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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 …
We offer you this moment of inspiration for National Robotics Week. A student from Togo, Sam TODO, has succeeded in creating a robot prototype with some used television parts. The imagination knows no limits. Even without the financial means. His robot is called SAM10. Sam wants to try to mak…
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…
RobotBox user jbot added a nifty blog post today about using his robot to paint with light. Inspired by images of Roomba's with LEDs, he added a set of LEDs to his robot, PlexiBot and took some long exposure photos as PlexiBot traveled around. The results are quite beautiful.
Bots High is a film in progress which shows robots fighting in American High Schools. The video documentary allows us to follow the course of several teams from the initial design of their robot to the final struggle for victory, honor but also for fun at the National BattleBots Championship. …
The "Gulper AUV" is an underwater vehicle that is programmed to look for information of use to the scientific community. Gulper AUV Sub-Aquatic Robot The group explains that it has 'trained' the robot to retrieve the highest-quality information back to …
For the first time ever, the Philippines, will host on November 6 and 7, 2010, the World Robot Olympiad. The World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is a robot competition that brings together more than a thousand schools with students and teachers from 30 different countries. Two categories are presented: …
