The Milamp project attempts to interject emotional responses into everyday objects around the office. This video illustrates the point perfectly as the lamps look utterly bored with their surroundings.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 12:01
From the MAKE Flickr pool. . . not autonomous, not motor driven, not even powered - just plain cute. Farnea's Audrey robots #1, - Link & #2 - Link
Related:
Homemade robot costume - Link.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:58
Back in the 1982, Heathkit released the HERO 1 educational robot. HERO 1 had a Motorola 6808 CPU and 4k of RAM on board. He came equipped with motion, light, sound and sonar ranging sensors.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:58
Trossen Robotics has announced the winner of their latest TR Community contest. The winner is Otto. Well, Otto is the bot, Kdwyer is the builder and actual winner.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:58
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 was a favorite - Innovation first. They make the VEX robots as well as the HEX bugs. The big news, they announced the Vex-Mini and Vex Wi-Fi.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:55
Pink Tentacle brings you this year's robot of the year for 2007 - Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced the winners of the 2007 Robot Award.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:54
Matt Mets made this neat video about using a servo motor as an input device for keyframing a robot animation. He writes:
By reading the voltage from the center pin of the the servo's potentiometer, it can be used as an input as well as an output device.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:52
Some students at Georgia Tech built this sweet print-bot, built on a iRobot iCreate. Love the way the talc "ink" interacts with the pile of the carpet to look like stitchery.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:52
Tonight marks the kickoff of Roboexotica in Vienna. It's the world's leading festival for cocktail robotics. The event aims to explore the role of cocktail robotics as an index for the increasing integration of technological innovations into human lives.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:52
Not only is this robot beautiful, it dispenses beer. Most of the parts were salvaged or purchased from McMaster-Carr. It's remote controlled, and allows the operator to speak to the person being served.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:51