Thomas Nierhoff, a masters student at the Technische Universität München (TUM) programmed a humanoid robot to play pool. Of course we have seen PR2 play pool in the past but this robot does not need any special accessories to hold the pool cue. As shown in the video below, the robot can be very ac
Tim Heath is a robot maker and hacker. We wrote about his work in the past with cellphone robots. Now he is into a new project that requires a completely new set of skills: marriage. Cellphone-based Quadcopter, one of Tim's Projects Much like hacking together robots out of cell phones and v
For all cinephiles out there, you are in for a treat. There is a new short film by Spike Jonze. It is a robot love story called "I'm here". You can see the trailer below and you can go directly to the film website in order to have full cinematic experience and see the entire movie for free. The
We all like the World's Most Useless Machine. For those who do not know what it is, see the video below, it is pretty funny and self-explanatory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 Lately, we saw a more robotic and definitely more moody useless machine. As shown in the video below, this ma
As we reported in the past, DLR is the proud creator of Justin a very advanced humanoid robot. Lately they have been working in a very robust robotic arm and hand system. The videos below show how they punish their robots with hammers and baseball bats in order to demonstrate how well they e
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
