On Friday CMU announced via press relase the creation of the "Ballbot" (original, I know). It's a robot that dynamically balances on one steel ball. It was picked up by several robot websites and was also featured on RocketBoom. That's all fine and good, until someone cries "fowl!&…
Kyosho has announced the release of the Manoi AT01 robot. He's set for a full release in September for around $1,300 USD. He has more abilities and a longer battery life than the original Manoi. Lem, over at Robots Dreams, has a whole list of information and videos of Manoi AT01 in action.There's …
Here's the final standings for the 9th Autonomous Underwater Vehicle competition:University of Florida Duke University Ecole de technologie superieure University of Rhode Island University of Texas at Dallas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell Uni…
Carnegie Mellon has announced this year's inductees for the Robot Hall of Fame. The real-life droids include Aibo and Scara. From the fiction category, there is David from AI, Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Maria from Metropolis. "The five robots were formally inducted at a June …
Will Microsoft Go Robotic? The answer: yes. Microsoft is moving several of its pieces into play. Microsoft Research is working with Carnegie Mellon to launch the Center for Innovative Robotics. "Microsoft also has several academic and commercial partners that plan to support its software. Those inc…
