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Augmented realty interface for telepresence robots

Telepresence robots are remote controlled cameras on wheels that are connected via Wi-Fi to a user's computer, mobile phone or tablet. The user can communicate via a "human-scale" robot with other peo...

22 February 2013, by Wolfgang Heller

Quadrocopter Drones from China

The market of remote controlled quadrocopter drones is growing fast. The world´s first crash avoiding drone comes from Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co., Ltd. a Chinese manufacturer of R/C model t...

22 January 2013, by Wolfgang Heller

Robotic kit for kids

The Hummingbird robotics kit is a spin-off product of Carnegie Mellon's CREATE lab. Hummingbird is designed to enable engineering and robotics activities for ages 10 and up that involve the making of ...

04 January 2013, by Wolfgang Heller

Lots of robots at CES, January 10-13 in Las Vegas

Many new vendors selling robotic consumer products at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 10-13....

20 December 2012, by Frank Tobe

The new Honda ASIMO

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...

20 November 2011, by Ioannis K. Erripis