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12th KondoCup Robot Soccer: Cool Moves! (Video) 2008-10-27 22:34:41 If any one still doubts the potential for humanoid robots to take on, and perhaps out-do, human players on the soccer field, they should take a close look at some of the really cool moves being executed on robot soccer fields. The video clip below, captured at the 12th KondoCup RobotSoccer
competition, is just a tiny sample. Keep in mind that these robots are designed, built, and piloted by...
iHobby Show - Robot Report 2008-10-27 20:39:09 Mike Overstreet, a strong humanoid builder/competitor and winner at RoboGames with his robot 'Gort', attended the iHobby 2008 show earlier this month, and was kind enough to share his event report with us (see below). I think that the robot turn-out was very good. Eight humanoids and the other competitions had good turn outs too. I-Hobby also set records for attendance both for Saturday and Sunday Read more:Robot
Humongous Robots Aren’t Only in Japan 2008-10-24 07:43:57 Farrell Brothers 2 Originally uploaded by Marc Lampcov.It's good to know that the ROBO-ONE builders here haven't cornered the market on mega-sized humanoid robots. Mark Lampcov of RoboFactors captured some great shots of a huge robot created by the geniuses at Farrell Robotics" during the iHobby 2008 show last weekend.By the way, the two robots on the right in the photo are RoboFactor's new state Read more:Japan
Halloween Cylon Jack-O-Lantern (Video) 2008-10-23 22:32:09 Looks like we're not the only robot fans getting excited about celebrating Halloween
. Our friends over at Make created an easy to make "SciFi Cylon Jack O' Lantern
" video (below) that takes you step by step through the process. The results look really cool, and would be a welcome and scary addition to every robot lover's front porch come the evening of October 31st.
Chimp Riding Segway. 2008-10-22 14:08:24 A different chimp this time. From Japan.
Via H.26FAIL. Read more:Riding
One of the Few Things We Miss 2008-10-22 03:23:35 We absolutely love living over here, especially with the access to robot developers, exhibitions, and world-class competitions. But, come late October we find out how much we really miss Halloween and the opportunity to dress up and go Trick or Treating in a really outrageous Halloween robot costume. We'd try it over here, but we might freak out our neighbors, or worse yet, convince the local auth
One of the Few Things We Miss 2008-10-22 03:23:35 We absolutely love living over here, especially with the access to robot developers, exhibitions, and world-class competitions. But, come late October we find out how much we really miss Halloween and the opportunity to dress up and go Trick or Treating in a really outrageous Halloween robot costume. We'd try it over here, but we might freak out our neighbors, or worse yet, convince the local auth
WowWee ROVIO FAQ - Part 2 2008-10-22 02:29:26 We had a lot of questions and comments roll in about the new ROVIO mobile webcam robot from WowWee and rather than depending solely on our own experience with this ground breaking robot, we asked Robert Oschler, the publisher of RobotsRule.com, a guru on all things WowWee, and another early ROVIO user, to provide responses to our readers ROVIO questions below. Q: What about the open architecture -
WowWee ROVIO FAQ - Part 2 2008-10-22 02:29:26 We had a lot of questions and comments roll in about the new ROVIO mobile webcam robot from WowWee and rather than depending solely on our own experience with this ground breaking robot, we asked Robert Oschler, the publisher of RobotsRule.com, a guru on all things WowWee, and another early ROVIO user, to provide responses to our readers ROVIO questions below. Q: What about the open architecture -
The Power of the Internet 2008-11-16 19:49:15 We never cease to be amazed, and delighted, by the power and immediacy of social networking on the internet. Just a few days ago we posted about a video of a wonderful mechanical heart creation but didn't know who the artist might have been. It wasn't long before several of our readers supplied pointers to the KamiKara Paper Engineering website. The KamiKara website (which translates to 'from pape Read more:Internet
ffmpeg hook to aid with “rectangular pixels” 2008-11-16 13:44:51 Tired of screen-scraping the output of ffmpeg and/or mplayer to get the parameters / clip info for a media file?
This hook attempts to remedy this by printing simple information about the passed in video from the cmd line.
It will also print out whether or not the clip is using “rectangular pixels”.
WTF is a rectangular pixel?
Well, the easiest [...]
Dr. Robot Tutorial - Building a DIY RFID Beer Safe (Video) 2008-11-16 08:13:57 Invariably when we ask US robot fans what they would do with a robot, their immediate answer is "Have it bring me a beer!". In the Revision3 Systm tutorial video below, Dr. Robot
(aka Dave Calkins of RoboGames fame) addresses an even more critical problem - how to protect your favorite beverage with a DIY RFID beer safe! Read more:Building
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Green Robonova-1 2008-11-16 07:15:29 CIMG7899 Originally uploaded by Tempusmaster. We're always looking for new robot versions and options, so the fact that Hitec is selling a 'Green
' Robonova-1 version of their popular humanoid robot caught our attention. We don't recall seeing that particular color option available else where, though anything is possible.
Anti-prop 8 rally in union square 2008-11-15 15:29:28 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
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Anti-prop 8 rally in union square, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.
Can Toys and Robots Weather the Economic Downturn? 2008-11-14 18:50:48 Cliff Annicelli over on the Playthings blog seems to be pretty optimistic that the toy sector will survive and perhaps even thrive as the rest of the economic drops. "... Toys may not have been part of the overall economy's retail sales free fall. In addition to the October “Advance Monthly Retail Sales” figures cited above, the Census Bureau today also released finalized monthly sales figures Read more:Economic
TOTO and Yaskawa Electric To Create New Assisted Living Robotics 2008-11-13 21:07:32 Although it is one of those surprising developments we never could have predicted, the new tie-up between TOTO and Yaskawa Electric
to develop a new generation of assisted living robot technology and products makes tremendous sense. Yaskawa Electric brings a strong and well honed history of robotics and automation expereince to the relationship while TOTO, instantly recognizable as one of the lead Read more:Living
, Robotics
Kondo Introduces Improved KHR-2HV Humanoid Robot Configuration 2008-11-13 20:43:42 Kondo, world famous for introducing the world's first hobby humanoid robot kit, as announced availability of their best selling KHR-2HV robot in a new configuration featuring the full functioned RCB3 controller. In addition to the functions of the RCB3J controller, that previously came standard with the KHR-2HV, the RCB3 controller includes the ability to control the motion timebase, faster condit Read more:Configuration
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Poland Robot Competition Expands 2008-11-13 19:31:16 The "Open Minisumo Robot
s Championship" has been successfully held for five years running at the Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland
. To accommodate the rapidly growing interest in robotics, this time around the event has been expanded to include standard size Sumo, Line Follower, and Freestyle robot competitions in addition to Minisumo. The event has also been renamed, "Robotic Arena 2008.
Poor Lonely Robot 2008-11-12 21:06:00 The Aqua City shopping complex in Tokyo's Odaiba district has to be one of the most confusing and poorly laid out buildings we've ever encountered, so it would seem to be a natural fit for an 'information' robot to give directions, point customers to the appropriate shops, and provide general security. Sure enough, we found this robot on the 3rd floor, but unfortunately no one seemed to be using i Read more:Lonely
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Back to the Future in Robotics 2008-12-09 20:02:49 Reading through the September, 1982 Popular Mechanics feature on Robots, we were really struck by how little things have changed for robotics over the past 26 years. Read more:Future
, Robotics
Cali Builds a Robot Toddler (Video) 2008-12-08 18:11:51 No, it's not quite what you might expect. In the video below Cali isn't really building a robot infant. Actually, she's putting together the popular Parallax Toddler robot based on concepts first developed by David Buckley's Big Foot robot (1998) in the UK. Cali Live - Building a robot Part 1 on Fooooo Read more:Builds
, Robot
Bionicle Bot 2008-12-04 08:20:40 Bionicle Bot 2 Originally uploaded by Moctagon Jones.
Even Robots Have to Tighten their Belts 2008-12-02 23:25:14 Economic times are tough all over. Companies are slashing forecasts, shrinking headcount, and cutting costs where ever possible. One might think that it's perfect timing for robotics to step in and automate processes and production. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Even robots are getting pink slips, and planned robot purchases have either been canceled or delayed indefinitely. For Read more:Belts
UK Robot Gathering Gains Momentum, and Feet (Video) 2008-12-01 18:25:42 A small but active and extremely dedicated group of UK robot builders that connected via the RoboSavvy online forums have started to gather regularly to compete, share information, and show off their creations. The group, which includes humanoid, hexapod, and other types of robots, meets during the regular ROBOtic competitions in Birmingham. BillB, one of the RoboSavvy hexapod fanatics was kind en Read more:Gathering
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Earlier Vacuum Equipped Micromouse Robot 2008-12-01 17:45:11 Snow wrote in to remind us that David Otten's MITTE-9 micromouse robot design also utilized a fan to create improved traction. David made a detailed presentation on the overall micromouse design at MINOS in 2003. Read more:Equipped
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Robot Welcome 2008-12-01 05:58:44 Robot Tile Originally uploaded by PonC.One of the custom sidewalk tiles in the Akihabara Electronics District welcoming visitors - especially if they bring money.Posted by PonC on Flickr. Read more:Robot
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