Wow! This DIY robotic arm is clearly more interesting as an opponent than a simple computer. A chess player and developer in his spare time has tinkered with a Lynxmotion AL5A robotic arm programmed in Python in order to play him for hours on end. The arm moves the pieces by itself but considers…
Cubiebot, Filmmaker Robot Cubiebot, a little robot made from hobbyist robot parts and cardboard is directing and filming its own documentary. As a matter of fact, many of these filmmaker robots are on the loose interviewing humans about their relationships with other robots. As shown in the v
At RobotShop, we're lucky enough to see hexapod robots every day, but sometimes there are some hexapods which are more impressive than others. Mantis Giant Hexapod We recently discovered "Mantis", a 2.8m tall, two ton hexapod vehicle created by Micromagic Systems. The project took four years …
The Global Cloud Robotics Hackathon 2013 is currently taking place. The hacking marathon where participants compete to create the best cloud monitoring robotic application started on April 6th and will be ending on the 14th of the same month. So far 29 teams from all around the world are hard at w
You better read this post up to the end to get the scoop Cloud robotics is proving to be the most natural and efficient way to create and manage modern robotics technology. Robots are no longer limited to their physical, onboard components, instead, they are able to access an ever-broadening arr
This section is intended to provide you with an overview of the history of robotics. As you may have guessed, the history of robotics is intertwined with the history of technology, science and the basic principle of progress. Technology used in computing, electricity, even pneumatics and hydraul…
This is one of the most refreshing and clever uses of robotic technology that I've come across in a while - using robots to tend a tomato garden. The garden came about from the work of postdoc Nikolaus Correll who works in the MIT Distributed Robotics Lab and was part of an undergraduate cla…
BionicOpter by Festo Festo, the german automation company, recently unveiled its latest creation: BionicOpter, a robotic dragonfly. This new robot emulates the complex flight technique of a dragonfly and is capable of high manoeuvrability as shown in the video below. Once again, Festo uses bi
Update: The contest is now closed. I'll be gathering the entires and sending them to our judges over the next week or two. Stay tuned for a post announcing the winners. If you won I will also contact you via email. Thanks and good luck! The past few months have been a lot of fun, with us giv…
Here's a robot which should simplify things for those who serve shish kebab! (Or shish taouk in Montreal, a grilled chicken doner kebab.) The Kebab robot automatically slices the grilled meat just after the right length of time while turning it on the grill. It's equipped with a camera o…
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…
The Toei Animation studio recently announced during the Tokyo Animation Fair 2010, the upcoming release of a new robot movie namedGaiking. In fact, Gaiking is a Goldorak style giant robot, which was part of a Go Nagai animated series from the 70s (1976). Mattel, which owns the toy line correspon…
Alert! MyRobots.com is introducing Alerts! Effective immediately, you can now define alerts for all your robots so they can react to their environment and signal you if there is anything worth your attention. What is an alert? In MyRobots.com terms, an alert is a message sent once a certain co…
2045 Milestones Dmitry Itskov, a Russian mogul, recently launched the "2045 Initiative". His main goal is to promote the development of technology aimed at achieving immortality. As shown in the image above, the project has very ambitious milestones that can be arguably a bit too optimistic.
Robot Combat League The SyFy Channel recently launched the new "Robot Combat League"; a new series featuring large, ~2m tall humanoid robots fighting against each other one on one (almost identical to the robots in the movie "Real Steel"). Each robot is controlled by two operators (one for th
Maintaining your Roomba is very important. Here is a video for a suggested routine maintenance for your Roomba 500 to 700 series. This cleaning can be done after every few cleaning cycles depending on your environment.
