Hi everyone, it's been a while since I posted - had my birthday last week, so it made things a little bit crazy for me. You can all congratulate me on turning twenty-two for the fourth time. Feels good, turning twenty-two again. I may have mentioned some time ago that I'm working on an inte…
The popular video game Guitar Hero transcends from a game for humans to a game for robots. In Guitar Hero you have to play the guitar following instructions on the screen while trying to make the least number of mistakes possible. But why risk wrong notes when a robot can take charge and achiev…
Robo-One is a humanoid robot competition in Japan. It was created in 2002 and has already taken place in other countries including South Korea and the US. The robot participants fight each other as warriors (like fighters of mixed martial arts). The robots are mostly prototypes developed espec…
Yesterday we were telling you about Make Faire 2010 in Newcastle, Great Britain, and a certain Skateboard on two wheels. Its designer, XenonJohn, has just provided all the instructions for making one on his instructables page. He says he's been inundated with emails and requests, as many from th…
We've just integrated our product catalog, RobotShop, on Facebook. The catalog can be accessed in the "Catalog" tab directly from our Facebook page. The advantage for social networking fans is that you can browse our site without leaving the Facebook page. The browsing is done by robot categor…
Robovie R2 is a little humanoid desktop robot which has an iPod Touch in its stomach which allows instructions to be sent to it. It has a video camera, two microphones and speakers. This prototype, which should be commercialized soon, has been created by IRC (Intelligent Robotics & Communic…
The Old Robots is a site which brings together many old robot models. In fact, it's a collector's site and is not intended for commercial use (no purchases/sales). TheOldRobots.com only aims to inform, according to its policy (Guidelines). The site shows photos and detailed records of toy robo…
Here's a really cute short film for your kids: L'Interprétation des rêves ou les aventures du robot bleu, (The interpretation of dreams or the adventures of the blue robot). This robot is unlike any other because it has no bolts! It's a Canadian animation film in stop motion by Elo…
Robotland reports that Europe has invested 600 million euros to date in robotics research. It's not specified since when; EURON, via its European robotics research program, has 900 participants involved in 120 projects. The researchers are interested in cognitive systems and vision, mobile and …
The Maker Faire 2010 just took place in Great Britain (March 12-21) and the UK Robot Group made the most of it by compiling a video of the best appearances at this event. The Maker Faire event is part of Science Fest, 10 days devoted to innovation and creativity in Newcastle. You will see: -Le…
The concept of Fireguard, a firefighter robot, was conceived by a German designer. Fireguard is not going to replace humans by extinguishing fires, but it will check out places where fires are. Equipped with a video camera on its head, it is controlled at a distance by firefighters who can asse…
Researchers at Meiji University in Japan have teamed up with MR Corp to build a robot which allows you to train in baseball. The robot holds the ball 20 cm in the air as if it was an invisible tee so the player only has to hit it. The Jet Hitter can store 70 balls. The designers have planned t…
RobotBox user jbot added a nifty blog post today about using his robot to paint with light. Inspired by images of Roomba's with LEDs, he added a set of LEDs to his robot, PlexiBot and took some long exposure photos as PlexiBot traveled around. The results are quite beautiful.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal (Canada) have just created DNA nanotubes which can deliver "tiny drugs" to diseased cells. The method used: the researchers take the DNA out of its biological context and rather than using the genetic code for life, it acts as a kind of building block f…
The Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has just created an especially evolved prototype of a snake. This snake is able to climb on a vertical bar by crawling like a real snake would. It's one of the first prototypes of its kind in the world to achieve such a feat. http://www.youtube…
You'll be surprised to learn that Twitter can even give instructions to a robot! The idea: users type specific commands on Twitter to the @n900niko account, for example of a computer, which are sent to a hacked Nokia N900 which retransmits the instructions to the LEGO Mindstorms robot. Nokia ca…
