Google Autonomous Car Google, the ubiquitous Internet giant, is leaning more and more towards robotics. Google's interest in robotics started with the clever naming of their Android cell phones, and continued with their acquisition of several UAVs. Now, they are road testing fully autonomous ca
Panasonic has a new robot dedicated to washing human heads. The idea is to use this robot in hospitals and with the elders. The robot is able to scan the head to be washed and plan the most optimal way to wash it. The video below shows more details on the robot and the washing process. http://ww
Roomba's manufacture, iRobot recently filed a patent for a new indoors navigation system. The system is called "Celestial Navigation System" and is intended to be used on domestic robots that work indoors. iRobot Celestial Navigation System patent This navigation system is intended to compet
[caption id="attachment_920" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Arduino Uno and Mega2560 New Packaging"] [/caption] The new Arduino Uno and Mega 2560 are in stock at RobotShop. These two successors, for the Arduino Duemilanove and Mega respectively, were released on September 25th, and
Robotics Trends Robotics Trends announced its Advisory Board initiative on September 28th. The formation of the Advisory Board brings together robotics professionals recruited from a wide variety of industries, including academia, government, military, robotics media, distributors, and intell…
