Science fiction and robot moviegoers: you probably have seen the movie Robocop from 1988. A character who looks just as good as always, and who is also saying hello in an old Korean chicken commercial :-) Not quite recent, since this is a TV commercial from the 80s! http://www.youtube.com/watch?…
Willow Garage has launched an initiative to create and develop Open Source robotics. It is based on its PR2 (Personal Robot 2) physical platform and on its ROS (Robot Operating System) open source software application. Initially the firm will provide ten PR2's to research organizations. The pu…
The RP-7 robot resembles a great boot fitted with a screen and a video camera. It is 5 foot tall (1.52 m) and allows patients and hospital staff to communicate with doctors at anytime. In addition one can connect it to electronic measuring devices (stethoscopes, otoscopes and ultrasounds) to tr…
The Hexapod walking robot below is a Lego NXT with 6 legs. The legs are controlled by motors on the right and on the left. The motor on the back controls the middle legs and assists in tilting it to the left or to the right. Operation example: the left-center drops, the left-side legs go up and t…
The first National Robotics Week (National Robotics Week) will take place from the April 10 to the 18, 2010 in the United States; this event is held annually. Robotic technology, which is described as a pillar of American innovation of 21st century will be honored. This event is a joint effort …
