South Korea and Japan are creating parks with the main theme to be robots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9637666.stm
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Robotic evidence
Marshal Brain has an excellent blog on recent robotic developments, and how robots are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives
http://roboticnation.blogspot.com/
http://roboticnation.blogspot.com/
Robotic freedom, by Marshal Brain
Marshal Brain expresses his thoughts on the robotic future for society, and suggests some ideas on how to make the transition beneficial to everyone
http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm
http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Pool-playing robot
Can robots beat humans on pool? This robot looks like it has mastered the game
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/06/born-to-be-viral-pool-playing-robot-rivals-humans.html
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/06/born-to-be-viral-pool-playing-robot-rivals-humans.html
Ball-catching robot
German scientists constructed a robot that predicts the monitors and extrapolates the trajectory of a ball before catching it
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html
Kilobots
Harvard's Kilorobots organize and move in a swarm while being able to communicate with each other.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-kilobots-tiny-collaborative-robots.html
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-kilobots-tiny-collaborative-robots.html
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Kinect robot that can clean your house
The user's moves are recognized by XBOX Kinect and they control the robot.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/kinect-powered-robot-lets-you-clean-up-your-house-remotely
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/kinect-powered-robot-lets-you-clean-up-your-house-remotely
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Robot chess
Someone has built chess-piece robots that can navigate on a giant chessboard. coolrobots.net has more details http://www.coolrobots.net/2011/04/monster-robot-chess-army-based-on-legos.html
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Arduino
IEEE Spectrum goes through the history of making Arduino, which has become very popular for robot building. More here http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/the-making-of-arduino
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Olly
Olly is a new device that connects to your computer and can deliver web notifications through smells. Definitely worth checking at http://ollyfactory.com. They will soon post instructions of how the device was made
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New Honda Asimo
Honda's robot is becoming faster and smarter, watch it run and serve a drink in this presentation:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/hondas-asimo-robot-sheds-a-few-pounds-gets-all-autonomous-on-u/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/hondas-asimo-robot-sheds-a-few-pounds-gets-all-autonomous-on-u/
Monday, November 7, 2011
Autonomous sea robot
This robot is fully autonomous with wave and sun power
http://tribotix.tumblr.com/post/12441033094/liquid-robotics-waveglider-is-an-autonomous
http://tribotix.tumblr.com/post/12441033094/liquid-robotics-waveglider-is-an-autonomous
Sunday, November 6, 2011
3D printed robots
Making your own robots has become easier than ever after the introduction of 3D printers. This 4-track robot is a good example: http://hackaday.com/2011/11/06/4track-robot-gets-around-with-ease
Google Chrome store recently introduced an app that allows you to do the same: http://www.myrobotnation.com/instructions
Google Chrome store recently introduced an app that allows you to do the same: http://www.myrobotnation.com/instructions
Sphero ball
Sphero is an iPhone controlled ball and many games can be played with it. More information in singularityhub:
http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/02/sphero-the-130-robot-ball-thats-also-a-video-game-rolls-out-in-december/
http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/11/robot-ball-controlled-by-your-iphone-video-games-move-into-reality-video/
http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/02/sphero-the-130-robot-ball-thats-also-a-video-game-rolls-out-in-december/
http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/11/robot-ball-controlled-by-your-iphone-video-games-move-into-reality-video/
Friday, November 4, 2011
How to build an underwater robot
Interested in exploring the oceans, the lake near you, or just curious on how to build a robot from scratch? The following guide is a great introduction on how to build an underwater robot
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/for_fun/BuildUnderwaterRobot.pdf
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/for_fun/BuildUnderwaterRobot.pdf
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Robotic tractor that drives itself
A robotic tractor that can drive itself and it can calculate it's path through attached GPS. More at
http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/01/cruise-control-farming-%E2%80%93-robotic-tractor-drives-itself-video
http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/01/cruise-control-farming-%E2%80%93-robotic-tractor-drives-itself-video
Crowdsourced labor controlled by AI
Google invested in a startup called Humanoid that intends to organize crowdsourced labor using intelligent software agents. This might be the labor of the future: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/02/humanoid-google-ventures/
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Boston Dynamics Humanoid
Boston dynamics has developed a humanoid that can walk, squat and do other moves a human body could do. Very flexible and accurate movements.
IEEE Spectrum has the story
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/stunning-video-of-boston-dynamics-petman-humanoid
IEEE Spectrum has the story
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/stunning-video-of-boston-dynamics-petman-humanoid
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Podcasts on robots
A list of 80+ episodes on robotics from experts in the area discussing the best robotic technologies http://www.robotspodcast.com/list
Reading the human brain
The Economist has an excellent article on new technologies used for brain scanning, able to identify and measure detailed activity in the human brain: http://www.economist.com/node/21534748?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/mindgoogling
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