The first time I heard about this guy, Theo Jansen, was in this news article. The video of one of his creations was amazing. Really amazing. "Theo Jansen creates unique machines that collect wind with their wings, and store the energy in bottles that he calls their stomachs." '"It …
Here's a pretty comprehensive article on Toshiba's quest for a "life support robot." They will be demoing the robots at the Prototype Robot Exhibition in Japan from June 9 to 19th. The will be demoing two robots - Robot one is able to recognize a specific voice in a crowd from any directi…
Check out the picture and tell me if it isn't a bit ... weird. No, not the guy, the woman - She's fake! She's yet another feature at the World Expo 2005 which we covered previously. It/she breaths in a human like manner, has 31 points of articulation in her torso, skin-like silicon covering, natu…
Well folks, here's your opportunity to fulfill all your childhood dreams of having a robotic helicopter. Check out the Cheap Robotic Helicopter Howto. The intro reads: This document explains how to build a 300 g, 3D-capable helicopter with embedded Linux and Bluetooth datalink for less than 500 EU…
Circle you calendars for June 28-30. AUVSI is putting on their annual robotics shindig! You can read the official press release or visit the website here. Highlights are said to include "150,000 square feet of hardware and static equipment displax," lots of cool talks, good networking, an…
