The Make website just posted an excellent tutorial artice by Dustyn Roberts covering one of the most critical areas of robot design, the gears that make everything move, or at least transfer power efficiently from motors to wheels and limbs. Make: How-To: Make your own gearsOriginally uploaded by caseywaseywasabear.The “promise” that robots would eventually be capable of playing soccer at the same level as their human counterparts has seemed almost like a pipe-dream. Humanoid robot performance has improved over the years, no question. But most of them have either been extremely expensive, or required a lot of support infrastructure, and their autonomous operation appeared quite hesitant and questionable. That's all about to change. The DARwin series of humanoid...One of our role models among the ROBO-ONE humanoid robot builders crowd is Iketomu-san. He's quiet, humble, and never boasts or brags, yet he's built some of the most technically interesting robots in the group, and appears to be the only builder regularly competing in full autonomous mode. So, it was no surprise that he immediately jumped on the multi-legged robot movement gathering considerable steam here. We caught up with...Find more videos like this on Smart Girls at the Party Via Tokyo Hackerspace and AdaFruit IndustriesJuly 19th is “Marine Day”, a national holiday here, and what better way to celebrate than to hold the National Coast Clean-up Robot Contest 2010. This year's event is the 13th in an unbroken series of nation-wide robot events. Based on the 3R's (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) the event emphasizes Environmental Education, Manufacturing, and Teamwork. There are two primary classifications: Marine Rescue Robot, where the robot enters the water and...KCSpacePirates07 was kind enough to send in an interesting video captured from the view point of his son's robot participating in the Great Line Following Event in Kansas City. Here are his comments: “KCSpacePirates07 — June 14, 2010 — Here is my son's robots view footage of the Kansas City Robotics Society's Great Line Following Event 2010 at Union Station. We set a world record for the most robots following...Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google, used a remote telepresence “robot” to participate in the recent Singularity University executive session. While the event was captured in this New York Times video, we have to say that we're pretty underwhelmed. Many of us use remote video conferencing via Skype or other similar services. A few of us have been using global video conferencing since the early 1990's – though...