• Happy New Year for all Robots and all Roboticists

    Updated: 2011-12-30 20:51:35
    During this end of the year, we could remember all the amazing robots 2011 brought to us including the new Asimo, the awesome bionics projects and incredibly popular Tankbot. But instead, we would like to show you a single picture that might inspire you, or more likely instill some fear into your soul: You might remember Robonaut 2 from earlier this year. It was [...]

  • Al Jazeera examines military robotics

    Updated: 2011-12-29 17:19:14
    In a 24-minute, English-language video Al Jazeera examines the present use and ongoing development of military robots, addressing the question where the decisions being made today will take us.

  • Santa in Flight Training with CISR Robot Arm

    Updated: 2011-12-21 16:28:06
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Santa in Flight Training with CISR Robot Arm Posted 21 Dec 2011 at 16:28 UTC by steve It's the time of year when Santa needs to train for his annual flight and it appears Saint Nick saw our recent posting on CISR's Haptically-Enabled Universal Motion Simulator UMS Fortunately , the roboticists at CISR were feeling in the Christmas spirit and agreed to help Santa get into shape . Kyle Nelson , writes In preparation for Christmas this year Santa has made the trip down-under for some flight training Santa tested his skills on the new CISR Haptically-Enabled Universal Motion Simulator UMS to make sure that he can deliver all of his presents on time this Christmas Eve . We have a feeling

  • Robots Podcast #93: Turning Robots into Products

    Updated: 2011-12-19 02:23:35
    : All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Robots Podcast 93 : Turning Robots into Products Posted 19 Dec 2011 at 02:23 UTC updated 19 Dec 2011 at 02:29 UTC by John_RobotsPodcast In Robots Podcast episode 93 Sabine interviews Erin Rapacki , who previously worked at DEKA iRobot and Anybots and is currently Product Marketing Manager for Mobile Robots at Adept Technology In the interview , she argues that robotics research should be more driven by real-world problems in need of marketable solutions , and that they should take advantage of available platforms , such as those available from Adept , rather than continually reinventing the mobility aspect of their projects . She also discusses the prospects for cloud robotics and states

  • MorpHex: From Sphere to Hexapod and Back

    Updated: 2011-12-14 21:15:16
    : All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account MorpHex : From Sphere to Hexapod and Back Posted 14 Dec 2011 at 21:15 UTC by steve Robot builder KÃ¥re Halvorsen aka Zenta has released a new video of his MorpHex robot . This is a hexapod robot with a spherical shell . The sphere is divided into an upper and lower hemisphere , each of which are broken into six smaller segments . The lower six shell pieces act as legs when the robot is moving . All twelve segments can be retracted to form a sphere . In addition to the video , check out the Zenta Robotic Creation blog for lots of photos during the . construction Super Coooooool posted 21 Dec 2011 at 13:50 UTC by WhoPhlungPoo Journeyer Nice Robot of the Day Walker Built by David Mitchell

  • Aldebaran introduces new Nao

    Updated: 2011-12-11 05:00:27
    <br/A new version of the Nao is ready, and eager to make your acquaintance.

  • Giant Robot Arm Becomes Motion Simulator

    Updated: 2011-12-07 16:57:41
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account Giant Robot Arm Becomes Motion Simulator Posted 7 Dec 2011 at 16:57 UTC by steve Kyle Nelson , of the Centre for Intelligent Systems Research at Deakin University in Australia , wrote to tell us about a motion simulator they're developing that's based on a giant robot . arm The CISR haptically-enabled Universal Motion Simulator UMS is a state-of-the-art platform for dynamic training and performance analysis . The platform is built on integrated COTS technologies , including a customised anthropomorphic industrial robot , 3D visualisation immersive displays HMD and a motion capture and tracking system . A 6 DOF serial kinematic robot permits two axes of continuous rotation , realistic

  • The Sound of Robot Hands Clapping

    Updated: 2011-12-05 19:28:44
    All the news that's fit to assimilate Home Blogs Events Robots Humans Projects Podcasts About Account The Sound of Robot Hands Clapping Posted 5 Dec 2011 at 19:28 UTC by steve The Swirling Brain noticed an io9 post from a while back with some cool or creepy perhaps disembodied humanoid robot arms . They are known as the Ondz clapping robots and were created by Masato Takahashi of Keio University . His goal was to make multipurpose hand-clapping machines that would sound like authentic human applause , though other purposes ranging from telepresence clapping to spanking machines have been suggested . Read on to see more video of the clapping robots in . action Robot of the Day Walker Built by David Mitchell Recent blogs 21 Dec 2011 spirit Journeyer 16 Dec 2011 mwaibel Master 7 Dec 2011

  • Henrik Christensen on the U.S. Robotics Roadmap

    Updated: 2011-12-04 18:33:07
    In episode #92, Robots Podcast interviews Henrik Christensen, the KUKA Chair of Robotics at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, and director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. Professor Christensen has played a leading role in the initiative to create a roadmap for robotics research in the United States, and to keep that roadmap up to date. That roadmap is the primary subject of this interview.Read On or Tune In

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