The friendly robotic bartender we’ve covered a couple of times before hit the airwaves last week. [Jamie], the inventor of Bar2d2 sent in a link to video of the barkeeper in action.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.15 at 12:56
[GuySoft] sent in this project. He doesn’t normally mess with electronics, but decided to give it a try. He chose a fairly complicated project to be his first, but seems extremely comfortable with it.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.12 at 10:14
[Andrius] just sent in his robot Rubik’s cube solver. It isn’t as fast as the solver we saw last year but it also doesn’t require as many parts either.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.11 at 16:26
The HAL two-leg exoskeleton is now available for rent in Tokyo for $2300 per month. We saw the HAL in our power suit roundup from last year. There is footage of this lower-extremity suit demonstrated by three people.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.11 at 11:28
We found The Old Robots Website this morning and ended up spending way too much time there. It’s a display of mainly consumer robots, though there are some custom jobs tossed in there too.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.10 at 11:35
We love to see educational resources appear. iRobot has put together Starter Programs for Advancement of Robotics Knowledge or S. P. A. R. K to serve as not only education, but amusement with the purpose of getting people interested in robotics.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.10 at 09:38
[Christian Ristow], a former Muppet creator, has created a much larger puppet that has caught the attention of Popular Mechanics. His Hand of Man is a 27 foot long remote control mechanical claw.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.08 at 20:08
This video of littledog doing some terrain navigaion excersizes is just hilarious. We really don’t have any technological updates since last time we mentioned him, but you should watch the video anyway.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.08 at 12:41
We spotted this video of a delta robot today that seems to be powered by an Arduino. We were wondering when we would see this, happen. The source code is available on the project page.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.07 at 11:57
This proof of concept shows an interesting way of making robotic legs. They are using programmable spring actuators to make these legs function as though they had a “reflex”.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.05 at 10:47