Atlas going for a ride We covered previously the announcement of the 2013 DARPA Robotic Challenge. Today, DARPA released two very interesting videos: one presenting Atlas, the official humanoid platform for the challenge developed by Boston Dynamics, and another introducing the other contestant
The Linux way of getting a sandwich Besides loving robots, we love to eat sandwiches. So when we see robots making sandwiches that we can (probably) eat it makes us really happy. How to make us even happier? Make those robots DIY and made from parts you can find at RobotShop. The robot…
RobotShop recently partnered with 3D Robotics / DIY Drones a manufacturer of open-source UAVs, founded in 2009 by Chris Anderson and Jordi Munoz. 3D robotics is popular for three main reasons: Their UAV flight controllers and software have been developed with the community and hav…
La programmation est généralement la dernière étape concernant la fabrication d'un robot. Si vous avez suivi les leçons, vous avez à présent choisi les actionneurs, l'électronique, les capteurs et autres, et vous avez assemblé…
Today, we announce we secured an additional 100,000 square feet of land (highlighted in yellow in the picture below) that is adjacent to the 60,000 square we already own, totaling more than 160,000 square feet (3.67 acres). RobotShop Land RobotShop is maintaining a strong growth yea…
Grishin Robotics Dmitry Grishin, co-founder and chairman of Mail.ru, one of the largest internet companies in Russia, recently launched Grishin Robotics. The Russian tycoon is now following his dream of working towards the creation of personal robots. Our planet has not seen revolution…
Watch the speed and accuracy of this industrial robotic arm. Developed by MIMIX Motion, this Delta (a parallelogram) robot has 4 axes that converge into one where the gripper is located. The latter always stays correctly orientated in the same way thanks to 4 arms (we talk about a parallel robot…
RobotShop has received several robot kits from the manufacturer, Roboblock. Firstly, the Roboblock Spider Hexapod Kit. With 6 legs, this robot comes unassembled. It has 18 servo motors in the legs and can achieve 180 degrees of freedom in total. It has a 128 kilobyte memory. -Roboblock Quadrup…
Anki DRIVE Earlier this week Anki, a new robotics company, was introduced at the Apple WWDC 2013 by Apple CEO Tim Cook. "Anki uses iOS devices and the iOS platform to bring artificial intelligence and robotics into our daily lives." -Tim Cook Anki is launching Anki DRIVE, a physical gaming
For the second year in a row, RobotShop is among the fastest growing companies in Canada, ranking 151st according to the 25th Annual PROFIT 500 ranking. Profit 500 Awards The companies on this year’s PROFIT 500 are a breed apart; they dominated their markets, employed thousands and grew expone
MyRobots.com The MyRobots.com cloud monitoring service is officially FREE! All references to the initial token system (where payment would be required for data transfer) were removed on May 31st. This means that the current data transfer and storage service will remain free for all. Addit…
If you have visited the Arduino website lately, you may have noticed a strange circular board under "Hardware" which Arduino has simply named the "Arduino Robot". Arduino is set to release this new product in July of this year. The round shape is obviously for maneuverability (just like mos…
What is FlowBotics Studio? FlowBotics Studio is a new robotics software development platform: it boasts the powerful FlowStone graphical programming language, and includes many demo robotics projects to get you started. It can be used to control just about any robotics platform, data acqui…
À présent que vous avez choisi tous les blocs de construction de base utilisés pour fabriquer un robot, l'étape suivante consiste à concevoir et construire une structure ou un cadre qui les maintient tous ensemble et donne à votre robot une apparence…
UAVs in Haiti Drone Adventures, is exploring how to use new technology, namely drones, for humanitarian aid. As shown in the video below they are using UAVs to help map Haiti and understand the social and geographical changes in the country. Since robots aren't particularly helpful to h
This is a review of getting started in electronics. After hearing lots of talk about Forrest Mims Getting Started In Electronics, even from electronics/robotics veterans, I decided to pick up a copy. Since this book is published by Radio Shack, you can probably pick up a copy at a lo
