All the stories tagged with: Robots
BigDog Quadruped Robot
03/17/2008, The BigDog quadruped robot is freaky to look at, and yet there is something about it that makes you want to view the video over and over again. This unique robot is even smart enough to balance itself when kicked [...]
RobuCAB People Mover
03/12/2008, The robuCAB vehicle from France is a ’4-seats automated people mover’ that was constructed from a 4-wheel drive electric chassis and complemented with an on-board computer. This vehicle does not need any driver as it follows the kerb while carrying [...]
EL-E Robot Guided By Laser
03/12/2008, The EL-E robot you see here was cobbled together by a team of researchers, and it boasts the ability to go after the tiny dot made by your laser pointer, picking up that particular object with his crane. While small [...]
Beer Pouring Robot
03/12/2008, Bartenders are always good as they lend a listening ear, but isn’t it a bummer when you are trying to drown your sorrows in many a pint, but he ultimately stops you “for your own good”? Enter the Beer Pouring [...]
British Transport Police Get Flying Drones
03/10/2008, The British Transport Police have new toys to play with – a $60,000 remote controlled flying robot to be exact. It seems that theft of metal on British railways is a nagging problem that needs to be resolved as soon [...]
Gepetto Paintball Robot
03/07/2008, Getting hit by a paintball is a painful affair, but at least you can try to exact revenge on your human counterpart. What happens if you are up against a robotic opponent? Builder Che Edoga (aka “darkback2?) has come up [...]
Modular Snake Robots
03/06/2008, I know there are some people who already freak out when they see a snake, but this Modular Snake Robot will definitely send them packing out of the house, shrieking and all. This work considers two issues: snake robot locomotion [...]
OSP Robot Contains Oil Spill
03/04/2008, Oil spills are major environmental disasters, and key to containing its deadly effects would be to clean up the spill as soon as possible. This Herculean effort would work even better with the help of robots that do not fatigue [...]
iRobot Verro Bottom Feeding Robot
03/04/2008, Now here’s a robot that has a lowly occupation (literally) as it scours the depths of your swimming pool in order to rid it of sand, dirt and other undesirable items which will otherwise spoil a fun experience in your [...]
GPS-Guided Robot
03/02/2008, Now here’s a neat looking DIY project, putting your Magellan GPS navigation system to different use, by integrating it into a robot. Robots traverse a pre-defined course dealing with various obstacles along the way. Waypoints may be marked with objects [...]
Lady Bird Cleans Loos
02/28/2008, The Japanese are very particular about their loos, and thus it is no surprise to stumble upon the Lady Bird autonomous robot which is placed along Western Japan’s highway rest stops since November last year to help maintain overall restroom [...]
Robot Dog Eases Loneliness
02/28/2008, Research has shown that a friendly pooch is more than capable of making older folk feel less isolated, and thankfully this effect does not come about by natural born dogs only. Apparently, robot dogs are also able to remove the [...]
University To Teach Baby Robot To Talk
02/28/2008, It seems that a team of researchers at the University of Plymouth are currently working with a humanoid-looking baby robot known as the iCub (one would think it is a bear but no sir, it resembles more of the robots [...]
