3D Printed Animatronic Hand Hairygael has put together an amazing project. He 3D printed an entire robot hand and forearm and used hobby servo motors and an Arduino board to drive it. As you can see in the picture above, the hand looks amazing and if you watch the video below, you will see it mo
During this end of the year, we could remember all the amazing robots 2011 brought to us including the new Asimo, the awesome bionics projects and incredibly popular Tankbot. But instead, we would like to show you a single picture that might inspire you, or more likely instill some fear into
New ASIMO from Honda Robotics Running Honda Robotics released a new version of ASIMO which is much faster and much more agile than its predecessors. The new ASIMO, is capable of running much faster, has dexterous hands and can even jump on one foot. This robot is clearly the most advanced human
PETMAN has to be the most physically capable humanoid robot in terms of flexibility, range of motion and robustness. It has been developed by Boston Dynamics, the same people who created BigDog, and is intended to tryout military equipment. Check out this video in order to see the robot, walk, move…
The August issue of National Geographic magazine features a fascinating article on robots, find it on newsstands July 26th 2011. In "Making Robots Human," the author Chris Carroll explores the world of robotics, and the advances in technology that allow robots to speak, blink, smile and perform
The Fit Bot by fits.me started as a human male-shaped robot that would adjust to a man's body size in order to test fit clothes when buying at on-line retailers. Now, they developed a female version of the robot that can don ladies' clothes in a "prettier"way. Fits Me Robot Detail As shown in t
Thomas Nierhoff, a masters student at the Technische Universität München (TUM) programmed a humanoid robot to play pool. Of course we have seen PR2 play pool in the past but this robot does not need any special accessories to hold the pool cue. As shown in the video below, the robot can be very ac
As we reported in the past, DLR is the proud creator of Justin a very advanced humanoid robot. Lately they have been working in a very robust robotic arm and hand system. The videos below show how they punish their robots with hammers and baseball bats in order to demonstrate how well they e
Get the Second Nao at Half Price This is an incredible promotion from RobotShop and Aldebaran. If you purchase a Nao H25 by June 15th 2011, you can get a second one at half price. This represents savings of almost 8000$. As you may already know, Nao is an awesome humanoid robot that can be u
It becomes more and more obvious that robots outperform humans in tasks that require speed, precision and complex computations. The video below featuring Rollin' Justin, a mobile version of the well known Justin humanoid robot from DLR, catching two balls that are thrown at it. http://www.yout
Usually robots are intended to help us out by accomplishing unwanted or dangerous chores, but the Punching Pro is designed to punch you in the face over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedXZvRK4-M The robot throws punches following certain patterns in order to simulate different figh
Geminoid F, Geminoid HI-1, and Geminoid DK met their original humans, an anonymous young lady, Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, and Prof. Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University, in Denmark. Geminoid-Human Reunion This is the first (and probably the last) time that the Geminoid robotic fa
Hanson Robotics released their Robokind platform to the market. There robots are exclusively available at RobotShop for immediate worldwide distribution. Robokind Zeno Humanoid Robot What is a Robokind? The Robokind platform consists of a humanoid robotic body combined with an expressive head.…
As you might remember, Robonaut 2 was sent to the ISS a few weeks ago. As shown in the video below, the human astronauts had a big surprise when they finally opened the storage crate that contains the humanoid robot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkagxtiy1-M It seems the naughty robot got o
There have been two noteworthy developments in the last week for Aldebaran and Nao, their humanoid platform. Let's have a look at this exciting news. Nao Charging Station As announced in Tokyo last weekend, Nao get's a charging station that allows the robot to autonomously recharge itself when ne
Hiroshi Ishiguro hits us again with a new creepy robot. The Japanese roboticist has been populating the Uncanny Valley with his creations for some time now. This time, he brings us a smaller version of the very scary robot Telenoid R1. Although this new version is much smaller than the ori
