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Rat Brain Controls Small Cyborg Robot! With Video!

Dan — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:08:17 +0000

Robot is controlled entirely by lab grown rat brain cells. The team grows neurons on an electrode array, which via wireless (bluetooth) communication receives signals from the robot's ultrasonic sensors.

Robot Duo Learn to Play Flute and Saxophone Music

Dan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:31:13 +0000

Japanese researchers have taught two robots how to play musical instruments. One plays flute, the other saxophone. The robots reproduce, play sounds they hear.

Robot Surgery Is Safe, But No Better Than Regular Surgery for Children, Says Report.

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:30:40 +0000

According to a study published in Pediatrics, using robots for surgery is safe, but provides no better outcomes for child patients in some cases. Robotic surgery systems, such as the Da Vinci allow surgeons to more easily do less invasive surgeries, as well as reduce human error like shaking hands.

Skiing Robot Carves Up The Snowy Mountain Slope – Video

Dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:51 +0000

The robot is autonomous, and contains a complex sensory control system. An on-board camera identifies gates on the slope while a GPS system tracks position and velocity.

Unique Stairclimbing Robot Conquers the Steps

Dan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:40:11 +0000

There has been a lot of successful stairclimbing robot designs, but few are as simple and effective as this one by LMR user Arek ArunioSmo. Watch how easily it climbs up the stairs.

60ft Gundam Japanese Robot Statue Update – It’s Animated

Dan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:40:44 +0000

An update on the Japanese Gundam Robot in Tokyo. Video of the 60ft Gundam below shows that the robot is slightly animated with lights, steam, a moving head and sounds.

Controllable BristleBot Stays Within the Lines

Dan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:14:42 +0000

Remember the bristlebots? Those toothbrush and pager motor robots that buzzed around? Here’s a version that is controllable. Watch it turn around after it goes past the black line.

You can make one too.

Quadruped Robot Walks and Fights – Video

Dan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:37:14 +0000

Take a look at “Issy”, a walking, fighting, quadruped robot made by Let’s Make Robots user mikef. Issy has a wireless camera for the operator, and an airsoft gun to shoot things!

Notice how well the robot walks.

Issy is built out of 13 AX-12 servos using the bioloid frame kit, lynxmotion SES brackets for legs, and a custom AVR-based controller with an XBEE wireless link back to my PC. For competing in MechWars he is carrying a Wifi camera (through which I watch and drive), and an airsoft gun, as well as the required scoring system.

The robot does a great job at walking! Kudos to its creator.
Issy on LMR

Sushi Chef Robot Stirs a Crowd at the International Food Machinery and Technology Expo

Dan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:52:33 +0000

A slew of robots performed delicate acts of edible showmanship this week at the International Food Machinery and Technology Expo in Tokyo, Japan. Creations perhaps destined someday to bring to life a Jetsons-style future of ubiquitous robotics demonstrated their ability to handle food.

Among the crowd pleasers stood a rather beefy, industrial looking robotic arm with a nimble human hand that assumed the position of “sushi chef” and gracefully arranged faux-sushi on a platter. The 5-axis, 0.5mm precision M-430iA robot by FANUC specializes in high speed, ultra precision picking and food handling, according to the company’s website.

This robochef arranged delicate pieces of sushi on a platter.

One day, a robot like this will be making your dinner.

via TokyoMango

Beggar Robot Asks For Your Charity, Must Watch!

Dan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:06:05 +0000

Barred from begging in shopping centers, the poor have utilized scraps of computer junk from landfills and recycling centers to build an interactive robot sympathetic to their cause. Simply place the robot in a location frequented by the affluent, and the electromechanical wizardry begins.

Beggar ‘Bot talks in a computerized voice, pitching to passers-by to consider helping the less fortunate. Drawing a crowd and creating a spectacle, bedazzled mall-goers take interest in the robot and after curiously watching and listening, place money in its extending hand – to which it responds, “thank you.”

Beggar Robot is a robot for the materially deprived and is constructed entirely from old computer hardware and a few spare parts that were obtained at no cost….

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