For the first time ever, the Philippines, will host on November 6 and 7, 2010, the World Robot Olympiad. The World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is a robot competition that brings together more than a thousand schools with students and teachers from 30 different countries. Two categories are presented: …
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Eager, a Japanese company has developed a robot mannequin out of ... cardboard! This is an environmentally friendly solution for the planet. But if it starts walking, this may upset the top-models ... ; -) D+Ropop is made entirely from recycled cardboard paper, it contains 8 motors and weighs o…
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) recently introduced the FlyFire project. An image in space is created using miniature robot helicopters with multicolored LEDs. These helicopters move anywhere in 3D space, then hover in mid-air to create the image of your choice. Flyfire could invol…
DARPA is currently developing a robot interpreter that would support the troops at war. Right now, troops use human translators who speak in military radios. The Pentagon and DARPA seek to build a robot interpreter with 98% accuracy in 20 different languages. The project is called RATS for Rob…
