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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: …
High school students in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) will soon be participating in the FIRST International Robotics Competition. For the occasion, Fusion Jeunesse has launched an invitation to the public for February 20 from 11:15 am to 2:00 pm at the Loyola High School located at 7272, rue Sherbro…
Voix du Nord reports that teacher Olivier Cassez is going to participate in the Open International Championship in Taiwan with 8 of his students. This is the First Lego League which gathers participants from 60 countries and is an international contest where the aim is to present useful and cutt…
The 2010 Robogames will take place from April 23 to 25. Robogames is the largest international robot competition. It's a family event with over 70 robotics competitions. Many categories are represented, from major combat robots, to the kung-fu and Sumo androids, gymnast robots, miniature autonomo…
The 30th competition of robotic laboratory rats took place in Japan at Micromouse 2009. A rat or mouse capable of finding their way in a maze is impressive, but what you are about to see in this video has - kind of - nothing to do with speed. Incredible! Initially, the mouse assesses and scans t…
The new generation of bolts-and-computer-chip fighter is born. In the future, fighter robots may replace men in extreme fighting, wrestling or boxing. It is amazing how they move, fight and fall at all times and with so much ease. Below, the lighter than 1 kg category, also known as U1K. A great…
The First Robotics Competition is an international robotics event organized by FIRST for High School students with their mentors. Students come from all corners of the globe, mainly from Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, Israel, the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. The goal is to build a…
