As launched by our friend William Cox, the Open LiDAR Project aims to reward the first to be able to successfully hack the Neato XV-11 LiDAR. More precisely, the first person to get useful readings out of the Neato XV-11 LiDAR and published his code and procedure under an open license, will get
Event if China was absent from the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa, this did not prevent it from winning a different world cup: the soccer category of the robot Olympics. The Olympic Games for humanoid robots was organized by the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. 18 universities fr…
A new world record, more fun than official, was just made in Kansas. A circuit with an electric line which resembles rails was arranged at the Station in Kansas City. 50 robots followed the line at the same for a few seconds. The circuit in itself was impressive too: no less than 122 meters! He…
Robocup 2010 has started in Singapore. It runs from June 19 to 25. Five hundred teams from 40 different countries are competing at the event. Particularly followed are the soccer tournaments featuring a certain Nao, from French company Aldebaran Robotics. The competition's internet site: htt…
AUVSI is the association for unmanned vehicles. The AUSVI foundation is organizing a competition of robotic boats: the Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition (ASVC). The robotic boats have to follow a specific course: slalom between clearly identified markers then return to dock. Different cou…
For the 6th anniversary of Kondo KHR robots, Kondo has indulged in some remarkable artistic performances. This took place in Tokyo at the Kondo Cup. Here's a traditional Japanese dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2uMnkDi4U More rock but still impressive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_…
The Carnegie Mellon University soccer robots (USA) use physical science to score goals in soccer. The soccer player robots that are competing in RoboCup 2010 in Singapore use the principles of physics which predict the ball's behavior. Soccer robots don't only analyze their own movements but al…
If the trend continues, RobotShop predicts that the future winner of the Google Lunar X-Prize will be Astrobotic Technology. The Pittsburgh company is competing with 20 other private companies. The aim of the Google competition is to be able to develop a robot which can go alone on the moon, cros…
Have you heard of Robogames? It's a set of competitions in which robots compete in merciless fights, like gladiators in the arena. Well, here's the best of Robogames 2010 in a slow-motion video. The video was filmed with a Casio Exilim EX-F1 with 300 images per second. http://www.youtube.com/wat…
Albert is a robot which has been developed by engineering students at the University of Liège in Belgium. Albert will represent Belgium at the end of May in a competition organized by Eurobots in Switzerland. The students who previously finished in 27th place hope this time to rank among…
After the excellent choreography of the best of hexapod robots in 2009, now here's the Best of 2010. These 6 legged robots have soul and move to the beat. Moreover, it's a popular phenomenon since other robots will dance to the rhythm of electronic music this Friday night in Montreal, in WE ARE R…
After the mini soccer World Cup, Robocup 2010 in Germany, the Kondo Cup takes place in Asia. Created in 2006, the Kondo Cup takes place regularly throughout the year. This robot soccer tournament is held in the electronics quarter of Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan. The robots that perform as soccer…
This video shows images of the Robo-One competition and mentions that the ultimate aim of combat robots is to be able to fight humans. As RD says, that's never been the goal of Robo-One. Rather, organizing robot competitions allows robotics to advance quicker. Plus, if there were fights between …
In order to promote its robotic vacuum cleaners in Korea , LG has decided to organize a soccer tournament. The tournament will be held on May 16 and should have 32 teams participating. The remote-controlled vacuum robots will be used like soccer players. Registration is open until April 30. Al…
The combat robots competition, Robo-One 2010, has just ended in Japan. You can view the photos posted by Robot-Dreams on Flickr (including the one above): flickr.com/photos/robots-dreams/sets/72157623564934427/show/. It was "Super Dygar II" which established itself in the final against "Neutrin…
Robo-One is a humanoid robot competition in Japan. It was created in 2002 and has already taken place in other countries including South Korea and the US. The robot participants fight each other as warriors (like fighters of mixed martial arts). The robots are mostly prototypes developed espec…
