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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 …
Ok folks, I know it's taken a while, but the results are finally in and we now have winners for the GoRobotics 10th anniversary giveaway! I'm super excited about this and very grateful to our prizes sponsors: Pololu Solarbotics , Vex Robotics, Apress, and No Starch Press. Before listing the w
Here's a video that talks about the main facts and statistics in the world of robotics and the web. It makes us aware of the speed at which technology is evolving in our society and flooding our daily lives. The robotics market is undergoing radical transformation: between now and 2025 it should …
We've put together a few videos for our readers on contemporary robotics (domestic, professional, educational, health, military, and industrial robots) and future and research perspectives (last video). The practice and viewing are exciting. These videos are all now also available on our RobotS…
A world leader of online robot sales is hiding in Quebec :-) Mario Tremblay and Sandra Fradet of RobotShop agreed to be interviewed by a journalist from Quebec's weekly, Echo de la Rive-Nord. The startup has existed for 7 years in Boisbriand on the Boulevard des Entreprises, Quebec. "We want t…
The RobotShop team is cooking up a revolutionary concept (according to what I've heard), behind a new site called MyRobots.com. And naturally, like you readers, I'm wondering about a few things. Because no, they haven't let their blogger in on the secret :-( , the little devils :-) So, I asked…
The Let's Make Robots internet site is in the process of integrating the complete catalog of RobotShop. LMR now claims to have thousands of components available for creating robots! And this is in part thanks to our extensive inventory, a full range of parts and accessories for service robots (…
