For the 6th anniversary of Kondo KHR robots, Kondo has indulged in some remarkable artistic performances. This took place in Tokyo at the Kondo Cup. Here's a traditional Japanese dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2uMnkDi4U More rock but still impressive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_…
Here's a video that talks about the main facts and statistics in the world of robotics and the web. It makes us aware of the speed at which technology is evolving in our society and flooding our daily lives. The robotics market is undergoing radical transformation: between now and 2025 it should …
Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, has without doubt the largest R2-D2 in the world. The famous astro droid from the Star Wars film is actually a building... in disguise! And it even seems functional, a window opens! What you can't achieve with a little imagination and definitely some …
The Carnegie Mellon University soccer robots (USA) use physical science to score goals in soccer. The soccer player robots that are competing in RoboCup 2010 in Singapore use the principles of physics which predict the ball's behavior. Soccer robots don't only analyze their own movements but al…
RobotShop has only just created a nice promotion (package) on domestic robots, this time for pet lovers: cats and dogs. Starting with cats: -Domestic Robot Package for cat lovers: save 50 dollars. This includes an iRobot Roomba 562 vacuum, a Litter-Robot Litter Box, an automatic food dispenser a…
Here's a really fun video montage based on the film, I, Robot, with Will Smith. It's a tribute to the film (which is inspired by laws defined by Isaac Asimov), and to robots. I, Robot which was released in 2004 is a film by Alex Proyas who plunges us into our society in 2035, where daily life i…
A company founded by Rodney Brooks (who founded iRobot), Heartland Robotics, just hired Scott Eckert as CEO. Scott Eckert is a former executive of Dell, and a guru of online sales. He also founded and directed Motion Computing. He will replace Patrick Sobalvarro at Heartland Robotics. Heart…
An incredible demonstration by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States: a monkey managed to move an articulated robotic arm by using only its mind. The use of control by the mind with sensors in the brain is not a world first, but it still has an effect. All the more so i…
Crabfu Steamworks specializes in one particular type of robots: steam robots. But that's not all: it also creates art animations and work on moving objects. Read its blog here. The inventor of Crabfu who defines himself above all as an artist, even creates robotic steam millipedes. See also h…
In the future, will complex constructions and buildings build themselves? It's conceivable according to the video below produced by Shimizu Corporation (Japan). The robotic nanotubes would allow structures to self-interlock and certain other parts of the construction could be assembled by humanoi…
Here's a demo of the MSI vacuum robot at Computex 2010 which is currently being held in Taipei (Taiwan) from June 1 to 5, 2010. The Taiwanese computer and component manufacturer, Micro-Star International (MSI), is coming with a new line of vacuum robots which will compete with Roomba, Samsun…
How do you say hello with a customized LEGO robot? It's what this B3ta forum user has done. Built from scratch, the DIY Lego printer has been connected to an Apple Mac. The creator wishes to clarify that this has nothing to do with Mindstorms and that he built it all by himself with electronic…
A couple in Chicago claims that their wedding robot marriedbyrobot.com was the first priest with bolts in the world to officiate a wedding. But why? Because, two weeks ago i-Fairy by Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue stole the spotlight in Japan by making a world tour in the press. The couple'…
The German Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics has run some experiments on man-machine collisions. Here, it's rather a case of a Kuku robotic arm against a mannequin head (the same as those you see in car crash-tests). This type of experiment enables the development of anti-collision and safet…
The robot, Seaglider by iRobot, is now in the process of working in the collection of data in the Gulf of Mexico, in the ecological disaster zone caused by the BP oil leak. Its main mission, says iRobot, is to pinpoint the oil slicks. The project is led in collaboration with the Department of…
Popsci has an interesting development in humanoid robots which can help people with autism to improve their daily lives with social interactions and communication in general. "Bandit" is a robot prototype designed to interact with autistic children. It is fitted with two video cameras in the ey…
