Justin is a German humanoid robot created at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics in Wessling, Germany. The robot comes in several versions, including one particularly intended for space with super easy to use arms and hands, a head and a torso. The aim of Justin is to go and repair satel…
We already talked about Octavia, the Navy's android, a couple of weeks ago. Today, here's Octavia again in a video alongside a magician. The conjuring trick requires the robot to guess under which cup the object is hidden after they've been mixed up. The humanoid guesses correctly without any …
The pretty actress, Megan Fox, is on the cover of the July 2010 edition of "Interview." Interview is an American magazine devoted to celebrities and was created by Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga in 1969. The beauty appeared looking almost perfect. A face with the plastic beauty reminiscent of …
French company Parrot has just announced the prices for its AR Drone. It will be available to buy for 299 dollars from September in the United States. As a reminder, AR Drone which has been presented at the CES in Las Vegas then at E3 2010, is a quadricopter controlled by an iPhone. It has 2 v…
Karotz is the new name for Nabaztag. Mindscape acquired French company Violet but the development of the Wi-Fi rabbit has continued and a new version should be released in 2010. We assure you: the design will stay the same. In addition, 2 USB ports will be added as well as a webcam. There will…
The manufacturer of the Kuka industrial robotic arm has unveiled a mobile platform with open interfaces and open source software. It's a first: a manufacturer of industrial robots heading towards consumer robotics. The arm has a multidirectional mobile platform, a hand with 5 degrees of freedom…
The PR2 robot by Willow Garage, which has been covered in several articles, has decided to start playing pool. And, it works rather brilliantly as you can see in the video below. Its small advantage compared to a human player is to be able to visualize balls and the best trajectories to follow …
Here we go! RobotShop is at the Robotics Summit 2010, June 16, on www.robovirtualevents.com. It's a unique opportunity for all the players in robotics (all categories) to get acquainted and to make contacts in the industry. For the occasion, RobotShop is present everywhere on the site and is one …
The iPhone controlled flying robot, AR-Drone, which was debuted at CES this year, now has a price tag. Parrot has announced that the autonomous quadracopter will retail for $300 USD and be available in September. While Gizmodo says, "ouch!", we say "wow!" because I was fully expecting a >$500 …
The company, Adept, a leader in industrial robotics has just acquired MobileRobots Inc, a specialist in mobile robotics. This is a significant take-over because it's unusual. MobileRobots, a New Hampshire company with annual revenues of 5 million dollars, provides autonomous robot and self-guid…
AUVSI is the association for unmanned vehicles. The AUSVI foundation is organizing a competition of robotic boats: the Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition (ASVC). The robotic boats have to follow a specific course: slalom between clearly identified markers then return to dock. Different cou…
After Iron Man, it's Real Steel's turn with Hugh Jackson to promote robots in the cinema. This time in Real Steel, the robot doesn't fly but boxes. Hugh Jackson, a former boxer, has become a coach of robots which measure 2.40 meters in height and weigh 900 kg since humans are banned from fighting…
Many designers are competing in the Electrolux Design Lab 2010. And, amongst all of the concepts proposed, there's one vacuum robot prototype. The general idea of this year's Electrolux competition is to design a technological specimen which can be practical in reduced spaces but is also energy-e…
RobotShop will be at Robovirtualevents this Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The Robotics Summit is an unmissable event if you're a robotics professional, or even simply an enthusiast or are employed by a company which works in the field of robots. It's a virtual conference that provides networking an…
Here's yet another example of what you can do with LEGO: an exoskeleton to make a robotic hand. The designer is David Hyman from MOC pages. His prototype uses 3 rotation sensors for the fingers and two touch sensors for the wrist. It's not a whole hand but rather a hand with two fingers: the t…
Mega Robot is back, finally for those who have still not seen it since its first appearance on the web in 2007 on Koreus. This giant robot seems very sure of itself but unfortunately its overzealousness causes it a little worry in the end : -) A funny animation video by Kaktus Film. http://www.y…
