Robotic Blogs

Don't foget that you can use your Amazon gift certificates at Roboteria. You can buy anything available at amazon.com through Roboteria.It's exciting to have a credit at a store.You feel rich and you can go on a shopping spree to splurge on everything you have always wanted.On occasion...

Software to control WowWee robots, Go-Robo! is available now for testing.The windows software allows you to write programs for RoboSapiens,Robopets, Roboreptiles and Roboraptor and send the commands to them through infrared.Young robot masters can put together a program by building...

Japanese, METI, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry chose the top ten robots from 153 nominations for their first annual Robot Awards.The winners included Paro, the robot baby seal, My Spoon feeding arm robot from SECOM and Kondo's small humanoid KHR-2HV.Watch this space for the upcoming announcement of the Robot Gossip Robot of The Year.Top 10...

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Tiremaker Pirelli is pumping up their profits using factory robots to make custom tires.The system is called modular integrated robotized system, or MIRS. "Robots manage the entire production cycle in an uninterrupted sequence from the compounds to the finished tyres ...

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a robot to crawl along power cables to inspect for damage.The Robotic Cable Inspection System was developed by the Sensors, Energy and Automation Laboratory (SEAL) at UW.The prototype has been tested mostly on underground cables...

Maybe there would be a headline like the one above this article in the future, says a UK study. As reported all over the world, the UK's Chief Scientist, Sir David King, has commissioned a study to see how we can keep robots "correctly managed" to "lead to increased labour output...

Quick Links:Engineers at Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon universities, working with a Philadelphia-based start-up, have integrated robotics, laser and wireless technologies into a new system that promises to make it safer and cheaper for wheelchair users to drive a car.ScienceDaily: Robotics, Laser And Wireless Technologies Make Driving Safer For Wheelchair...

I will be traveling and having a merry Christmas over the next week so I may not have time for regular posts.I will try to find time to to direct you to some interesting and worthwhile links.The US postal service needs fewer people but humans still have to read handwritten addresses...

Expect a flying robot Dragonfly next year from Robosapien creators WowWee. The flying robot is powered completely by flapping wings - no propellers. According to T3, it can fly for 15 minutes within 150 feet of the remote control.ADVERTISEMENTDon't forget to check out the WowWee...

Scientists in the University of Washington Laboratory for Neural Systems have demonstrated an interface between a person and robot that registers commands from the human's thought patterns alone.The semi-autonomous robot works as a team with the human operator. The person wears a...

Rescue workers have brought in flying drones to help locate hikers lost near the summit of Mount Hood in Oregon.A Colorado non-profit organization, Alliance for Robot-Assisted Crisis Assessment and Response, ARACAR, has joined the search efforts for the lost mountaneers. ARACAR brings...

Microsoft released their Robotics Studio Software yesterday. The robotics software, which was announced back in June, is a complete development environment for robots. It includes a visual programming language, a 3-D virtual simulation environment and a runtime framework for interfacing with all kinds of hardware.The software is free for hobbyists,...

Pennsylvania company Chatten Associates has released their latest version of telepresence interface for military and civilian use.The Head Aimed Remote Viewer, HARV, is based on the eMagin Z800 3DVisor on the human operator and gimbal-mounted camera on the remote robot.The 3DVisor...

Amid rumors swirling around Asimo's rock-star lifestyle, fans were aghast when he collapsed during a live performance. His press corps maintained their usual silence while speculation grows that his busy schedule and pressures from the launch of his new film career may be taking their toll.He has recently been in Germany filming a series of commercials...

Swiss company K-Team Corporation has released their next generation mini mobile robot for research and education.The Khepera III is the latest version of the Khepera line that has been used in education for ten years.Thew Khepera III is 130 mm in diamater and 70 mm tall. It is...

A new exhibition called Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006, is opening at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC. It will run from December 8 until July 29, 2007.One of the design technology examples on display are robot lobsters designed to crawl along the...

A vision software company, a robot maker, a university and possibly one of the world's largest employers of robots, Toyota, are joining forces to bring the gift of sight to factory robots.Their objective is to empower robots to recognize random parts in a bin and be able to pick...