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Parrot AR.Drone app harnesses crowd power to fast-track vision learning in robotic spacecraft
Guido de Croon
26 Mar 2013
Astrodrone is both a simulation game app for the Parrot AR.Drone and a scientific crowd-sourcing experiment that aims to improve landing, obstacle avoidance and docking capabilities in autonomous spac...
Nate the Robot RH.3 – The Expendables
Jim Haas
22 Mar 2013
So if you really think about it, today's comic brings up several interesting issues regarding robots and war. One that comes to mind that is certainly not anywhere near a reality, is what if robots ...
Nate the Robot RH.2 – There’s Nothing Silly About War!
Jim Haas
15 Mar 2013
Call of Duty : Robot Ops, sounds like a fun game, eh?...
Nate the Robot RH.1 – I’m on Robohub!
Jim Haas
14 Mar 2013
Hey everyone, I meant to get this strip drawn earlier, but I’m happy to start having Robohub as a second source to read my Nate the Robot comic strip! I hope it can add a bit of humor to your day an...
Crashing into walls: Airburr takes a counter-intuitive approach to navigation | IEEE Spectrum
Hallie Siegel
06 Mar 2013
While other UAVs use sophisticated sensors and algorithms to navigate, EPFL's tough little Airburr uses a random-direction algorithm and a bare minimum of sensors to make its way around places other b...
The death of search (or, My dysfunctional relationship with Siri)
Mark Stephen Meadows
06 Mar 2013
This article looks at the arrival of systems such as Siri, Google Now, and Watson and claims that these systems are the search engines of the next decade because they mine intimate data. Since they ...
Designed to mingle: Rezero ballbot’s smooth moves can handle a crowd
Hallie Siegel
05 Mar 2013
Designing robots that can function outside of controlled, factory environments isn’t easy. When those environments have people in them, they are especially unpredictable and difficult for a robot to...
Bioinspired robot STAR
Wolfgang Heller
21 Feb 2013
Researchers at the Biomimetic Millisystem Lab at UC Berkeley have developed a six legged, 12 cm long, bioinspired robot named STAR (Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot)....
Flying robot performs 2D/3D mapping in the alps
Sabine Hauert
20 Feb 2013
Sensefly just released a fun video of their latest product, eBee, autonomously flying over an alpine landscape near the Matterhorn while performing 2D and 3D mapping....
NERVE, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center, opens Feb. 12th
John Payne
11 Feb 2013
NERVE, the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center at UMass Lowell, when it opens tomorrow, will be one of three such facilities in the United States. Incorporating elements of NIST...
3’600-strong underwater robot sensor network returns 1’000’000th measurement, has scientists craving for more
Markus Waibel
05 Feb 2013
The Argo project, which has deployed a network of more than 3'600 robots covering all of the world's oceans, has returned it's 1'000'000th measurement....
Activelink Power Loader gives HAL some competition, but who’s going to Fukushima?
Reno Tibke
22 Jan 2013
New Japanese exoskeleton pushing into HAL's (potential) marketshare
We of the robot/technology nerd demo are well aware of the non-ironically, ironically named HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskelet...
Grishin Robotics invest in RobotAppStore
Andra Keay
10 Dec 2012
For Grishin Robotics, the future is in the clouds....
Robot competitions, challenges and awards
Andra Keay
06 Nov 2012
Robotdalen is accepting submissions for their International Innovation Award 2013, aimed at innovators with commercially viable robotics solutions. The Innovation Award replaced the previous Robotdale...
Isaac Asimov explains his three laws of robotics
Andra Keay
06 Nov 2012
For those of you who aren't familiar with Asimov's Laws of Robotics: First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.See on io9.com...
How an autonomous driving bill becomes law
Andra Keay
06 Nov 2012
Two years ago, no state legislature had even contemplated self-driving cars. Now, three states have passed legislation, several more are considering it, and Nevada's DMV has issued the world's first a...
Man climbs Chicago skyscraper with bionic leg
Andra Keay
05 Nov 2012
CHICAGO (AP) — The metal on Zac Vawter bionic leg gleamed as he climbed 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, becoming the first person ever to complete the task wearing a mind-controlled pro...
Robotic future of retail
Wolfgang Heller
01 Nov 2012
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University see the future of retail — with AndyVision, technology that helps to improve the shopping experience for both customers and retail staff.
AndyVision is a...
Robot shows how to jump high
Andra Keay
30 Oct 2012
A simple robot demonstrates the timing and motion necessary to make the highest jumps, with parallels to human jumping.
See on physics.aps.org...
Registration opens for the 2013 NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Challenge – WPI
Andra Keay
29 Oct 2012
The objective of the competition is to encourage innovations in automatic navigation and robotic manipulator technology. The competition offers as much as $1.5 million in prize money.
See on www.wpi....
Old flutist robot
RobotGrrl
03 Oct 2012
It's always interesting to see robot creations from many years ago. You can learn a lot from some old ideas, and what people did when they didn't have the technology (or access to it) that we have tod...
Snakes on a plane slither in engines | New Scientist
Andra Keay
28 Sep 2012
After algorithms spot a problem, snake-like robots may one day be used to investigate faulty engines, saving time and money...
See on www.newscientist.com...
Hotel robot creates art from sleeping patterns of guests
Andra Keay
28 Sep 2012
The hotel chain ibis is offering guests a unique experience that combines technology and art.
See on mashable.com...
Toyota unveils new robot aimed at helping the elderly and disabled in the home
Andra Keay
27 Sep 2012
Toyota has developed a new product that seeks to give the elderly and disabled a hand — a robotic one, that is.
Toyota worked with the Japan Service Dog Association to determine which household tas...
Rethink Robotics launches Baxter the Robot
Frank Tobe
19 Sep 2012
Yesterday was the launch of Rethink Robotics' Baxter shop assistant robot.
Many reporters, including myself, saw Baxter at Rethink's headquarters in Boston in the past two months but were embargoed...
Human robot hand | NYTimes.com
Andra Keay
19 Sep 2012
MECHANICAL REACH Engineers at the University of Washington are working on a human-scale robot hand.
See on www.nytimes.com...
The “Start Here” robot
RobotGrrl
13 Sep 2012
Over at LetsMakeRobots.com, they have a great community of robot builders. They also have a fantastic example of how to get in to robotics, with the "Start Here" robot.
Read on for a video tutorial...
WeeBots: Driveable robots for babies who need them | IEEE Spectrum
Andra Keay
30 Aug 2012
Even at just six months old, babies turn out to be proficient robot drivers...
See on spectrum.ieee.org...
A #botiful evening at Robotics Meetup
Andra Keay
22 Aug 2012
Claire Delauney’s Botiful Kickstarter campaign is in its last hours and as she crosses the funded line, Claire shares with us some of her strategies and insights into running a successful Kickstarte...
Kickstarter and robots – not always #botiful
Andra Keay
14 Aug 2012
SF Bay Area Robotics meetup – August 21 7pm – 8.30pm at Lemnos Labs – is a kickstarter edition. Claire Delauney will share her experience with Botiful, as she reaches the final 12 hours of her K...
Cardboard robots are coming
Andra Keay
09 Aug 2012
Ken Ihara’s creation “The Cardboard Robot” has just been funded on Kickstarter. The Cardboard Robot is a giant industrial sized robot arm with a reach just shy of 6 feet. Attach the smart pho...
Control a robot with thoughts from inside a brain scanner | SmartPlanet
Andra Keay
09 Jul 2012
A man inside an fMRI machine in Israel can move a little robot in France. This could allow paralyzed patients to interact through a surrogate body.
See on www.smartplanet.com...
The new Honda ASIMO
Ioannis K. Erripis
20 Nov 2011
The most famous humanoid robot, Honda’s ASIMO has a new version. A few days ago Honda presented a more advanced model and performed a small display of its new capabilities. Meanwhile the robotics se...
Prioria Maverick, flexible wing UAS
Ioannis K. Erripis
30 May 2011
Maverick is a small uav made by Prioria, a company founded in 2003 by business and engineering graduates from the University of Florida. It is portable, very light and has most of the features a comme...
