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Listed below are just a small fraction of the examples of the robotic revolution. By reading the signs of times, we can clearly see the trends and imagine the future. These trends allow us to take appropriate action to make a better future. Industry Robotics Market Size On 9 October 2002, a Se…
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new RobotShop headquarters took place on March 8th. The first shovel full of dirt, symbolic of the beginning of construction work on the new RobotShop headquarters, took place at 305-18005 rue Lapointe, in the heart of the Proservin integrated industrial park, in…
One small step for a robot... We'll let you figure out the rest. Robonaut 2 by Nasa an GM Robonaut 2, a.k.a. R2 for short, was developed by NASA and GM in order to help humans perform their job, whether it is on the ISS or down on earth. This robot became the first, but certainly not the
For some time now we have been bringing to you cool videos about new Robotshop products, projects and much more though our Youtube Channel. Making videos is an art and we have learned a few tricks with time. Now, we are ready to bring you a new and improved RobotShop TV experience (in HD). ht
GoRobotics.net goes RobotShop We are proud to announce that in an effort to bring to our readers the best and most complete robotic news, product reviews and robotic project coverage, we have merged the RobotShop Blog RSS Feed with the GoRobotics RSS Feed. What does it mean? This means that no
National Robotics Week 2011 As you may already have guessed, robotics is very important to RobotShop. That is why we have joined the National Robotics Week movement. From April 9th to April 17th 2011, we invite you all to join us in the celebration of the National Robotics Week. This event is in
At RobotShop, we strongly believe robotics will be taking a larger and very important part in education. The video below summarizes our views and shows how important robotics in education is when preparing for the future challenges. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4_Ds3tkn0s Those who were at the
As we announced previously, RobotShop was at the CRC Robotics Challenge this year. On this 10th anniversary of the competition we had lots of fun at our kiosk. RobotShop CRC Kiosk This is an amazing competition for high-school and CEGEP students, allowing them to design and build their own rob
We are proud to announce that the very awesome Jazz telepresence robot by Gostai is available for sale at RobotShop. This robot can virtually teleport you to any place in the world and allows you to work remotely. As a result, you can save on business trips, boost productivity, quickly manage probl
SaRTrE Volvo Auto Train Volvo is testing their new Safe Road Trains for the Environment, which basically means, cars that drive autonomously. The system is intended to be used on highways where a lead (human driven) truck will be followed by autonomously driven cars. The cars will receive instr
Robotic Summit 2011 On March 10th, 2011 Robotics Trends will be hosting the NextGen Education & Research Robotics Virtual Summit. This year's summit will focus on the use of robotics to accelerate learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among K-12 and college-l
Arduino-Compatible RGB LED Mood Cube RobotShop is putting together a series of video tutorials in order to get you up and running with electronic and robotics projects. The first such project is an Arduino-compatible RGB LED Mood Cube. This is basically the high-tech geeky version of a mood light
South Korea is testing English teaching Robots in their elementary school classrooms. EngKey, a 1 meter tall autonomous robot that can be used by foreign English teachers to teleport into the Korean classrooms, is being used in 21 Korean elementary schools at the moment. The 29 deployed robots fo
Internet of Things Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson, believes there will be over 50 Billion "connected devices" by 2020. The world's leading telecom provider says that "in the future everything that would benefit from being connected will be connected". This effectively creates the upcoming Inte
We wish you all a very happy holidays filled with love, joy and robots...lots of robots. If you need a last minute robotic gift for someone, you can quickly put together this holiday paper-craft robot below. You could also go crazy and add some LEDs in order to make it even more robotic. Thi
Heartland Robotics, a company founded by Rodney Brooks (founder and former Chief Technological Officer at iRobot, and MIT professor) is developing what should constitute a true robolution. Their main objective is to change the way we currently view robots by making them ubiquitous. Heartland R
