Lem from Robots-Dreams has written an excellent article for ROBOT Magazine on the first ever Kyosho Athlete Humanoid Cup. The event took place on December 10th in Tokyo, Japan. The robots competed in 5 meter sprints and in a 2 minute performance/demonstration category. The fastest human controlle…
Well folks we've arrived at another year. I want to give a big shout-out to all the loyal readers of GoRobotics.net for making 2006 a great year, in spite of all the challenges. 2006 was a tough year for me and I'm sure you've noticed some big holes in the posting schedule - I got en…
Hanson Robotics , the creators of the Albert Einstein and Philip K. Dick robots are hoping to break into the home robot market. David Hanson, the companies founder, likes to create life-like robots that blur the line between man and machine."If you make it perfectly realistic, you trigger th…
November has come and gone with quite a bit of new news relating to our cute robotic dino-pal, Pleo. You can check out all of the coverage on our sister site, PleoBot.com. We've learned that Pleo really does exist and that he's pretty cute and cuddly (ha! Our suspicions are confirmed!). H…
A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle has flown its first ever mission over the USA. This past Monday the robot landed at Beale Air Force Base in California, after completing its unstated mission. "This landmark flight has historic implications since it's the first time a Global Hawk has …
This is for all of you out there that read the ballroom dancer-bot story and decided you needed to master walking before dancing. Nomura Unison Co. along with Tohoku Universities' Kazuhiro Kosuge and Yasuhisa Hirata have created a robotic walking assistant that not only senses its user'…
The Chicago Police department runs into a few snags while showing off its latest bomb disposal robot . Moral of the story: always rehearse before going on camera!Zou Renti creates a robotic copy of himself . Creepiness ensues.Here's a video of the scariest rubics-cube solving robot you'll e…
The RB2000 robot from JR Robotics and VStone is able to perform some impressive acrobatic feats. Our friend, Lem, over at Robots Dreams captured some video of the RB2000 twirling about on the highbars. However, ... since the robot doesn't have any hands, the bar was passed through openings in the …
Dr. Josh Bongard, a graduate of Cornell University, and now an assistant professor at University of Vermont, has created a robot that automatically determines and compensates for any damage done to its four legs. The research, which recently appeared in Science Magazine (abstract here) is especial…
It looks like everyone's favorite, under appreciated, robotics company, Evolution Robotics, has teamed up with a, "large appliance manufacturer" to create a competitor to iRobot's smash-hit Roomba. The main claim-to-fame of the new soon-to-be sucker'bot is that it will be …
Kondo's latest RoboOne robot, KHR-2HV, is now available to non Japanese customers via the Japanese gadget exporter AudioCubes. RoboSavvy.com also sells the KHR-2HV kit, but it ships from Japan. The kit costs about $1000 and features several improvements over the original KHR-1. The upgraded robot …
White Box Robotics has finally started shipping its first run of PC 914 robots. By now the first run should be completely shipped, sans the attractive outer shell, due to delays in manufacturing. You may also notice that two small vertical parting lines were added to the bottom of the robot to brin…
Our friends over at Robot Magazine sent us a note that they'd gotten an exclusive shot of the new Vex Robotics Development system that is in the works. The new system will be jointly created by Revell Monogram LLC and Innovation First, Inc. (the original developers of Vex). Innovation First will
Yen-Wen Lu and Chang-Jin Kim at UCLA have created the World's Smallest robotic hand . The hand, which is capable of grasping an object 1mm across, has four fingers made of silicone and polymer joints. The hand operates pneumatically when the balloon joints are inflated. The hand is seen in th …
The HAL-5 exoskeleton suit is nearing "mass" production. Engadget reports that professor Yoshiyuki Sankai at Tsukuba University is hoping to have the suit ready for 400-500 units by 2008, with a mere 20 units produced in 2007. The suite allows its user to double his lifting abilities.It…
VeraTech Aero, a Minnesota USA based company, has invented an aircraft that is nearly invisible to the naked eye. The secret to this technology is the concept of persistance of vision, or the lack thereof. The aircraft is uniquely created so that as it spins, its center of mass is in open space. T…
