We've seen videos of robots that can do gymnastics or play soccer — but what makes these robots work? This article dives into the innovations that help robots model biological muscle functioning.
With summer officially here, you might have visions of campfires and swimming holes. Summer is certainly a good time to reconnect with nature and the outdoors, but it's also a great time to discover how you can put technology to work — and be free to play— so you get the most out…
In many ways, the sporting life represents one of the "final frontiers" for the robotics world. Robots, however, are steadily creeping into the sporting world, appearing in every major sport in new, creative, and interesting ways. Now, robots are helping in a myriad of jaw-dr…
Simple setup enables a 2D radar to trigger a camera to capture an image of an approaching object (animal, person, vehicle).
Radar uses simple detection filtering to count people, vehicles, or other objects.
FMCW radar reports distances to multiple objects over a wide field of view.
Man versus machine has quickly become man merges with machine as assistive technologies continue to develop. Today, the loss of a limb does not automatically translate into the loss of mobility. This year introduced the Cybathlon, where athletes compete for gold using their assistive technologies. …
Vision of a bionic runner In many ways, the human race has advanced radically in a very short period of time. People born with missing limbs can now live full and “normal” lives, as can those who have suffered injuries and amputations. This is a far cry from the days when an amputat
The fascinating thing about robots is that we can get them to do anything... or almost. After the gymnast robot Hinamitetu with the fixed bar, now comes the acrobat robot on a ball. This prototype has 3 wheels to stabilize the yellow ball and works with two Gyroscopes. It's incredible what y…
Evolta to participate in the Ironman Triathlon Evolta is a small robot created by Panasonic to market their Evolta batteries. The little green robot is extremely energy-efficient and has accomplished many feats so far such as climbing the Grand Canyon using a rope and driving the Le Mans race t
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…
Engineers and researchers form the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, in Tübingen, Germany and making some interesting "scientific research" about the way humans perceive motion by riding a giant industrial robot arm from Kuka while playing video games. As depicted in the video b
Robo Pong by Newgy is a robot which can train you in table tennis by throwing the ball to you. Along the same principle as ball throwers in tennis, Robo Pong throws the ball to you at regular intervals. The big advantage of this machine is that it also retrieves the balls that you return to it …
The TheCorpora blog by Francisco Paz has revealed more details on the Open Source robot QBo. This robot DIY weighs around 10 kg, measures 46 cm high, and it can recharge all by itself. It has four infrared sensors, four ultrasonic sensors, two video cameras in the eyes, two microphones in the e…
Here is a conference table robot that is able to adjust itself by taking various forms. This table is composed of four elements and is able to be separates and re-assembled, without any human intervention. The Intelligence Laboratory Robotics University of Tsukuba in Japan is behind this origin…
You know the fixed bar acrobatics by Hinamitetu. Now, along the same lines, still gymnastics, this robot is able to perform a back flip like a human. You have to see it to believe it. The prototype has been made by a Japanese robotics fan. (See his blog) What's more, his "baby" can even run and…
