Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan has an aquarium cleaning robot with a twist. The robot not only cleans, it also monitors the fish and provides live video feed for visitors."Most large institutions have cleaning problems, and most of them keep the ‘dirty work’ hidden from sight. They prefe…
Pack animals have a long history in the military. The US was reminded of this fact in 2002, when it had to pull in horses and mules to move gear across the Afghanistan wilderness. TACOM responded by giving grants to two robotics companies, Yobotics and Boston Dynamics. Their mission: to produce a m…
A group of students and faculty at Dartmouth University College have created a robot to function in arctic weather and is solar powered. Such a robot was comissioned by NASA to aid in research in the antarctic. NASA's goal is to use the robot to search for evidence of bacteria in Antarctic snow. T…
Jason Striegel over at BlogCadre, has given us a the first news in a while about LEGO's Mindstorms Developer Program According to Striegel, LEGO sent out a email that reads: Thank you very much for your interest in participating in the LEGO(r) MINDSTORMS(tm) Developer Program. We are very sorry bu…
Ticks are a health hazard to humans and pets alike. Yet few spray pesticides indiscriminately in tick-infested areas, primarily out of concerns over environment and cost. Justin Woulfe and his fellow students at the Virginia Military Institute came up with a novel solution. They hacked an RC truck,…
