The Slow March Of Robots Into Our Lives
There’s a new breed of thinking robots on the loose. They can cross deserts, fight wars and explore space – as well as read your e-mails, look out for burglars, clean your house and persuade you to join them for a work-out. Resistance is futile, says Jimmy Lee Shreeve… via The Independent
Continue ReadingKegBot!
It sounds like a crazy idea, build a beer dispensing robot that tracks how much you drink, you blood alchol content, your calories and unleash it upon an unsuspecting DEFCON. The results are pure genius and something every beer drinking hacker should aspire to build. via Make: Blog
Continue ReadingiRobot to Go Public
If you are a big fan of the Roomba or you just bought a few Military Style Packbots, you might think that owning a piece of the robotic future would be prudent. Forbes thinks you would be wrong. via Make: Blog
Continue ReadingRobots Controlling The Soccer Terrorists
What is the immediate threat that require German stadiums to be patrolled by robots? And why do the robots keep impersonating lawyers? Conspiracy theories abound, but I think it is the aliens.
Continue ReadingHR-2 Mini-Robot
Almir Heralic at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has created a cool little robot. It looks huge, but don’t be fooled by the picture. This little robot has full fluid movement, a neural net, speech functions and stereo vision coupled with facial recognition and tracking capabilities. Now how to get one? Oh, be sure and [...]
Continue ReadingPalm Pilot Holonomic Robot
A few years back I built a Killlough Platform Lego Robot that turned into a very fun project and a very interesting robotic platform. Well, now the Killough Platform has a new name, the holonomic drive system. Versions of this type of drive system are popping up all over the internet.
Continue ReadingPINO
Would you like to build a humanoid biped robot for cheap? Would you like the software to be GPL’d and open to your changes? Then PINO may be the platform for you.
Continue ReadingModular Robots
The Xerox Parc group is delving deep into Modular Robots. I would like to see this type of robot made into kits that we can buy. It would be like Lego on steroids.
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