• Collectible TV Tie In Toys

    Updated: 2012-06-30 21:29:07
    There are many ways to promote television shows as well as movies.  One of the most common ways is through introducing toys onto the market.  Not only do they get children involved with the show and have them imagine the characters, but also they become collectibles over time.  Imagine all of the television shows from [...]

  • Robots Podcast #107: Mary-Anne Williams

    Updated: 2012-06-30 18:41:46
    : All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Robots Podcast 107 : Mary-Anne Williams Posted 30 Jun 2012 at 17:41 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast Professor Mary-Anne Williams came to robotics through RoboCup Her background began in computer science , from which she moved to AI , with a primary interest in knowledge representation and reasoning , having done some work in belief revision how to update a knowledge base when you receive new or contradictory information In 2001, she attended the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI with which RoboCup was co-located and was captivated by the Sony AIBO then used as players in RoboCup soccer She was also impressed with how much progress there'd been since the first

  • SoftWear Automation Awarded $1.25 Million DARPA Contract

    Updated: 2012-06-29 18:05:33
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account SoftWear Automation Awarded 1.25 Million DARPA Contract Posted 29 Jun 2012 at 17:05 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast SoftWear Automation the latest in a string of ventures founded by Steve Dickerson a retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor Emeritus at Georgia Institute of Technology and nurtured by Georgia Tech's startup accelerator , the Advanced Technology Development Center ATDC has been awarded a contract for 1.25 Million , by DARPA to develop automated sewing work-cells , that the company hopes will reinvigorate the domestic garment industry and DARPA hopes will shorten the time from requisition to delivery while lowering costs , as well as reducing reliance on foreign

  • Tovbot's Shimi at Google I/O

    Updated: 2012-06-29 16:39:21
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Tovbot's Shimi at Google I O Posted 29 Jun 2012 at 15:39 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast Tovbot's Shimi made its first public appearance two days ago at Google I O , where not just one but three Shimis performed in perfect coordination . Tovbot was formed earlier this year by a group of robot researchers and entrepreneurs hailing from Georgia Tech IDC in Israel and MIT Media Lab Their goal is to foster a new paradigm of personal robots robots that don't just clean your floors or your pool , but also interact with you on a personal , almost human . level According to a news item on Georgia Tech's website Shimi , a musical companion developed by Georgia Tech†s Center for Music Technology ,

  • 10th Annual Field Robot Event Underway

    Updated: 2012-06-28 16:48:14
    This year's Field Robot Event (FRE 2012) began today and runs through Saturday. I will bring together what reports I am able to find once the dust settles, but meanwhile you can view videos from past years' events by entering "Field Robot Event" in YouTube's search field.

  • Choose the best robot for you. RobotShop helps you Compare

    Updated: 2012-06-27 18:24:32
    RobotShop is the leading source for domestic robot technology. We offer a varied selection of Robot Vacuums and our services are unmatched. We have several models of robotic vacuum cleaners and it sometimes can be difficult to choose the right model for a situation or environment. That’s why RobotShop offers a robot vacuum comparison table. [...]

  • Quadrotor Light Show

    Updated: 2012-06-27 05:55:25
    This video is a performance piece incorporating a troupe of 16 quadrotors. It's a very nice way to spend a few minutes.

  • Get POPSCI June’s Hottest Gadget: Windoro

    Updated: 2012-06-20 17:32:06
    The savvy tech geeks at POPSCI recently included the Windoro as part of Junes’s hottest gadgets; we couldn’t agree more with that choice. The Windoro is really the first window cleaning robot available to normal consumers. This autonomous robot uses microfiber pads and a cleaning solution to polish your windows and comes in two halves (one on each [...]

  • 2012 Field Robot Event June 28th - 30th

    Updated: 2012-06-16 22:37:07
    This will be the 10th edition of the Field Robot Event. Organized by Fontys University of Applied Sciences and Wageningen UR (University & Research), it will be held in Venlo, The Netherlands, on the grounds of Floriade 2012.(PDF of slides from above presentation video about the 2012 Field Robot Event)

  • Robots Podcast #106: Swiss Robotics

    Updated: 2012-06-16 21:24:38
    : All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Robots Podcast 106 : Swiss Robotics Posted 16 Jun 2012 at 20:24 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast In this episode Robots Podcast talks with Dario Floreano about his new role as director of the Swiss National Center of Competence for Research NCCR in Robotics which brings together leading experts in the field working at Swiss institutions , including EPFL ETH Zurich the University of Zurich and Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence IDSIA NCCR Robotics was launched in December 2010 and will run for up to twelve years . The center aims to develop human­-oriented robots that assist people in their daily lives and improve their quality of life . Their research is currently organized into

  • EPFL Aerial Crash Recovery

    Updated: 2012-06-15 17:41:21
    Researchers at EPFL, in Switzerland, have developed an aerial system which absorbs the energy of low-speed collisions, rights itself, and resumes flying.

  • Three-fingered Hand With One Actuator

    Updated: 2012-06-15 17:20:00
    Japanese company DOUBLE Research and Development has developed a three-fingered robotic hand using a single pressure sensor and a single actuator. The linkage through which the fingers are attached to their mount automatically equalizes the pressure applied by each.

  • Joggobot Will Keep You Moving

    Updated: 2012-06-15 05:56:16
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Joggobot Will Keep You Moving Posted 15 Jun 2012 at 04:56 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast Researchers at the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne , Australia have created a robot to support you while exercising . Joggobot is a modified version of the popular AR Drone quadrocopter platform developed by French company Parrot The robot will track a marker pattern printed on your t-shirt and fly ahead of you when you go out for a run . The researchers describe Joggobot as an exertion game They believe that jogging is play we are not jogging to get from A to B , but for the experience of jogging and point out that jogging with a physical device that reacts to its environment and ,

  • Robotic Zebrafish Influences Real Fish

    Updated: 2012-06-14 18:22:17
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Robotic Zebrafish Influences Real Fish Posted 14 Jun 2012 at 17:22 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast Researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in the U.S . and the Instituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy have created a robotic zebrafish that can mix with real zebrafish and influence their behavior The robot visually resembles an actual zebrafish . It is roughly 15 centimetres long and spray-painted with the zebrafish' characteristic blue stripe pattern . To influence fish behavior , the researchers controlled the robot's tail motion to mimic that of real fish . This new research builds on past projects for mixed robot-animal societies which has tackled chickens and cockroaches

  • Go Sphero! Get Your Robot Ball Today

    Updated: 2012-06-13 18:59:28
    Sphero is an amazing robotic ball that  can be controlled via a Smartphone using Bluetooth. There are various free apps designed specifically for this robot ball allowing it to be programmed to follow patterns, play games, scare your cat, and more. Most importantly, it is now available at RobotShop! Oh, and did we mention it is waterproof [...]

  • Random Robot Roundup

    Updated: 2012-06-07 23:47:07
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Random Robot Roundup Posted 7 Jun 2012 at 22:47 UTC by steve There's a cool Robotics Trends article on robotics researchers studying how mosquitoes survive flying through rain when every raindrop is 50 times the mass of the mosquito . The idea is to make micro air vehicles that sturdy . The Swirling Brain tells us robot lifeguards are on the way . Nootrix did a post recently in which they speculate about using ROS with the new LEAP gesture sensor . IEEE Spectrum published an interesting piece about educational robotics in Africa And Slate posted an essay by Dale Dougherty on how we could improve education in the US by replacing standardized testing with a program of teaching kids to do

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