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ORLANDO, Fla. – TROBO the Storytelling Robot as the company launches its Kickstarter campaign and participates in both the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas and Maker Faire Orlando.
It has been a few years since RobotShop released the original DFRobotShop Rover, and we continue to be amazed and delighted with what people are using them to do. Recently German researchers used the DFRobotShop Rover as well as additional parts (light sensor, camera, software) to mimic the simple …
M3CANUM DOG Project We're always curious what our customers do with the parts they purchased. Dimitri Dekyvere was kind enough to share a video of the versatile LEGO robot he created using the new EV3 construction system along with LEGO compatible Mecanum wheels. The M3CANUM DOG is a very co…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software, and the branch of computer science that develops machines and software with intelligence. Source: Wikipedia Do you remember HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's “2001: A Space Odyssey”? This supposedly infallible c
Lynxmotion BH3R Hexapod Walking Robot Lynxmotion is announcing today that all Lynxmotion kits based on the Basic Atom Pro have been discontinued. Our supplier of the Basic Atom Pro microcontroller modules has notified us that they are changing their focus and the future availability of their mic…
Nao Celebrates the Holidays Nao, the popular humanoid robot, has some holiday wishes for all humans as shown in the video below. We understand that it is not the new year yet, so for those who want to keep celebrating Christmas, we invite you to sing Jingle bells rock along with the li…
Sid Interactive Robot Arm Game "Sid" is Si digital's latest interactive remotely-controlled robotic arm. According to their website: "Sid was created as one of our many hack weeks here at Si digital. The underlying objective is always to create something as a team that we wouldn't normally ge…
RobotShop is very proud to announce today the acquisition of DiaLFonZo-Copter, a recognized leader in the design and production of multicopters. With this acquisition, RobotShop is pleased to announce the launch of the Lynxmotion UAV product line. As described in a press release published today,…
Both RobotShop and Hammacher Schlemmer are now offering the "World Smallest Humanoid Robot", I-Sobot, for an astounding $99 price tag $95.99 price tag ($99 at Hammacher). This appears to be partly due to the fact that I-Sobot is being discontinued by Tomy. For $96 this would make …
Christmas season is just around the corner, and it's time to send Santa your gift list. Why not select robotic gifts to help with household chores, to play, to build or even to experiment with. Here's our top suggestions for robotic gifts for 2013. We've featured 10 great ideas that will make excel…
Usually when you think about "robot videos", you think about blockbuster movies like Transformers, Wall-E, Short Circuit, Real Steel and others. You would be surprised however to see just how many free robot-themed animated / CGI short movies are out there, many of which could easily be misconstrue…
In its 10th anniversary, at RobotShop we are very excited to unveil the 5th major upgrade to our web presence. Not only the user interface was refreshed and made compatible with the latest web standards, the catalogue browsing, and the search engine has been improved to make it more convenient to f…
Screenshot of the SSC-32 Servo Sequencer Utility Many of you already know the Lynxmotion SSC-32 servo control board; it’s become a bit of an industry standard as a reliable interface to control up to 32 servo motors from a single board connected to a PC. RobotShop have just released a powerful
When we first saw Robotis release their new line of professional (and large) Dynamixel Pro servo motors, we knew it would not be long until they were used to create larger humanoids. So, not long after their release, "THOR" was revealed; Robotis' child-sized humanoid entry into the…
Rumor has it that Eric Allard, the original designer of Johnny-Five, the star of everyone's favorite robot movie, Short Circuit, may be planning on releasing blueprints and selling parts to build your own! The folks at Johnny-Five.com write: "It's not for sure, but Eric Allard, the …
Hopefully by now, most of the American robot lovers out there have seen the wonderful movie, Wall-E. In addition to the amazing builders that have create Wall-E models, there are quite a few very well made Wall-E models built out of LEGO bricks. The Brothers Brick have posted two great LEGO Wall…