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Robot World is a Korean robotic trade-show. The latest installment was held from October 28th to October 31st 2010, showcasing Korea’s latest military, industrial, and service robots. Of course, some international exhibitors Aldebaran Robotics from France (showcasing the Nao) , and DasaRobot from
RobotShop Launches European Branch RobotShop is launching today RobotShop Europe, a branch of the RobotShop website dedicated to the European Union. For many years, our European clients have been requesting that RobotShop set up in Europe. Once again, RobotShop shows that we listen to our customer
Curious to see how Mint actually cleans in a real home environment? Don't miss our Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner Demo video.'> RobotShop took the mint for a test drive to see how well it could handle debris and pet hair. If you are a fan of swiffer cloths, you will love Mint. It is so quiet th…
RobotShop is pleased to announce the launch of the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center, a webpage dedicated to all things Roomba. All brought together in one place, the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center has a little something for everyone, whether you're a new customer looking to purchase your first Room
RobotShop is putting together a list of the most noteworthy and outright coolest robots for 2010 and we need your help. You can participate by voting in a poll on the RobotShop Forum that will decide which are The Ten Coolest Robots of 2010. We have selected twenty of the coolest robots from a c…
Google Autonomous Car Google, the ubiquitous Internet giant, is leaning more and more towards robotics. Google's interest in robotics started with the clever naming of their Android cell phones, and continued with their acquisition of several UAVs. Now, they are road testing fully autonomous ca
[caption id="attachment_920" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Arduino Uno and Mega2560 New Packaging"] [/caption] The new Arduino Uno and Mega 2560 are in stock at RobotShop. These two successors, for the Arduino Duemilanove and Mega respectively, were released on September 25th, and
Robotics Trends Robotics Trends announced its Advisory Board initiative on September 28th. The formation of the Advisory Board brings together robotics professionals recruited from a wide variety of industries, including academia, government, military, robotics media, distributors, and intell…
United States President Barack Obama announced as part of the President's FY2012 Budget, the creation of grants for Robotics Technology Development and Deployment. The funding will target companies developing service robots, drug discovery robots, and bomb disarming robots (under the DARP
RobotShop Robot Hospital RobotShop announced today important changes to the RobotShop Robot Hospital. RobotShop will now be offering their very unique repair services to customers that have purchased their robot at RobotShop only. Repair services will no longer be available for customers who buy
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
