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| Thursday Sep 28, 2006 | I want to build a robot that steals its own batteries. to Robotics by fool |
| Saturday Jan 28, 2006 | Perhaps the coolest robotics hobbyist project I have ever seen:
remote controlled steam-powered robots!
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Wednesday Jul 27, 2005 | For busy parents who just don't have time to
shake their
own children to death,
there's
Robocoaster!
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Monday Feb 21, 2005 | "Kami-robo
are robot fighters made from paper, measuring about 15 to 20
centimeters tall. They have joints at the shoulders, hips, elbows,
knees, wrists and ankles, which enable them to move freely and
smoothly." They are also
too
damn cool.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Friday Nov 26, 2004 | Construction,
surgery, and
space exploration: robots excel
at doing difficult or precise work in environments too dangerous or restrictive for humans.
Now, they have finally conquered
the bathroom.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Monday Nov 15, 2004 | Apparently breakdancing transformers are the norm. to Robotics by isosceles |
| Sunday Mar 7, 2004 | Oh my god, like the Mars
rovers
totally have their
own livejournals.
Current mood: interplanetary. to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Friday Oct 31, 2003 | Coffee robots and
booze robots
are catering to our addictions.
Are robots really going to
take over the world?
Maybe not. to Robotics by tinfoil |
| Monday Nov 11, 2002 | Come to Pittsburgh and visit the
Robot Club and Grille, the
world's first
fighting robot
themed restaurant. (They also do
children's parties!)
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Thursday Oct 24, 2002 | The "Uncanny Valley" is why zombies don't seem normal, robots aren't going to pass as humans very soon, and prosthetic limbs call special attention. to Robotics by oznoid |
| Friday Oct 11, 2002 | Despite being quintessentially useless, home robots such as the Evolution
ER1, the Probotics
Cye, and Sony's
Aibo are beginning to gain popularity,
and the next iteration of personal robots such as the vacuuming
Roomba and the
Solar Mower may actually prove to be useful.
As robots coopt humanity's upright
mode of transportation they may even become downright ubiquitous.
Consider, however, the increasingly creepy implications of current robotics research - from the emotional
Kismet, to the humanoid
Asimo, robots are becoming both
visually accute and dextrous,
capable of recharging themselves,
feeding themselves as well as
hunting and devouring prey, and finally
reproducing themselves.
Indeed, with
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles rapidly becoming
Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles and
beyond, there may be
no place for humans at all in the
impending robotic holocaust.
to Robotics by joshua |
| Sunday Apr 7, 2002 | PINO is an open platform humanoid robot,
covered by GPL and the
GNU Free Document License, and is
cheap, unlike Sony's SDR-3X or Honda's ASIMO.
to Robotics by xrayjones |
| Wednesday Oct 17, 2001 | Will
evil
robots
take
over
the
world?
Maybe.
Stephen Hawking thinks they might, although he may have a vested interest.
The attack of the creepy cat robots has
already begun.
If the robots
succeed,
Captured! By Robots
provides
a foreboding
yet tuneful
look
into our grim
future.
to Robotics by roo |
| Tuesday Oct 16, 2001 | Cat lovers who were jealous of Aibo
can now enjoy their own form of
robotic love:
NeCoRo! to Robotics by nelson |
| Wednesday Jun 20, 2001 | Better in concept than execution,
this robotic DJ can play records
and do primitive
turntablist
scratching.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Saturday Jun 9, 2001 | Sure, you laugh now, but just wait until
a robot army
smashes down your front door with attack
rockets! to Robotics by mrnonrespondo |
| Thursday May 31, 2001 | Students and researchers affiliated with Trinity College have built some Fire Fighting Robots to compete in yearly
competitions. While they're not quite ready to put out fires in your home, they are getting much better each year.
to Robotics by laurel |
| Wednesday May 30, 2001 | While we haven't yet achieved
nanotechnology, several groups are building coin-sized autonomous walking and wheeled robots.
to Robotics by joshua |
| Tuesday Feb 6, 2001 | Mark Tilden builds tiny robots which follow the BEAM philosophy - Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics.
Despite being built with scavanged parts and run by only a few transistors and a solar cell, the robots
engage in sometimes startlingly insect-like behavior.
The BEAM philosophy has inspired many hobbyists to create their own mechanical progeny and assemble-it-yourself kits.
to Robotics by joshua |
| Wednesday Jan 24, 2001 | Jim Studt has used his
Lego Mindstorms to create a robot that shakes
a Magic 8 Ball. You can ask it a question via
a script, and it will show you the results on a webcam. to Robotics by laurel |
| Tuesday Jan 2, 2001 | The Robotics Constructor is a versatile robotics simulator that allows one to try out different robotic designs within a variety of terrains and hazards. This site was spawned from
the Royal
Institute's Robotic
Lecture Series. to Robotics by laurel |
| Wednesday Dec 27, 2000 | The CONRO project is one of the first efforts
to create miniature, self-reconfigurable robots. You can look at some
simulations on their website. Stanford is
doing similar resesarch on their
Polypod robot which uses a
modular approach for its reconfiguration. to Robotics by laurel |
| Thursday Oct 19, 2000 | Did someone mention geek heaven? Here are the rules for designing your own Battlebot. Unfortunately, cattle prods are illegal. to Robotics by boneyard |
| Wednesday Sep 6, 2000 | The Institute for Applied Autonomy's GraffitiWriter is a tele-operated field programable robot which employs a custom built array of spray cans to write linear text messages on the ground at a rate of 15 kilometers per hour.
to Robotics by joshua at Ars Electronica |
| Thursday Aug 24, 2000 | Enjoy the great gallery of toy robots from the fine people at the Museum of Ephemeral Cultural Artifacts. I can't decide which robot is weirder: the strangely effeminate Sparky or Electric Robot and Son. That's right -- a robot with a diaper wearing son.
to Robotics by skallas |
| Friday Jul 14, 2000 | In the Lovecraftian territory between
Survival Research Laboratories and the Sony
Aibo
lives
Spike the Robotic Dog.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Thursday May 11, 2000 | Ever been intrigued by Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet? Why not get your own over at Fred Barton's? He has a nice robot museum online as well. Oh, and let's not forget the legendary soundtrack this movie sports. to Robotics by wheezer |
| Wednesday Mar 15, 2000 | Robot porn. Honestly, I can't
think of anything to say that would make this any better.
to Robotics by xrayjones |
| Wednesday Jan 19, 2000 | Built by the Carnegie Mellon
Robotics Institute,
the autonomous rover
Nomad
has begun searching for
meteorites
in ice fields around
Elephant Moraine, a remote location in Eastern
Antarctica. You can follow Nomad's
daily progress at
the RI's website. to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Monday Nov 15, 1999 | You thought the
Honda walking
robot was neat? How about a
bipedal
mechanism that walks without sensors, motors or
a computer? to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Saturday Nov 6, 1999 | There's no such thing as KILLER ROBOTS, you say?
Well, what about a
ROBOT THAT EATS SLUGS, with the added benefit of garden pest control?
Look out, pathetic human--YOU'RE NEXT.
to Robotics by xrayjones |
| Tuesday Oct 26, 1999 | My all-consuming toy fetish right now is
wind-up robots.
Especially
ones from Japan
from the 50s.
I have to settle for
reproductions,
however, since the originals can cost
thousands
of dollars.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Saturday Oct 23, 1999 | If the
Sony Aibo's $2000
price tag is too steep,
you can always make your own robotic pet. Lego Mindstorms are, of course, an
option but for the more adventurous there is
Solarbotics, which
sells
kits and parts
for various simple but elegant robots.
Craig Maynard also sells kits
for his "Cybug" robots, including solar powered bugs that can stalk each
other and feed from a
cyborg sunflower
powerplant.
Make sure to check out Robohoo, a
good general source for robotics information, books and companies.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Wednesday Oct 6, 1999 | In 1998 the international toy manufacturer LEGO created a new "lego world" called Mindstorms. Perhaps a revolution for the robotic hobbyist, the new product brought research from the MIT media lab to the open market, its new form being the RCX.
A new, Open-Source operating system for the RCX called LeGOS is definitely your best bet for a substitue when you get the hankering to tinker with the internals of that yellow box.
The unofficial LEGO Mindstorms webring is a high-quality collection of user-cum-fanatics all bringing their mindstorm oneness together. Some off-webring don't-miss projects include an award winning bipedal robot, a turtle-like robot named walter based on the 1950's work of W. Grey Walter, a synchro drive mechanism that permits zero-radius turning, and an ingenious (and patented) Tri-Star ATV design.
In the Technic world, there was already a burgeouning fanbase to develop new frontiers, but with Mindstorms a more sophisticated robotics-oriented effort begun to take shape.
Don't forget to order your spare parts (catalog scan) for those big projects! And instead of that 18-toothed thingy, get the correct name and spec for that Technic part at the The technica registry which is also swank poster-fodder. to Robotics by urog |
| Tuesday Oct 5, 1999 | The Society of Robotic Combat, like Robotwars, fulfills the childhood dreams of anime-watching geeks of building your own fighting robots for gladitorial combat. to Robotics by pjammer |
| Thursday May 13, 1999 | Robots Wanted presents archives of historical robots of the 70's and 80's. Other sites document individual robots such as the Heathkit Hero series. to Robotics by joshua |
| Friday Apr 9, 1999 | MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) -- tiny
machines, tailor-made by the tens of thousands.
Micromachines offer tantalizing possibilites as self-reorganizing cooperative physical
systems. You can bet this is hot with the
military, as well as industry:
The MEMS
Exchange is a technology transfer organization
set up around the topic; the
MEMS Clearinghouse covers breaking news; and
Sandia National Labs are good starting places for
the memer. to Robotics by oznoid |
| Monday Mar 29, 1999 | Tired of paying retail prices for your android
heads? Stick it to the man! Build your own
android
head instead. to Robotics by xrayjones |
| Thursday Mar 25, 1999 | The Federation of International Robot-Soccer Association inspires robotic competition worldwide. to Robotics by joshua |
| Monday Feb 1, 1999 | Hacking Barney.
to Robotics by peterb |
| Thursday Jan 28, 1999 | Before robots take over the world, you'd better catch up on the
required reading.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Jan 26, 1999 | Legos are cool, but easily disabled by
marauding post-Y2K fanatics. Build an army
of dangerous servo robots with stuff from
Parallax
and plenty of KevlarŪ
to Robotics by obvious |
| Tuesday Dec 8, 1998 | "The honor of being listed as 'Cool Robot Of The Week' is bestowed upon those robotics-related web sites which portray highly innovative solutions to robotics problems, describe
unique approaches to implementing robotics system, or present exciting interfaces for the dissemination of robotics-related information or promoting robotics technology." to Robotics by joshua |
| Monday Nov 23, 1998 | Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute has built a
robot to look
for meteorites in Antartica. There's prerecorded and live video and
telemetry available, also.
to Robotics by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Sep 22, 1998 | The
ORCA-1 successfully navigated an underwater
course to win the
International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Competition. to Robotics by jacquez |
| At approximately two cubic inches and one ounce apiece,
The Ants
are a community of microbots that both push the limits of
of microbotics and engage in
social behavior. to Robotics by joshua |
| Friday Sep 18, 1998 | For millennia, monkeys have been brachiating
through trees. Now higher primates brachiate
through the Net while robots
take to the trees.
to Robotics by obvious |
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