We told you last week about RobotShopFr's twitter account: The 3rd Barbot Festival was recently held in San Francisco. And for the event, robotics creators and fans displayed their specimens to the people attending. For example, the cocktail robot was created specifically for this event: http:/…
The musical robot that plays drums is born. Jazari is controlled by two Nintendo Wii remotes. The designer is Jazari Music's Patrick Flanagan. The Wiimote allows accelerating or slowing down the percussion beat as well as adjusting the volume. A real gem for music geeks. Explanations: http://w…
The Japanese JO-Zero robot was introduced late in 2009 at the International Robots Exhibition. With twenty degrees of freedom (different movements), including ten in the legs, eight in the arms, and two in size, this mini-robot moves almost like a human. In the future, when a larger version is …
Here is a rather amusing T-shirt created by Goapesshirts displaying a robot couple watching TV while having second intentions in mind ;-) Let's note that the real robot couple is the one on the left, in the first picture! The T-shirt costs $ 18 and is called "While the Kids Are In Standby mode…
A joint project between the Missouri University of Sciences and the University of Missouri - Columbia has led to the development of a robot that provides 3D images of inaccessible or dangerous structures. The prototype, which required 400,000 dollars in funding for its R&D (via the Leona…
