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By Dan on June 23, 2009
340 lbs and gold medal winner at the RoboGames, Ziggy throws this hunk of metal several feet in the air with its high powered wedge.
Posted in Fun, Videos
| Tagged battlebot, robogames, video, ziggy
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By Dan on June 17, 2009
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.
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| Tagged bristlebot, motorized, robot, toothbrush, video
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By Dan on June 12, 2009
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 [...]
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| Tagged Issy, LMR, quadruped, robot, video
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By Dan on June 2, 2009
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.”
Posted in New Robots
| Tagged beggar, charity, homeless, interaction, robot, video
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By Dan on June 2, 2009
iShoes, available at theishoes.com, are motorized shoes that allow the wearer to roll along paths and streets at speeds up to 13.5 MPH. Basically, they are roller skates with 500 Watt motors on them!
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| Tagged ishoes, motorized, skates, transportation, video
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By Dan on June 2, 2009
A robot named Simroid allows dental students to interact with a realistic, robotic patient. Simroid can sense pain, listen to the student, and even talk back to the student, making it a very realistic robot.
Posted in Videos, medical
| Tagged medical, New Robots, simroid, video
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By Dan on June 1, 2009
A Roomba was made to be voice activated by Verbal Machines Ltd, a company specializing in “Interactive Embedded Speech Products.” This Roomba listens to you.
Posted in Videos
| Tagged cleaning, irobot, Roomba, video, voice activated
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By Dan on May 30, 2009
‘Ember’, is their book-sized autonomous robot made for the LANdroid program.Ember’s ad-hoc network maintains communication between soldiers on the battlefield.
Posted in Military
| Tagged ad-hoc, autonomous, DARPA, ember, irobot, Military, military robot, New Robots, robot, small robot, video
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By Dan on May 27, 2009
Finally, a humanoid robot that does emotions well. KOBIAN doesn’t just do facial expressions like most other humanoid robots. This bot uses its whole body to convey emotion, much like how we humans display body-language.
We’re one step closer to having the friendly, humanoid robotic housekeeper we were all supposed to have by now. KOBIAN, make [...]
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| Tagged bipedal, emotion, humanoid, japan, kobian, New Robots, video
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By Dan on May 25, 2009
A simple, walking robot would be impressive enough. This robot is has a full array of breakdancing moves that the small, bipedal style robot can perform.
Posted in Fun
| Tagged bipedal, dancing, japan, manoi, robot, video
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