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While our neighbors in the USA use drones for warfare and spying, here in Canada we have other types of applications for UAVs that address other types of peace-disturbing assailants: geese. If there's something strange in your neighborhood. Who ya gonna call? Goosebusters! Steve Wambolt was …
Well, it's no secret that posting around here has been pretty slow lately. I do have excuses though - first the trip to San Diego, then much sleep afterwards, then a trip to the beach before school started, then school started on Wednesday, then catchup. So, here we are, back ready for more …
Owning a 3D printer can be lots of fun and opens up a lot of possibilities for fabricating objects. However, if you want to print an object, you need to design it in a CAD program. This is a limitation that Volumental is trying to remove. By making it easy to scan objects (even people) and getting …
We would like to thank Chris and Jim from Project Lead The Way (PLTW) for creating several videos around the Lynxmotion Servo Erector Set (SES) V1.1. Videos are one of the best ways to get a good understanding of a product. This set of seven videos include unboxing / package contents of the SES V1
LEGO has recently come out with a new linear actuator piece as part of their new Power Function sets. The new actuators have a movement range of 5 studs, or about 1.6 in (4cm), which correspond to 26 full revolutions of the input shaft. The actuators also have a built in clutch mechanism …
Oleg put together this pretty neat robotic arm that he can control using a standard USB mouse. He used a Lynxmotion robotic arm with a wrist upgrade, an Arduino as the brain, a USB Host shield in order to interface a regular computer mouse, and a custom made servo motor controller. This is a rat…
Instructable user randofo created a seed spreading robot by using a Lynxmotion Tri-Track kit and various other robot parts. Grass-seeds Spreading Robot In this instructable, randofo details the building process quite well including pictures and quite a humorous tone. He details, the mechanica…
Atlas going for a ride We covered previously the announcement of the 2013 DARPA Robotic Challenge. Today, DARPA released two very interesting videos: one presenting Atlas, the official humanoid platform for the challenge developed by Boston Dynamics, and another introducing the other contestant
The Linux way of getting a sandwich Besides loving robots, we love to eat sandwiches. So when we see robots making sandwiches that we can (probably) eat it makes us really happy. How to make us even happier? Make those robots DIY and made from parts you can find at RobotShop. The robot…
Today, we announce we secured an additional 100,000 square feet of land (highlighted in yellow in the picture below) that is adjacent to the 60,000 square we already own, totaling more than 160,000 square feet (3.67 acres). RobotShop Land RobotShop is maintaining a strong growth yea…
Grishin Robotics Dmitry Grishin, co-founder and chairman of Mail.ru, one of the largest internet companies in Russia, recently launched Grishin Robotics. The Russian tycoon is now following his dream of working towards the creation of personal robots. Our planet has not seen revolution…
Anki DRIVE Earlier this week Anki, a new robotics company, was introduced at the Apple WWDC 2013 by Apple CEO Tim Cook. "Anki uses iOS devices and the iOS platform to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into our daily lives." -Tim Cook Anki is launching Anki DRIVE, a physical gaming
For the second year in a row, RobotShop is among the fastest growing companies in Canada, ranking 151st according to the 25th Annual PROFIT 500 ranking. Profit 500 Awards The companies on this year’s PROFIT 500 are a breed apart; they dominated their markets, employed thousands and grew expone
If you have visited the Arduino website lately, you may have noticed a strange circular board under "Hardware" which Arduino has simply named the "Arduino Robot". Arduino is set to release this new product in July of this year. The round shape is obviously for maneuverability (just like mos…
The long-awaited Lynxmotion Servo Erector Set V1.1 is now available for immediate purchase! Lynxmotion SES V1.1 Robots SES stands for "Servo Erector Set", a versatile set of servo brackets and mechanical parts used as modular building blocks for hobby servo motors. The Servo Ere
Fake Google Driverless Car F.A.T. played a practical joke on Manhattan residents recently by creating a fake Google driverless / autonomous car and "autonomously" roaming the streets. They displayed terrible driving skills (even staged some accidents), and acted as offensively as they could. See…
