Boys 9 Year Old Boys 10 Year Old Boys For Girls 0 Baby Girls 1 Year Old Girls 2 Year Old Girls 3 Year Old Girls 5 Year Old Girls 8 Year Old Girls 4 Year Old Girls 6 Year Old Girls 7 Year Old Girls 8 Year Old Girls 10 Year Old Girls Holidays Halloween Halloween Costumes Thanksgiving Black Friday Cyber Monday Games Board Games Card Games Spiderman Games Tile Games Video Games Nintendo Wii Word Games Toy Brands Fisher Price American Girl Baby Einstein Disney Giantmicrobes Hot Wheels JAKKS Pacific Mattel My Pillow Pets Nerf Types of Toys Classic Toys Dolls Accessories

  • President Obama to Address U.S. from CMU

    Updated: 2011-06-22 18:13:16
    In conjunction with a visit to Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), this Friday, June 24th, President Obama will be addressing the nation from CMU, highlighting the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy, and remarking on the need to focus on cross-cutting technologies. The address will be streamed live from the Whitehouse website. The time of this address is not yet available.

  • Robots Shift Shape and Fits In Your Clothes

    Updated: 2011-06-21 20:38:24
    The Fit Bot by fits.me started as a human male-shaped robot that would adjust to a man’s body size in order to test fit clothes when buying at on-line retailers. Now, they developed a female version of the robot that can don ladies’ clothes in a “prettier”way. As shown in the video, the robot can adapt to take pretty much [...]

  • iRobot vs. RobotShop – Why Buy Robot Vacuums From RobotShop

    Updated: 2011-06-21 15:10:15
    As a distributor, RobotShop has the unique advantage of being able to sell many different models and brands of Robot Vacuum Cleaners. Have you ever wondered why you should buy a robot vacuum specifically from RobotShop instead of from other companies, like, for example iRobot itself? There are many reasons. US Customers: Buying From iRobot [...]

  • Random Robot Roundup

    Updated: 2011-06-21 00:08:37
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Random Robot Roundup Posted 20 Jun 2011 at 23:08 UTC by steve Kevin Erhard is working on a web video series about a robot butler named ELMer . If you'd like to find out more or even help fund the series , visit the ELMer project on IndiGoGo We also got an email from Michael Niedzwicki of the Strychnin Gallery in Berlin telling us of their upcoming exhibition called Gentle Giants' about , you guessed it , robots The exhibit starts on 15 July . Expect to see works by many renowned robot and sculpture artist and don't forget to post some photos if you go . Further out , ArtBots 2011 is coming up 7-9 Oct and the call for artists is out The curators have no fixed idea of what constitutes

  • Robots Podcast #80: SCHUNK Manipulators

    Updated: 2011-06-18 18:28:27
    : All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Robots Podcast 80 : SCHUNK Manipulators Posted 18 Jun 2011 at 17:28 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast In episode 80 17Jun2011 Robots Podcast interviews Henrik Schunk , managing partner and grandson of the founder of SCHUNK GmbH Co . KG a family-run business based in Germany , with a presence in 50 countries and over 1800 employees . SCHUNK is one of the leaders in clamping and gripping technology , with more than 10,000 specialized products . In this interview , Henrik Schunk discusses recent developments in gripping technology , challenges that still remain after over 70 years of development , and the need for task-adapted systems and high-end products including anthropomorphic robotic hands

  • Small toys also need great wisdom - toy store a successful shop small toys - the toy industry

    Updated: 2011-06-17 15:00:00
    quot March 5 million investment however sold a gadget more than 50 profit. quot Ms. Chen to see a business trip to Guangzhou a seductive ad back to Shenyang she initiation an idea of opening a toy store a beautiful day playing with stuffed toys and earns money is really a good business.

  • Kinetic Windows SDK beta release

    Updated: 2011-06-16 20:28:01
    Microsoft just released the beta version of the Windows SDK programming toolkit for Kinetic. Since its introduction Kinetic silently revolutionized robotics and this release would broaden its appeal and applications. The SDK includes raw sensor streams, skeletal tracking, audio capabilities sample code and documentation all in a easy to install windows environment. Read more about Kinetic Windows SDK here

  • Fanastic Robot Coverage in the July ROBOCON Magazine Issue

    Updated: 2011-06-16 11:57:21
    The July issue of ROBOCON Magazine hit the news st...

  • Makerbot Drops the Price for the Original CupCake 3D Printer

    Updated: 2011-06-16 11:15:50
    We have no idea how long the supplies will last - they may have already run out - but Makerbot Industries has dropped the price of their original CupCake CNC 3D printer kit to an amazingly low USD$455. The CupCake 3D printer is the one that started it all -...

  • eLEGS Exoskeleton from Berkeley Bionics

    Updated: 2011-06-15 17:00:19
    In this TED Talk, Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics is first introduced by Amanda Boxtel, a member of Berkeley Bionics test team, who begins by using her own story to prepare the audience by drawing them into the experience of being confined to a wheelchair. Bender briefly traces the history of mobility devices and Berkeley Bionics' development efforts, and then reintroduces Amanda, this time wearing an eLEGS exoskeleton, which makes it possible for her to walk. The rest of the test team is then brought on stage.

  • Bavarian Sausage Breakfast made by robots!

    Updated: 2011-06-15 01:18:53
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Bavarian Sausage Breakfast made by robots Posted 15 Jun 2011 at 12:18 UTC by IKE_RobotsPodcast Our colleague Markus Waibel wrote an extensive and very entertaining post about a project of Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group of TuMunich Two different robots , a Willow Garage PR2 named James and Rosie , a dual arm robot made in TUM with KUKA modules cooperated in order to prepare and cook the traditional Weisswurst Frühstück a Bavarian sausage breakfast Read more and watch more videos about this robot cooking session on ieee automaton blog and on IAS TuMunich website Robot of the Day RALPH Built by Terence Scott Recent blogs 16 Jun 2011 scottpreston Master 13 Jun 2011 motters Master 10

  • Ultimate Challenge Robot Vacuum Competitors Revealed

    Updated: 2011-06-13 18:42:04
    As promised in the first installment of the recently unveiled Ultimate Challenge, RobotShop is now pleased to give you Episode 2: Robot Vacuum Challengers. See which robots will be competing in this first Ultimate Challenge: And in case you missed the first episode, check it out below: Stay tuned for the third episode, where we’ll actually [...]

  • David Calkins "Robots Everywhere" Presentation

    Updated: 2011-06-12 11:46:04
    The "Robots Everywhere" presentation below by David Calkins, a.k.a. Mister Robotics and the founder of RoboGames, is three years old now, but is still very relevant and informative. The Slideshare presentation has a synced audio soundtrack if you use the play button at the bottom. David Calkins - Robots Everywhere...

  • Find a Robot For You With The New RobotShop Search

    Updated: 2011-06-10 18:32:15
    It is very important for us at RobotShop that our customers find the robot or part they need in the fastest and most efficient way. That is why RobotShop announces today their new smart search engine that will allow you to find the robotic product you are looking for. If you are curious, you can try it right now or read-on in [...]

  • Pirate Hideout Play Center @ Doheny’s Water Warehouse

    Updated: 2011-06-09 03:04:44
    Top Toys 2011 Archives About Privacy Your Toy Reviewed Disclosure Toys By Age For Boys 0 baby boys 1 Year Old Boys 2 Year Old Boys 3 Year Old Boys 4 Year Old Boys 5 Year Old Boys 8 Year Old Boys 6 Year Old Boys 7 Year Old Boys 9 Year Old Boys 10 Year Old Boys For Girls 0 Baby Girls 1 Year Old Girls 2 Year Old Girls 3 Year Old Girls 5 Year Old Girls 8 Year Old Girls 4 Year Old Girls 6 Year Old Girls 7 Year Old Girls 8 Year Old Girls 10 Year Old Girls Holidays Halloween Halloween Costumes Thanksgiving Black Friday Cyber Monday Games Board Games Card Games Spiderman Games Tile Games Video Games Nintendo Wii Word Games Toy Brands Fisher Price American Girl Baby Einstein Disney Giantmicrobes Hot Wheels JAKKS Pacific Mattel My Pillow Pets Nerf Types of Toys Classic Toys Dolls Accessories

  • How to Build a Humanoid Robot (Video)

    Updated: 2011-06-08 14:07:29
    Ever wonder what it takes to build one of the advanced humanoid robot kits like a Kondo KHR-3HV? It turns out to be not all that hard, though the process does require considerable concentration, persistence, and patience. Total assembly time is typically around 8-10 hours, though you will want to...

  • iPad2 on Wheels Makes an Impressive Remote Telepresence Robot (Video)

    Updated: 2011-06-08 10:38:30
    We want to be perfectly clear up front. This iPad remote telepresence robot isn't a product yet, but it is very, very close to becoming one, as you can see from the video below. The creative folks over at Taptic Toys have married up an iPad 2 with a balancing...

  • German Robot Plays Pool

    Updated: 2011-06-06 19:54:36
    Thomas Nierhoff, a masters student at the Technische Universität München (TUM) programmed a humanoid robot to play pool. Of course we have seen PR2 play pool in the past but this robot does not need any special accessories to hold the pool cue. As shown in the video below, the robot can be very accurate [...]

  • Robots Podcast : The Bilibot Project

    Updated: 2011-06-04 01:55:15
    In the new episode of robotspodcast we talk about a new generation of affordable robots with the Bilibot project and its leader Garratt Gallagher from MIT. Bilibot is an excellent platform with state-of-the-art sensing technology that has the potential to achieve a variety of service tasks, such as picking up your room or fetching a beer from the fridge. To learn more about the project read on or tune in!

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