On July 17th and 18th, the first Robot Film Festival took place in New York City. Organized by popular roboticist Heather Knight, the festival brought together robotic builders, engineers, artists, and robot lovers in general. As in other film festivals, there was a screening of the selected films
Jedi Bot is a robot arm wielding a foam "lightsaber" that will try to attack or defend itself from human opponents. This system used the Kinect in order to track its opponent and was put together by students from Stanford. Of course, this is not the first robot wielding a lightsaber, but
PR2 from Willow Garage is now able to help people with disabilities to perform everyday tasks such as manipulating objects shaving and more. The video below illustrates the scope and the results of the Robots for Humanity project that Willow Garage, the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech,
Robotics Trends published an interview with Mario Tremblay, CEO of RobotShop. The interview goes into the details of MyRobots.com, a cloud robotics initiative. MyRobots.com Design Preview The interview is transcribed below for those who want to know every detail about the future of cloud
We reported on robotic weddings before, but this time we are announcing a much more elegant, charming and definitely cheaper / faster way of getting married. Ok, it might not be all that fancier, but at least it's pink. AutoWed In our fast-paced lifestyle, getting married can be seen as a daunti
