The best Tetris players now have competition from this Lego robot that plays the Tetris game all on its own. Branislov Kisacanin has created a robotic player prototype with the help of Mindstorms parts, a webcam and a computer. A Texas Instruments DSP board (TI DM6437 DSP board) decrypts what happ…
Designer Kare Halvorsen has updated his Hexapod robot. It looks more like a giant ant, very realistic. Since 2009, Kare has been improving its operation and his prototype can now manipulate objects more easily. The hexapod has 2 degrees of freedom on the abdomen and 3 on the head, and has 6 leg…
South Korea is going to inject 20 thousand won, that's 18 million dollars, to develop underwater robots. The aim is to invent robots that can swim but also walk on sea beds up to depths of 6000 meters by 2016. The initiative is supported by the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs in Sou…
Adept Quattro is known for being the world's fastest industrial robot in terms of packaging (picking/placing) objects. Watch the video below to be convinced. The speed is simply incredible. And, in order to make it more difficult, the person uses a Wii joystick which constantly moves the recept…
Another great new product that we've just received in stock: the Minoru Webcam 3D. It's the first commercial 3D webcam. The connection to a computer or robot is made via a high speed 2.0 USB port. The Minoru 3D can also be used as a sensor. Furthermore, it works with Windows XP, Vista and Win…
