There's an old jargon term I love: "technical butt sniffing," which is when two geeks size up each others technical mojo. This vid brings a whole new meaning to the term, as two bio-mechanical critters, one dog and one crab, try to determine who has more DOF.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 16:35
The creepy cool amphibious snake-like robot "ACM-R5" via jwz. Sea snakes live in water, and even terrestrial snakes sometimes show swimming on water surface.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.24 at 03:09
Type "about: robots" in Firefox 3. 0 to see this little Klaatu barada nikto from our benevolent metallic brethren. [Thanks, Jay!].
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.23 at 19:00
For three hot and sweaty nights in July, punk music and robots collide at the ICA in a series of exciting and evolving gigs called Neurotic. Neurotic highlights the neurology associated with the essential human experience of pleasure, learning, taste and ageing within the context of the instinct to dance.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.23 at 16:16
Here's the amazing Crabfu's latest creation. In other fu news, I-Wei's Swashbot3 won Gold Medal for Best of Show at RoboGames last weekend! Congrats, mate!
Related:
Swashbot build videosCrabfu's SwashBot 3, now crabbierSay hello to the Swashbot.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.20 at 16:22
It's hard not to bust a gut laughing at these mini-humanoids skittering around the ring, duking it out. Of the 1st RT Battle Cup, Robots Dreams writes:
Watching the humanoid battles at RoboGames 2008 yesterday we noticed how impressive the larger, higher torque designs are for the crowd.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.18 at 18:11
Here's an industrial robot controlled by a Wimote. The builder writes:
This is a small presentation of a university project I have worked on for the last 6 months.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.18 at 16:50
G E T - D O W N. [via Matrixsynth]
Related:
Robot rock group readies for next gig.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.18 at 07:51
Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, sent us news of these new videos WowWee has just released, showing their "Femisapien" (ugh) robot, which features poseable scripting.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.17 at 12:50
Robot rock!the Trons practicing "Sister Robot" in the lounge before their up and coming Ignition Fringe Festival shows!I think Ham (vox and rhythm guitar) is sooo dreamy! Who's your fave? - The Trons [via MatrixSynth].
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.16 at 14:52