Business card holders are productive, useful and necessary business tools that are extremely helpful in promoting a person or business. Business card holders are used to hold, store and protect business cards before and during the process of distribution. Business card holders come in two separate types—the portable business card holder and the desktop business [...]
Picking up objects is a major challenge for most robots and robot designers. Tasks like grasping an egg without breaking it seem almost insurmountable. But what about trying to design a robot capable of picking up a dollop of mayonnaise or ketchup? Think it's impossible? Think again: This amazing device,...
Hanson Robotics released their Robokind platform to the market. There robots are exclusively available at RobotShop for immediate worldwide distribution. What is a Robokind? The Robokind platform consists of a humanoid robotic body combined with an expressive head. These robots can walk, talk and show emotions in the same way a human can. Thanks to [...]Robopec has developed a new expressive, and perhaps a bit unsettling, robot named Le REETI that combines the features of a PCMedia center with robotics and an engaging character that looks somewhat like a cream-colored Shrek: More videos after the break- Philippe Kervizic of Robotics Business sent in this footage...
Remember AIBO, Sony’s now discontinued robotic pet dog? Well Sony’s loss is Korea’s gain, now that they have a corner on the market for dancing robot dogs. GENIBO has been around in Korea for a…
All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Network Posted 29 Mar 2011 at 16:38 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast The Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Network SMAVNET Project , of the EPFL Laboratory of Intelligent Systems aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers . Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast , can easily overcome difficult terrain , and benefit from line-of-sight . communication SMAVNET recently crossed the threshold to a higher public profile through coverage on CNN Labs While it is just one of a dozen current projects being conducted at LIS it's one with easily understoodDasaRobot (Korea) was exhibiting its GENIBO dog robot at InnoRobo 2011 in Lyon, France last week, and Philippe Kervizic of Robotics Business was kind enough to send in this video footage of the performance: GENIBO appears, in many ways, to be quite similar to the discontinued SONY AIBO canine robot,...Why is RoboGames so important and inspiring? Listen to RoboGames founder, David Calkins explain how it got started and the incredible role it has come to play in the life of robot builders, experimenters, hobbyists, and fans all over the world. If you have any trouble viewing the embedded video,...
Buying gifts for children in the 21st century can be a confusing process for many grandparents, but this does not have to be the case. Here at Top Toys Blog, we are going to give all you grandmas and grandpas out there some help to make sure you find the perfect gifts for your grandchildren [...]
Raul Rojas,
who was also featured in
Robots Podcast Episode 64: Autonomous Vehicles,
returns to discuss the work being done at
AutoNOMOS Labs
to develop an interface that allows a person to direct
a largely autonomous vehicle with their thoughts.
He is followed by Geoff Mackellar,
CTO and Research Manager of
Emotiv,
developers of the
EPOC neuroheadset
used by AutoNOMOS Labs.
Finally,
the web page for this episode
links to
a TED talk
given by Tan Le of Emotiv.
Read on
or
Tune in
Medical robotics and robotic surgery appear to be the future of medical operations. Although the cost of a surgical robot is approximately $ 1.7 million, it is a very large extent. The medical world sees this technology as a remarkable and revolutionary step towards less invasive surgery. Through the use of robotics more complex operations [...]
The guys from California’s Willow Garage to have an interesting thing – they support a free robotehnicheskuyu Robot Operating System platform open source. As a final demonstration of ligament ROS and PR2 robot masters “taught” the last game of billiards. Just a week developers were able to achieve good results – the robot safely play [...]
Robots specialized in agriculture have been developed by engineers at the University of Illinois in order to automate the heavy labor of farmers. These robots can detect diseased plants, alert other robots of the existence of a pest and get everyone together to fight as a team with the help of satellites. New generations of [...]
Machines are becoming more human-like – in Japan, robots already were tested in the classroom. But this is only the beginning: scientists predict that people will in future not only have sex with androids, but that machine us no later than 2070 to trump intelligence. Last month the company announced Gecko system, that you had [...]
The agricultural sector has developed into a highly technical area of global significance for food, energy and landscape management. Connect the demand for new ideas for technical solutions to the economic benefits with social and environmental impact is great. A major platform for the development of autonomous robots is the field from the University of [...]
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) want to equip the helper so that it makes easy to use even complex media. The goal: even if they are housebound, older people are to maintain their social contacts and prevent isolation and can train cognitive abilities. “Call my daughter!” Maybe the old man forgot the [...]
It is always exciting to see Quebec robotic innovation. Robotiq is a Quebec company that developed a very interesting robotic gripper that can adapt to various types of objects as shown in the video below. Even more impressive, when the Adaptive Gripper is combined with the Motoman SDA10D dual-arm robotic system by Yaskawa, the result is a very [...]
A
radiation monitoring robot, dubbed Monirobo
("monitor" + "robot")
(source),
developed by Japan's Nuclear Safety Technology Center
(NUSTEC),
has been deployed to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
While possibly the only robot being brought into play which had
been specifically designed for use in a nuclear accident, it's
far from the only robot to be deployed, or at least offerred for
deployment during the recovery phase of the current
disaster in Japan. (More after the break)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Rhino Toys, recently announced a voluntary recall of the OBall Links & Mini Rattles. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: OBall Links & [...]