photos from botjunkie & Cnet Can robots perform as well as humans in sports? This is what the designers at Ziggy wanted to find out during the Robogames. The American football player Joe Nedney pitted his strength against Ziggy to hit the ball as far as possible and accurately. Even if …
Two Indian students habe had fun developing a farm tractor which can be steered only by using a cell phone. The tractor has a video camera and sensors which allow it to stop in an emergency if it detects an obstacle or human in front of it. Everything is controlled remotely via the phone: the a…
RobotShop has just received several mobile robotic development platforms from the company Dr Robot. A quick introduction to the new products: -Mobile Development Platform with WiFi Head DRK8080 Dr. Robot: A platform on wheels with sensors, 7 degrees of freedom, Wi-Fi. It comes pre-assembled, r…
We were telling you yesterday about the new Robovie R3 robot prototype by ATR-Robotics and Vstone. Well, suddenly today we can finally find videos of this humanoid robot from Japan. As a reminder, the Robovie-R Ver3 is intended to act as a support guide robot for the elderly and people with impa…
Have you heard of Little Dog by Boston Dynamics? It's the miniature version of the famous Big Dog for military use. This robotic mule is able to transport material autonomously in hostile terrain. It's fascinating just how much this little quadruped robot looks like a real animal. The little …
