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Kuratas Ride-in Giant Robot The Japanese did it again. This time they are fulfilling the dream of pretty much any robotic geek: to have your own functional giant Battle Mech that can be piloted by a grown adult and used to cruise through the city and defeat all your arch-enemies. Suidobashi heavy…
It has been years in the making; hundreds of engineers and scientists and debate after debate of where and how to land - but the rover Curiosity has finally touched down and is working properly. Image from Curiosity - Courtesy of JPL The rover, equipped with not only a multitude of cameras (1…
Don't you hate standing up to throw that candy wrapper or paper ball to the garbage? It takes a lot of energy to stand up, walk over to the garbage can, and then throw the litter away. If you have a garbage can without a lid, you might be tempted to throw (basketball style) your trash into the can,…
ED-209. Looks familiar? The robotics security giant OmniCorp wants your city to be safe. Adding to their growing list of defense robots will be their newest development, the RC 2000. They are very secretive at the moment about the technology involved, but it is said to combine the resilience and
Robot Film Festival 2012 The 2012 Robot Film Festival took place last weekend (on July 14th) in New York. The festival opened with a per-screening of the upcoming movie Robot & Frank, winner of the Sundance Film Festival. http://vimeo.com/45874395 The festival features a myriad of short fil
In The Mail We are back with another "Feedback Friday". As you may know, at RobotShop, we strive to offer the best and fastest service possible. We do this by answering all of our communications within 24 business hours (the majority of which are answered within 3 working hours) and by shipping y
For some time we thought dubstep was simply a new awesome type of music that probably comes from aliens, and that features some amazing beat drops. However, we now understand that it comes from angry robots. Dubstep As shown in the menial kitchen robotic dispute in the video below, a rather
Not many robots enjoy full autonomy; humans often prefer to supervise them and make sure they are doing their job right. However, there are some situations where direct supervision is impossible. For instance, when sending robots to explore space, the communication latency increases as they get far…
Robot Vacuum Comparison RobotShop is the leading source for domestic robot technology. We offer a varied selection of Robot Vacuums and our services are unmatched. We have several models of robotic vacuum cleaners and it sometimes can be difficult to choose the right model for a situation or envir…
In the Mail It is the time again to review our mail and share with you some of the most interesting feedback we got this week. Get ready from a blitz of positivism from our beloved customers: Outstanding customer service! Was expecting to have to ship in our broken unit and then wait for repairs a…
As it is tradition now for Fridays, let's review some of the feedback we got from you, our beloved customers. In The Mail Really happy with the turnaround time and shipping of a new unit right away, along with the free shipping back {for the defective unit}. This is pro service and I will be sure …
PROFIT 200 Canada's Fastest-Growing Company The 24th annual PROFIT 200 ranking of the top 200 Canada's fastest-growing company has been released today. We are very proud to report that RobotShop is the number 63 on that amazing list with an 843% growth in the last five years. We must say
In the Mail At RobotShop, we strive to put robotics at your service by providing you - yes you - our beloved customer, the best service we can. For this reason, we are happy to receive your comments, suggestions and feedback about your experience. Take a look at just some of the comments that c
Heartland Robotics Heartland Robotics (covered before) is a company that promises to bring the robotics industry to North America by creating a low-cost robotic manipulator that will make complex-robotics available to everyone. But... you probably knew all that already. What is new and exiting i…
Smart Pebbles 2D Duplication An MIT research group created tiny robots called "smart pebbles". Although individually these robots do not have a lot of intelligence, they can collaborate and function together in order to replicate simple objects as shown below. The video below shows only
For those of you who could not attend ICRA 2012, here is a video compilation of all the awesome robots that were present including, DARPA, ARM, NASA's Robonaut2, Willow Garage PR2, ReconRobotics Scout and Intuitive DaVinci. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6MZV88AvXo#! Via IEEE Spectrum.
