RobotShop is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Robotiq Adaptive Gripper in our catalogue. Robotiq Adaptive Gripper We have seen this impressive griper in action in the past and really like its flexibility and adaptability. The finger design allows the gripper handle very
Get the Second Nao at Half Price This is an incredible promotion from RobotShop and Aldebaran. If you purchase a Nao H25 by June 15th 2011, you can get a second one at half price. This represents savings of almost 8000$. As you may already know, Nao is an awesome humanoid robot that can be u
Another important announcement for the field of robotics was made at Google IO 2011 that complements the announcement for the Android Open Accessory Kit. As shown in the video below about Cloud Robotics (this presentation is very interesting and explores somewhat involved robot programming), the
Google announced in the yearly Google IO event the release of the Android Open Accessory Kit. This kit consists basically of an Arduino Mega combined with the USB host shield and some customized firmware. What this allows us to do is to create Android applications that will interact with an Arduino…
With light sabres, Yaskawa equipped robots. Hmmmmmm. For this year's IEEE International Conference on Robotics, the robotic company equipped two robotic arms with Jedi and Sith light sabres and taught them to fight. OK, maybe not to fight but it makes a nice fight choreography as shown in
Years ago, RobotShop started offering our Limited Lifetime Warranty on the Roomba, and as of late 2010, on the Neato XV-11 also. Considering the run-time and amount of work the average robotic vacuum cleaner goes through, it made buying with RobotShop a smart decision. Now RobotShop is extending th
At RobotShop, we sometimes get pretty strange requests from customers wanting some special service or exceptions on their order, and we always strive to give the best service and to make sure our customers are satisfied and get what they want. The picture below shows a sample of our warehouse team …
It becomes more and more obvious that robots outperform humans in tasks that require speed, precision and complex computations. The video below featuring Rollin' Justin, a mobile version of the well known Justin humanoid robot from DLR, catching two balls that are thrown at it. http://www.yout
ZenRobotics, a Finnish company, is willing to use intelligent robots to pick and sort recyclable materials in order to reduce waste and eventually save the earth and they describe in their trailer below. Yes, you read right, they have a "trailer". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPDH2uSaQeY From o
Although at RobotShop we try to have the fewest possible items out of stock, some products are back ordered from time to time. In order to allow customers know when to expect an item to be back in stock or to know how much time they will need to wait before their order is shipped, the RobotShop w
Here at RobotShop, besides the geeky (but admittedly awesome) projects Carlos and the other engineers are pumping out, we field hundreds of requests on a daily basis about the products we sell. Being very serious about the level and quality of our customer service, we endeavour to be as helpfu
Among other things, robots can be made into adorable and pathetic little begging machines. The novelty and the sheer cuteness of a begging robot makes them quite effective and so far there are many sucessful examples. Gimme Gimme is a very pitiful and probably creepy looking robot. It simply follo
This insane creation, entirely made out of LEGO, came to us via our forum. Not satisfied with making a single pick-and-place delta robot, Shep built four of them and put them above a conveyor belt and made them sort colored blocks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VxCl6w3HS0 The video shows h
As a leading robotics distributor, RobotShop often gets requests from inventors and developers to help them bring their products to market, but due to lack of resources, we only accepted products ready to be distributed. This is about to radically change. RobotShop Technology Accelerator We are l…
Inflatable Ride-In Dalek The robopocalypse is near. Now you can get your very own Ride-in Dalek from Dr. Who at RobotShop and EXTERMINATE ALL HUMANS (read in Dalek voice). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S1Xl8BMhF4 The 1.3m tall Ride-in Daleks are made by Kids@Play and can fit a small human of at
Usually robots are intended to help us out by accomplishing unwanted or dangerous chores, but the Punching Pro is designed to punch you in the face over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedXZvRK4-M The robot throws punches following certain patterns in order to simulate different figh
