To say that the AR.Drone is cool is probably an understatement. Now what happens when you combine it with the Microsoft Surface? A video has surfaced of a WinWise employee using a Microsoft Surface to control the Parrrot AR.Drone and that is certainly something that will have your friends looking on in awe
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Parrot AR.Drone controlled via Microsoft Surface
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The Only Sci-Fi Movie You Need to Watch for the Rest of Your Life [Video]
Let me share something special with you. This is Robot , a Bollywood action flick. It’s like Terminator , The Matrix , and Transformers combined, but better
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The R.Bot 100 lets your kids learn from home
In today’s installment of robots we wished we had when we were younger, we have the R.Bot 100. The R.Bot 100 is a telepresence robot that can act as a stand in for someone who can’t be there.
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Robot camel jockeys found packing illegal stun guns, Dubai police say ‘Don’t tase them bro!’
It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about the remote controlled robot jockeys used in Arabian camel racing, but a recent scandal that has rocked the camel-racing world compels us to revisit the topic. The Dubai police discovered that some shady characters have been selling robot jockeys equipped with stun guns to “encourage” camels to run faster. We’re pretty sure that the animals don’t need any more incentive to run — they already have a robot whipping them — and it’s good to see that the powers-that-be agree with us, as the two men selling the machines were arrested
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InBirdie might usurp your place as boss’ best friend
South Korean company Digital Media for Brain and Health (DMBH) might have just struck gold with golf loving executives with their latest virtual golfing robot known as InBirdie , which is touted to be a world’s first. This putting robot isn’t too new though, having made its debut at the 2005 Aichi Expo in Japan, although you can be sure that vast improvements have been made to it since then.
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Inflatable robot arm won’t break any bones
Do any of you fear being crushed underneath the cold metal of a robot in the future when they have achieved consciousness? Well, if the latter were to happen, just keep your fingers crossed that robots of the future will be made out of balloons – yes, that is right. Your eyes did not play a trick on you
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Zipitbot: Zipit based robot
Zipitbot robot uses some motors and a dsPIC microcontroller to move around. dsPIC board on top communicates with the Zipit over an I2C bus and client program is able to control the ZipitBot over a wifi link. There is also a USB webcam attached. [ via ] Zipitbot: Zipit based robot – [ Link ]
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PALRO robot now speaks English
You might remember the PALRO robot from Fuji Soft that we brought to your attention a while back. The robot was recently upgraded with improved face recognition and now there is a possibility that we might see the robot being available outside of Japan sometime in the future, thanks to the company’s latest promotional video
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The sky’s the limit for Yume Robo
Recently introduced at the Shanghai Expo, Yume Robo, developed by Musclecorp is an extraordinary robot that is designed to climb structures up to an unlimited height. It uses Musclecorp’s state of the art “Cool Muscle2″ AC servo system located in the neck, shoulders, waist and hips to help it climb
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