Remember Clocky? The robotic alarm clock that rolls off and hides from you? It’s clever. But not clever enough for someone like me, who has no trouble falling asleep on the floor after tracking Clocky down and shutting it off.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.29 at 02:01
Giant mechanical soldiers?! THIS TOTALLY IS SCIENCE FICTION. And furthermore, after you say something like that, you do NOT then present your actual product as a computer generated model.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.28 at 04:30
Remember that jumping grasshopper robot from May of last year? It still hasn’t quite figured out how to fly, but it can now make more than one autonomous jump in a row, thanks to a primitive simple but effective self-righting system.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.28 at 02:55
If this little guy looks familiar, it’s because he was designed by Tomotaka Takahashi of Robo Garage, who also designed the Tmsuk T-52 Enryu Rescue Dragon.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.28 at 02:27
Boston Dynamics has had a page on its website about PETMAN for like a year now, but this is the first we’ve seen of the actual robot. PETMAN is (or will be) an anthropomorphic robot the same size and shape as an average human, designed to test chemical protection suits for the army.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.27 at 04:09
Robots Rule interviewed Derek Dotson, one of the original founders of Ugobe who’s now the CEO of Innvo Labs, the subsidiary of Jetta that’s now producing the Pleo.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.27 at 03:00
At the iHobby Expo in Chicago, Robotis was demonstrating a new Balance Sensor Module for their Bioloid humanoid hobby robot. The module contains a gyro or two, and takes control of the robot’s servos, making small adjustments to keep the robot from falling over when its orientation changes.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.27 at 02:44
We haven’t heard that much from iRobot recently regarding the Roomba, which stands to reason since the recent economy hasn’t been favorable to the luxury home robotics market while the interest in military robots (like the PackBot) keeps increasing.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.27 at 01:58
This is Hussain ibn Abdullah ibn Hassan ibn Ali ibn-E-Sina, but you can just call him Ibn Sina. And he’s doing fine, Thanks To God. Ibn Sina is the world’s first Arabic speaking humanoid robot, under development at the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML) of the United Arab Emirates University.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.26 at 07:11
At the official public introduction to the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory and Stanford’s new robotic car on Saturday, the VAIL showed off their latest foray into intelligent vehicle technology: an autonomous valet parking system.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2009.10.26 at 06:19