At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, scientists are building RoboEarth, a sort of Wikipedia for robots that will let them independently share instructions for tasks they’ve mastered. Needless to say, Oh shit! More
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Scientists Building Robots an Internet of Their Own [Robots]
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Tama-Robo rolls towards the light
If creating Mousey the Junkbot is too much hassle for you (I know it was to me) you can give the Tama-Robo a go. This cute little robot comes in a round see through ball that allows it to move all over the place with ease.
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Tama-Robo rolls towards the light
If creating Mousey the Junkbot is too much hassle for you (I know it was to me) you can give the Tama-Robo a go. This cute little robot comes in a round see through ball that allows it to move all over the place with ease.
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Evalbot I2C & Nunchuk lib
Martin Hubacek took a TI Stellaris EVALBOT and interfaced it to a Nintendo Nunchuck. This lets the robot drive around using the accelerometer or the joystick
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Nintendo Nunchuk hack
If you have a penchant for stripping apart your piece of consumer electronics, then chances are pretty good you might have taken the step to experiment with hacking certain devices to make it work above and beyond its original call of duty. Case in pount, Martin Hubacek and his TI Stellaris EVALBOT which has been specially interfaced to a Nintendo Nunchuk. This hack lets the robot drive around using either the accelerometer or joystick, so it really depends on which is your preferred mode of control
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IRT Humanoid robot from Japan
The University of Tokyo’s IRT (Information and Robot Technology) Research Initiative started off back in 2008 and now they have come up with another robot . The IRT Humanoid is a full-scale bipedal humanoid with 38 degrees of freedom and is equipped with a gyro sensor at its waist, 6-axis force sensors in its feet and two additional force sensors in each arm
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Hunting hydrogen balloons with tricopters, fireworks and FPV
Hunting hydrogen balloons with tricopters, fireworks and FPV.
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NASA’s Wish List [Nasa]
With free-flying robots and antimatter engines, NASA’s ” wish list ” doesn’t read like the typical lists of wants and desires you might receive from a loved one. Which is great, because if NASA was jonesing for Pokemon we’d be in trouble
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This machine ties neckties automatically
What happens when you have too much time on your hands and you want to make a statement ? You create a sculpture of course! And that’s what Seth Goldstein, a sculptor did.
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