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Tandy Trower, the 57 years old retired Microsoft employee and creator of the Microsoft Robotic Studio, launched a new Seattle-based start-up called Hoaloha Robotics. The main goal is to produce a unified programming environment and robotic interface (à la ROS) in order to commercialize afford
CARPI 2010 - 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry The first International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI 2010) is about to take place in Montreal. Starting on October 5th, this three-day conference will bring together experts from …
We are lucky enough to have received one of the early Neato XV-11 engineering samples. We took this chance to take a few pictures and shoot an unboxing video in order to share with everyone this awesome experience. The only difference between this sample unit and the regular XV-11 is the former s…
At RobotShop, we carry a wide variety of servo motors but it only becomes apparent once all the major kinds are put side by side. Family of Servo Motors From left to right, the picture above shows the Dagu Micro, the HS-85MG (Mighty Micro), the HS-422 (one of the most popular servos), the HS-785
4S Systems Display Shields for Arduino 4D Systems has recently released four new Arduino Shields that allow their displays to be easily interfaced with the Arduino (or other shield-compatible microcontrollers). These shields allow the Arduino to display all sorts of full colour images (includ
Nao Close-up Nao keeps making headlines and becoming more and more popular. The little humanoid has been featured on Fox News. As reported by the anchors, University of Hertfordshire is developing the robot's response to human emotions. This aims to create better communication between robots
Marvin From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy This Japanese robotic ice cream making machine must be the most expensive and slowest way of making ice cream. One can imagine that if the robot big (actually huge) head is filled with computational power, it must be a very bored and depressed rob
Behold, the cutest robot made out of servos and brackets in a long while: the Kondo Robot Turtle. This cute turtle is now available for purchase at RobotShop Kondo Animal Series: Turtle Robot Kondo, the manufacturer behind the very popular KHR-2HV and KHR-3HV humanoid robots is working on a serie…
Maslow's Hierarchy of Robot Needs The chart above depicts the robotic version of the original Marlow's human needs. Now, it is much more clear why robots will eventually enslave us. Also, keep in mind that (at least according to this chart) to vacuum the living room is the equivalent of bec
ED 209 from RoboCop If the title caught your attention it is because you are a real robot geek! There seems to be a pattern when humans envision robotic law enforcement... and it almost always ends in rampage and a killing spree. The videos below by Jamie Martin explore this (most likely)
RobotShop Grand Tutorial Series: How To Make a Robot Nowadays everybody is making robots, if you do not want to be left out we suggest you have a look at a new series of tutorials that will be released on the GoRobotics Blog. The first out of ten lessons has been published today. The remaining
The RoBoard has been controlling robots for some time now. It is a single board computer featuring a Vortex86DX, a 32bit x86 CPU running at 1 GHz with 256MB DRAM, lots of PWM IO for controlling servos, and more. RoBoard RB-110 Single Board Computer A recurring feature that was always asked w
DFRobotShop Rover - Mobile Tracked Arduino Based We are proud to announce that the DFRobotShop Rover, an Arduino-compatible robotic tracked platform, is available for immediate purchase right now. The Rover has been available for pre-order for some time on the RobotShop website but it is only to…
GoRobotics.net goes RobotShop Today is a great day in the history of GoRobotics.net. This year (which also marks the 10 year anniversary of GoRobotics.net), RobotShop has taken on the mission of continuing the legacy or Mr. William Cox, the founding father of GoRobotics.net, by maintaini
Some time ago, the RobotShop team decided to build a telepresence system. Usually, these kinds of systems are sadly limited to a web-cam and a screen on wheels, and are simply a glorified videophone. This is not the case at RobotShop since we love robots and are all for crazy projects. This is why,
The iPhone controlled flying robot, AR-Drone, which was debuted at CES this year, now has a price tag. Parrot has announced that the autonomous quadracopter will retail for $300 USD and be available in September. While Gizmodo says, "ouch!", we say "wow!" because I was fully expecting a >$500 …
