This robot from Osaka, Japan morphs from a humble looking trashcan into a crab-like creature that can skuttle around on the floor. It also tells jokes, plays drumrolls on itself, and tosses oversized dice among other things.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.17 at 09:22
Video of the the making of a 22ft robot made from the styrofoam packing material for electronics by Michael A. Salter via NOTCOT. .
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.15 at 16:31
This robot scares me, I mean really scares me. I am not sure if it is the lack of a torso, or that fact that it appears to catch fire. Either way it is kind of creepy, yet it is one of my favorite works of art.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.14 at 05:26
Our friend Dug North from The Automata / Automaton Blog posted this really interesting clockwork mechanism. This is the repaired inner mechanism of a Vichy automaton made in France in 1875.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.14 at 03:04
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Maxster is working on a remote-controlled bristle bot prototypes. - made with wowwee dragonfly guts. on the controller the throttle controls the vibration and the left/right joystick makes a weight shift left to right to make it turn.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.11 at 09:03
Here's a short video of a few of the neat things we ran in to (or in some cases, ran in to us) at RoboBusiness 2008. Enjoy! In this video: Stair climber robot, iRobot's Create, Snake robot from CMU, a Korean toy bot and more.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.11 at 02:05
This soft pneumatic powered exoskeleton uses electronic components to control the flow of air which transforms the burden of weight and kinetic actuation into an easier hurdle for the wearer.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.10 at 11:37
This robot by Sanyo is meant to roam underneath your floors in order to inspect the leakage of piping and general corrosion and deterioration of housing infrastructure.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.09 at 06:34
Here are some photo's of Segway's new RMP, debuting at RoboBusiness - there isn't any information available about it at this time other than it "might" cost up to $50k and it can move in any direction (omnidirectional wheels, but the term was hyperdirectional?).
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.08 at 14:49
We're here "live" from the RoboBusiness 2008 conference, I spent most of the day talking with robotics companies, part fabricators, sensor makers and more.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.08 at 14:35