PaPeRo, the little armless companion robot from Nec, is got a new video ad. Of course it is in Japanese and features some crazy/funny/silly Japanese action. Besides featuring a bunch of screaming men, it also show off the robot's features. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubojTH1Y9c For those o
Robot arms skilled at wielding knives and carving meat, can be a bit scary, specially for us fleshy humans. Nevertheless, the HAMDAS-R by Mayekawa Manufacturing is a very impressive machine. It is capable of de-boning ham using a razor sharp knife by adapting to the shape and size variat
The trailer for the upcoming short film BLINKY by Ruairi Robinson has been released. See it below. [vimeo 16755989] The film is set in a not so distant future and features a domestic robot that apparently turns into a rampaging killer...Either that, or it enjoys ketchup too much. Blinky is
Inverted pendulums (i.e. balancing a stick on a moving platform) never ceases to fascinate humans, especially when it is done by a robot. Pencil Balancing Robot The robot illustrated in the video below is capable of balancing a pencil on its tip. The motion of the pencil is tracked by two im
About a week after the Open LiDAR project was announced, the Neato XV-11 has been hacked and now its juicy LiDAR data can be used by everybody. This effectively makes the Neato XV-11 not only one of the most advanced vacuum cleaner robots in the market, but also, the cheapest LiDAR available.
