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Kinect-Controllable NASA Multi-Legged Robot

Alexandru Chiuariu — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:02:54 +0000

NASA’s ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) is a one of a kind robot, considering its capabilities and the fact that it will be controlled with an Xbox or a Nintendo Wii.

This cool product, designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA and found via Daily Mail, is yet another proof ...
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Autonomous Nano Quadrotors Fly in Combat Formation

Alexandru Chiuariu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:57 +0000

You know that something is fishy in the US when you see an army of flying robots in attack formations going through the frame of a door.

These quadrotors were developed by KMel Robotics at The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, but given the way the developers decided to demonstrate the ...
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Gymbot: The Robot That Keeps You in Shape

Alexandru Chiuariu — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:25 +0000

The personal trainer of the (near) future may as well be a robot, as it is exemplified by Gymbot, a concept that was presented at ICSR 2011 Design Awards.

Massimo Battaglia, the designer of this robot, envisions a future where obesity, a very serious problem that will probably become even more ...
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Search and Rescue Robot Moves like a Snake

Alexander Nachaj — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:36 +0000

Researchers have designed an all terrain search and rescue robot that mimics the movements of a snake in order to cross rough terrain.

How would you feel if you were trapped in an inaccessible area and a search and rescue robot that slithered like a snake came up to rescue you?

Alright, ...
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Scrap Metal Abundance? Build Robots Out of It

Alexandru Chiuariu — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:28:09 +0000

Who says robots must be built only from new, shiny materials? The following gallery includes robots that were made mostly of scrap metal.

One might say that Tal Avitzur, the creator of all of the above robots, started this whole adventure by accident. When looking for metal parts to integrate into ...
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DIY Cardboard Hexapod Robot

David Delony — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:31:41 +0000

If you pay any attention at all, you notice that we like robots and DIY projects. We also love cheap DIY projects, which led us to this cardboard hexapod robot project.Mike Estee has come up with the project, with the materials costing less than $100 U.S. The cardboard costs about ...
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Steampunk Robot Sculptures Are Intriguing

Jude Cavale — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:30:33 +0000

Of all things Steampunk, sculptures are some of the most imposing works of art. Brian Marshall has uploaded a number of pictures of all the Steampunk robot assemblage sculptures that he created for Brandywine Show last summer.

The show too place on the 10th and 11th of September, and I must ...
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Autom: The Diet Robot

David Delony — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:46:23 +0000

Over the holiday season, many of us will eat more of those filling treats than is good for us. But a robot called Autom might help people watching their calories to eat healthy foods.

Autom works differently from other Web and phone-based diet applications that you may be using by giving ...
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Timelaps Video of Gundam Robot Assembly

David Delony — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:40:55 +0000

Suppose you want to move a giant replica of Gundam from an artificial island to Tokyo? Very carefully, of course. A series of time-lapse video has documented the process.The giant model of the robot originally resided on the artificial island of Odaiba. In 2009, the statue was rebuilt piece by ...
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Dancing Multi-Legged Robot Morphs Into a Ball

Alexandru Chiuariu — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:50:53 +0000

Multi-legged robots are not something new, but a spherical robot that turns its lower half into six legs certainly has a degree of innovation.

The combination between the spherical body and the six legs make the MorpHex robot, as its creator called it, adequate for all types of terrains. On flat ...
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