On the weekend of March 2nd to March 4th, a Global Cloud Robotics Hackathon will be held in several cities around the world. This initiative is born in Montreal, Canada where the main event will be held but other cities are challenged to participate and to show off their robot hacking skills. Clou…
Us, robot geeks, love robot movies (...even if we sometimes complain about inaccuracies and fallacies), and Real Steel is a great robot movie now available on DVD and Blue-ray. So, in order to satisfy both your cravings for robots and your desire for entertainment, we are giving away three Blu
A recent study by Latitude shows that children from around the world see robots as a natural companion that able to help them learn and play. We encourage you to read the full report. Robots@School The study also shows that the inherent "nerdiness" of a robot is cool and that children blur t
About Arduino Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving i…
Well, that was a lie intended to catch your attention. At least as far as we can tell, Justin Bieber is not a robot, but don't go away yet - we do have some news regarding the Canadian pop star and robots. Bieber Bot Justin Bieber will be presenting robots form TOSY Robotics, a Vietnamese robotic…
During this end of the year, we could remember all the amazing robots 2011 brought to us including the new Asimo, the awesome bionics projects and incredibly popular Tankbot. But instead, we would like to show you a single picture that might inspire you, or more likely instill some fear into
Choosing the right technology for the classroom can seem like a daunting task given the variety of different products on the market, their capabilities and multitude of features. RobotShop has divided the most popular robotic kits and presents the information in such a way that it can be used to di…
Boxing Week Sale at RobotShop The boxing week starts today (December 23rd) at RobotShop, so we encourage you all to come and check out our sales! Among the most notable products are the Zibits ZX-34 R/C toy, the adorable Little Inu Interactive Pet Dinosaur and, for Canadian customers only the
MyRobots.com - Connect your Robots, Reap the benefits Breaking news, MyRobots.com is live and running! MyRobots.com aims to connect all robots and intelligent devices to the Internet. In doing so, we augment their capabilities enabling them to be remotely monitored and controlled. We strive to mak…
Click Me For a Surprise It's the time of the year again to please the Roboticist in your life with geeky robotic gifts. There is so much choice and so many awesome robotic products that it can be difficult to choose the right one , but don't despair, RobotShop has its Holiday Gift Cente
Quad-Rotor Building Tower "Intelligent" quad-rotor robots are quite capable and never cease to amaze. We saw them doing aggressive aerial manoeuvres in the past, but this time it seems the quad-rotors are through showing-off their reckless flying and are moving on to more constructive ende
Robot Turkey Today we received a nice heart-warming message from one of our customers, see it below: I dropped my Roomba a few weeks after I first got it years ago, and broke the IR sensor. (What a newbie - I was holding it by the dustbin). I taped it back on for a few years but eventually it got …
RobotShop has a Thanksgiving treat for you. If you buy a Neato XV-11 vacuum cleaner between today and November 29th, you will get an automatic 50$ discount. This is a very considerable savings that can allow you to get even more robots! I know what Canadian readers are thinking: "It is not tha
MyRobots.com Today the MyRobots.com team added a countdown timer on their website signalling the imminent launch of their new Cloud Robotics service. After months of planning, design and implementation, the highly anticipated BETA launch of MyRobots.com is scheduled for December 20th 2011, 9AM (…
MyRobots.com Starts The Final Countdown Today the MyRobots.com team added a countdown timer on their website signalling the imminent launch of their new Cloud Robotics Service. After months of planning, design and implementation, the highly anticipated BETA launch of MyRobots.com is scheduled fo…
It has been a while since my last posting on this topic. In the meantime I made significant progress as you can see here:There is now a PCB with all necessary stuff on it which for example completely alleviates all I2C chip configuration problems I had in the past with my first wire-connected proto…
