We all like the World's Most Useless Machine. For those who do not know what it is, see the video below, it is pretty funny and self-explanatory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 Lately, we saw a more robotic and definitely more moody useless machine. As shown in the video below, this ma
As we reported in the past, DLR is the proud creator of Justin a very advanced humanoid robot. Lately they have been working in a very robust robotic arm and hand system. The videos below show how they punish their robots with hammers and baseball bats in order to demonstrate how well they e
RobotShop is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Robotiq Adaptive Gripper in our catalogue. Robotiq Adaptive Gripper We have seen this impressive griper in action in the past and really like its flexibility and adaptability. The finger design allows the gripper handle very
Get the Second Nao at Half Price This is an incredible promotion from RobotShop and Aldebaran. If you purchase a Nao H25 by June 15th 2011, you can get a second one at half price. This represents savings of almost 8000$. As you may already know, Nao is an awesome humanoid robot that can be u
Another important announcement for the field of robotics was made at Google IO 2011 that complements the announcement for the Android Open Accessory Kit. As shown in the video below about Cloud Robotics (this presentation is very interesting and explores somewhat involved robot programming), the
