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Hey loyal readers, I need your help. You may have noticed that things have been a bit quiet around here for a while - a long while, actually. The reason for this is that I've been working on another robotics project, and I need your help testing it out. The project is a new robotics website call
It's time to kick start our 10 Years of GoRobotics celebration! Our first giveaway features some great prizes from our sponsors, SuperDroid Robots, Apress, and Pololu. Entering this month's contest will be simple. Here's what you need to do: simply comment on this post and tell us your favorite rob…
Official Launch Dowload the PDF version of the press release RobotShop launches its new portal and robotics news blogs in French and English RobotShop Distribution Inc. announces today the launch of its new website and new Informational and Technological Watch Blogs in the fields of …
A french company, named Parrot, unveiled an iPhone controlled, wifi-enabled, quadrocopter at CES 2010. The robot, called the AR.Drone, is a sophisticated and snazzy quadrocopter that is controlled via an iPhone or iPod Touch over a wifi connection. The AR.Drone has two onboard cameras, one of wh
As we say goodbye to the 200x's and welcome the 201x's it's good to pause a bit and think about the world as it was ten years ago. There was no Wikipedia, no YouTube, internet access was still dialup for a huge portion of the population, and we didn't have a whole heap of really cool robots. To hig…
As 2009 comes to a close it's time once again for the Robot Christmas Gift List! We're featuring a few of the same, but mostly new, things since the 2008 Robot Christmas Gift Guide. We'll be featuring 10 items that would make great gifts for the robot lover in your life. Prices range from $10 to $9…
Reuters via DailyKos President Obama, in remarks today about the importance of a solid education in Science and Math, tipped his hand on national defense - National defense against ROBOTS. Apparently he's aware of the potential for an upcoming robopocalypse, saying: I believe that robotics
Boilerplate, the fictional robot created by artist Paul Guinan, now has a robolicious coffee-table book called Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel. Featuring historic scenes from the 19th and 20th century, we see Boilerplate's military prowess as he fights along-side military giants like T…
  Robot lovers, start saving for airfare to Korea, because you're gonna want to be there for RobotLand. "Fun and fantasy with robot". We've covered the robot mecca before when it was still in early concept phase, but things seem to be humming along for a 2012 grand opening. The centerpie
AUVSI and ONR's 12th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition starts up tomorrow (July 30th), with two days of prelimiary runs and testing, followed by 2 days of competition this weekend. Last year's winner, University of Maryland, along with 29 other teams are signed up to …
In case you missed the news, Ugobe, maker of the amazing robotic pet Pleo, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has auctioned off all of its goods as of May 29th. It's still unclear what will happen to all of the IP, and there's potential that some buyer may resurrect our little robot pal, but that …
Carebot comes fully equipped to take care of your every need - hot meals, fluffying your pillow ... oh, and fully trained in proctology. See more of Ben's art here.
 Mars Rover Stuck After over five years of tireless service, the Mars rover Spirit is one again in trouble. Our long-lived martian friend now appears to be stuck in the sand. Spirit, which has been dragging an immobile wheel for nearly three years, has been circling a, "low plateau calle
Festo, a German engineering company which brought us the stunning AirJelly, has now unveiled their latest project - life-like robo-penginus. Even better, there 's a swimming and a flying version. The penguins, which were designed to showcase a new mechanical linkage/control design for robotic a…
Robot Portraits by Ben Rollman Robots are cool. Pictures of robots are cool too. But, custom artwork of people as robots ... now that's very cool. If you agree, then Ben Rollman can help you out by creating a custom piece of fine art depecting you (or your favorite photo) as a robot. Case…
Dvice and SciFi are sponsoring a Steampunk Cylon Contest. Your challenge is to design a steampunk style Cylon and submit a drawing or photo to SciFi before March 20th. Winners will win various Battlestar Galactica prizes. The Cylons were created by the people of the Twelve Colonies. Intelligent…
