Here's a two-part video which will delight all robotics technicians. It shows us a complete dissection of a Roomba robot vacuum. The dissected model is from the Roomba 4000 series. The man behind this instructive video is Dino Segovis of Dinofab.com. The Roomba is one of the robots preferred by…
Here's a viral video which is circulating the web to announce a new robot vacuum by Samsung, the Navibot. It shows a team at Samsung in the middle of a discussion in a conference room when suddenly the Navibot, quiet until then, takes off! Nice buzz by Samsung on Youtube. The Navibot will soon b…
We've just received in our new products an infrared robotic ball by manufacturer Hitechnic. Ideal for robot soccer competitions, the autonomous ball has almost 20 infrared LEDs. It also respects the rules of the Robocup Junior competition. The robotic ball measures 7.5 cm in diameter (3 inches…
Grupo Santander (Bank) in Madrid has 5500 employees spread out in 9 buildings. It's enormous (one of the largest banks in the world in terms of capitalization) and the possibility of getting lost is only proportionally significant. That's why officials have had a genius idea: to implement an ar…
Roboplant is a decontaminating plant robot prototype by Gilberto Esparza, a Mexican designer. The prototype feeds on contaminated water. Then it transforms this water into energy needed by the robot to move via a microbial fuel cell. Then the surplus is used to feed the plant which then grows n…
It's historical! Like... the first step on the moon. Well ok, not quite but almost : -) Asimo by Honda and Tsutenkaku have formally met in a memorable face to face meeting. The two humanoid robots were a bit embarrassed at first and it was Tsutenkaku who made the first move. http://www.youtu…
Exclusive!! Viva la Robolution - Une nouvelle étape pour l'humanité (A new step for humanity), the book by Bruno Bonnell, CEO of Robopolis, will be on sale at RobotShop in a few days. "After the tool that extended its hand, then the machine that increased its strength tenfold, man n…
It's National Robotics Week in the US this week and RobotShop is marking the occasion by offering you discounts on certain products in our shop. From April 11 to 17, 2010, (until Saturday), take advantage of a 7% discount coupon on any order over 50 dollars on RobotShop.com. COUPON CODE to ENTE…
Marathon Robotics has developed some special Segway robots for training snipers in the Department of Defence in Australia. The Segways are especially adapted for military exercises, moving and responding virtually like humans. They move autonomously, can avoid obstacles at the last minute, go i…
We've already told you about Tsutenkaku, the tower robot from Osaka in Japan. This miniature robotic replica of Osaka's broadcasting tower, which measures 103 meters in height, is 1.70 m tall. This symbol of Osaka recently made its appearance in public as the master of ceremonies at the Electri…
RoboSwift is a robotic bird with wings that can move like a real bird (i.e. can flap) and folds its feathers backwards like a swift. This prototype has been invented by researchers at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. This robot was originally designed for (and with) the Du…
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) near Boston will be the third university in the US to offer a PhD in Robotics Engineering. In fact, WPI already offers a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering ('baccalauréat' in Canada, 'bachelor' in the US). What's more, it will now be the only o…
You could almost believe it's a genuine press release from "Stark Industries" but actually it's a promotion for the film Iron Man 2. The video, site, company, press releases, photos,... it all seems very real but by taking a closer look you can see that the people in the video look more like act…
Robot-Dreams likes the new Dagu Wild Thumper and so do we :-) We already told you about it 2 weeks ago. Moreover, we sell this progressive platform with 6 wheels/motors at RobotShop. An all-terrain vehicle which, as its name suggests, can go almost anywhere: uneven surfaces, rocks, mud, up st…
We recently received two new products: two remote-controlled cars which operate with fuel cells. The first is the H2GO by Horizon: This hybrid electric hydrogen car (runs on energy from the sun and water) is a toy suitable for ages 8 and up. It comes with a hydrogen station, a remote control…
After the Runbot created in 1999, there's now Runbot2, developed by the Tokyo Polytechnic University. Even if it still has loads of wires connected to its body, this quadruped robot moves very naturally. It can run like an animal (a dog or a cat for example) in a way that clearly shows us the r…
