[Andrew] sent in this sweet snake robot video. The snake bots are all about 36 inches long and built from lots of hitech servos and 6061 aluminum. The guys/gals at Carnegie Mellon have built quite a few of these, and I'd say that their work is paying off.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:47
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a piece on a local bar owner who took fending off bums into his own hands:
Rufus Terrill, who owns a bar in downtown Atlanta called O'Terrill's, has grown weary of the drug dealers and vagrants he says frequent the neighborhood.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:46
From New Scientist:
This could just be the first of many battles to come between natural flying predators, and man-made flyers inspired by nature.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:45
[Jatinderjit] sent along the latest in LEGO robotics. The cell phone controlled robot. It's based on a LEGO Excavator kit with a few spare parts via ebay.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:42
MAKE contributor Douglas Repetto writes:
ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:41
[Zack Anderson] built this computer controlled autonomous robot (back in 2003) out of an old, ugly powerwheels Jeep. It's got a full onboard computer with wifi, video camera, SONAR sensors, a robotic arm and it can self-navigate.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:37
She may look like one, but don't call her a "bug" - The "Lady Bird" autonomous robot was introduced to Western Japan's highway rest stops in November of 2007 to maintain restroom cleanliness as well as friendliness - In addition to cleaning, Lady Bird can engage in simple conversation with restroom users, thanks to microphones in its "antennae," speech recognition capabilities and a voice synthesizer.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:36
Thanks to Star Wars, Plenty of people have built their own R2 units. Pixar's next movie has been running trailers for a while, and there's already a group(free membership required) devoted to building real versions of the SGI robot star: WALL-E.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:36
If you've got some extra I-Cybies lying around (and who doesn't?), then by all means consider this one for a remake -Each robot has its own internal program which reacts with its outside environment thanks to its infrared sensor place on its chest.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:35
Clement writes in - Here's a little walking robot which uses it's whiskers to help it navigate around obstacles. (OAWR) - Obstacle Avoiding Walking Robot.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:34