Category Archives: IEEE

Boston Dynamics Jumping Robot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dkohn96

Boston Dynamics Sand Flea Robot Demonstrates Astonishing Jumping Skills POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Wed, March 28, 2012 IEEE Spectrum Online We’ve been following the development of Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea jumping robot for years now, but we’ve never actually … Continue reading →

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Fifth-grader bests college students at robotics competition

Posted on March 27, 2012 by dkohn96

Fifth-grader bests college students at robotics competition 10-year-old’s first-place win earns standing ovation By Jane Roberts Commercial Appeal Posted March 26, 2012 at midnight Davis Fortenberry, 10, rolled out his robot in a college-level competition in Orlando earlier this month … Continue reading →

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Brainlink Gives Any Robot a New Brain

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Brainlink is a little piece of hardware that can augment (or replace) the brain that’s currently powering your robot. Yes, your robot. Any robot at all, pretty much, as long as it’s controllable with an IR remote … Continue reading →

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Amazing Nao Hack Offers Full-Body Teleoperated Kitty Grooming

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Groom your cat remotely using a NAO and Kinect. Full Article

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Inflatable Robots

Posted on December 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Back on Nov 23, 2011 IEEE Reported on Inflatable Robots on Spectrum Online. It is called Ant-Roach, because it looks like a cross between the two (their opinion not mine….I think it looks like an ant eater myself) It works … Continue reading →

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Memphis Boy Scouts Take Robotics Merit Badge

Posted on October 28, 2011 by dkohn96

On Oct 22, 19 Scouts from Farmington Presbyterian Church, Troop 368 came to the University of Memphis for a Robotics Merit Badge Day! Robotics Merit Badge, just added to by Boy Scouts of America this year, has scouts learn about … Continue reading →

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Robot Emotions on Display

Posted on July 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Polish Robot Coaxes Expressiveness Out of Weird Design From: IEEE Spectrum July 14, 2011 We’re always impressed by how much expressiveness and emotion can be squeezed out of even the simplest robot faces if they’re cleverly done, and Emys (for … Continue reading →

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Happy IPv6 Day

Posted on June 9, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum June 8, 2011 Happy IPv6 Day We’ve run out of IPv4 addresses. Time to test drive the new protocol Interview Podcast found at http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/telecom/standards/happy-ipv6-day Happy “World IPv6 Day.” If that’s not on your calendar as a major … Continue reading →

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Treebot Learns to Autonomously Climb Trees

Posted on June 1, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Specturm May 18, 2011 This is Treebot. As you might expect, Treebot was designed to do one thing: climb trees. It is by no means the first robot able to do this, but its arboreal predecessors (RiSE and … Continue reading →

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Robbot Juggler

Posted on June 1, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum May 31, 2011 UPDATE: The Czech roboticists updated their video with labels and a slow motion sequence, making it easier to see how the robot juggles three, and then four, and finally five balls, and also how … Continue reading →

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