Curious to see how Mint actually cleans in a real home environment? Don't miss our Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner Demo video.'> RobotShop took the mint for a test drive to see how well it could handle debris and pet hair. If you are a fan of swiffer cloths, you will love Mint. It is so quiet th…
iRobot and the University of Chicago released a video of their universal robotic gripper. This gripper that can conform to the shape of seemingly any object. Once it conforms to an object it uses vacuum to become rigid and grip it. This exploits the property of granular materials such as coffee to …
By combining one of their holonomic (omnidirectional) youBot mobile platforms with the Titan, their largest and strongest robotic arm, Kuka created the strongest mobile robot ever. Giants planet-defending robots, here we go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZJA3XyVjQ Via Hizook.
RobotShop launches the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center, a webpage dedicated to all things Roomba. All brought together in one place, the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center has a little something for everyone, whether you're looking to buy your first Roomba, or already are a seasoned Roomba owner and
RobotShop is pleased to announce the launch of the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center, a webpage dedicated to all things Roomba. All brought together in one place, the Ultimate Roomba Resource Center has a little something for everyone, whether you're a new customer looking to purchase your first Room
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson Steven Spielberg announced he will be directing the upcoming Robopocalypse movie. The popular director showed lots of interest for the Robopocalypse book by by Daniel H. Wilson and prepared for the production in advance as it was being written. The film
RobotShop is putting together a list of the most noteworthy and outright coolest robots for 2010 and we need your help. You can participate by voting in a poll on the RobotShop Forum that will decide which are The Ten Coolest Robots of 2010. We have selected twenty of the coolest robots from a c…
The MadeInGermany (MIG) car was developed by researchers from the Freie Universität Berlin. The Modified Volkswagen Passat uses, LiDAR, Radar, cameras, GPS and more to navigate the streets of Berlin autonomously. In the system demoed below, a human used an iPad to summon the autonomous Taxi
The University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab has been doing pretty amazing job with their quad-rotors UAVs. University of Pennsylvania Aggressive Quad-rotors UAVs These robots can do pretty impressive manoeuvres that humans would have a very hard time to imitate. They fly trough free-falling ho
Google Autonomous Car Google, the ubiquitous Internet giant, is leaning more and more towards robotics. Google's interest in robotics started with the clever naming of their Android cell phones, and continued with their acquisition of several UAVs. Now, they are road testing fully autonomous ca
Panasonic has a new robot dedicated to washing human heads. The idea is to use this robot in hospitals and with the elders. The robot is able to scan the head to be washed and plan the most optimal way to wash it. The video below shows more details on the robot and the washing process. http://ww
Roomba's manufacture, iRobot recently filed a patent for a new indoors navigation system. The system is called "Celestial Navigation System" and is intended to be used on domestic robots that work indoors. iRobot Celestial Navigation System patent This navigation system is intended to compet
[caption id="attachment_920" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Arduino Uno and Mega2560 New Packaging"] [/caption] The new Arduino Uno and Mega 2560 are in stock at RobotShop. These two successors, for the Arduino Duemilanove and Mega respectively, were released on September 25th, and
Robotics Trends Robotics Trends announced its Advisory Board initiative on September 28th. The formation of the Advisory Board brings together robotics professionals recruited from a wide variety of industries, including academia, government, military, robotics media, distributors, and intell…
Upcoming Invenscience robot arm Invenscience is developing a new large scale robotic arm that will use their ridiculously powerful Torxis servo motors and a gripper developed for their previous Advanced Robotic Manipulator. Torxis High Torque Servo Motor There are not many details availabl
Raytheon XOS 2 helping soldier do push-ups The second iteration of the Raytheon's exoskeleton has been recently unveiled. It is now much lighter, stronger and faster then its predecessor. The XOS 2 is a wearable robotic suit capable of radically increasing the strength of the human wearing it.
