Category Archives: IEEE

Run For Your Lives: Self-aware Hexapod Is Self-aware

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dkohn96

From: http://gizmodo.com/run-for-your-lives-self-aware-hexapod-is-self-aware-950951793 Many of you have expressed some, um, concerns about a few of the bots we’ve covered in recent weeks. ATLAS, for instance, is quite frightening, but it’s not yet self-aware. This tiny hexapod, however, is and it’s rather … Continue reading →

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DARPA VRC Challenge Results: Here’s Who Gets an ATLAS Humanoid – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on July 11, 2013 by dkohn96

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Lego Announces Mindstorms EV3, a More ‘Hackable’ Robotics Kit

Posted on January 8, 2013 by dkohn96

From: IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo and Stephen Cass / Mon, January 07, 2013 One of the best robotics kits is now even better. Lego is unveiling its new Mindstorms EV3 kit today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), … Continue reading →

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Video Friday: Thought-Controlled Robot, PackBot With Jamming Gripper, Furby Teardown – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From: IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo / Fri, November 16, 2012 In this edition of Video Friday, we bring you humans controlling robots, humans interacting with robots, humans building robots, and humans tearing robots apart! Many research groups are … Continue reading →

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Kenshiro Robot Gets New Muscles and Bones

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Angelica Lim / Mon, December 10, 2012 We’ve seen bio-inspired hummingbird robots, turtle robots, squirrel robots and more… enough to start an extremely profitable robot zoo. But very few researchers have been able to mimic … Continue reading →

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The Robots Are Coming . . . to Your iPad

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo and Randi Silberman Klett / Tue, November 27, 2012 We know you love robots. We love robots, too. In fact, who doesn’t love robots? Robots are one of those things that capture the … Continue reading →

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Somehow, an Incredible Robotic Dragonfly is Now on Indiegogo

Posted on November 13, 2012 by dkohn96

IEEE Spectrum Online POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Thu, November 08, 2012 Well, if you didn’t already spend all of your pocket money on one of those NanoQ quadrotors, here’s something that you’ll want to blow the rest of it … Continue reading →

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How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker

Posted on September 27, 2012 by dkohn96

How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks’s new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot IEEE Spectrum Online By Erico Guizzo, Evan Ackerman / October 2012 Full Article HERE

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PhantomX

Posted on August 21, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum If you’re going to blow over $2,000 on a hexapod kit, you’ll be buying a PhantomX. Why? Because it’s big, it’s strong, it’s fast, it’s creepily organic, and it would have some surprising tricks up its sleeves … Continue reading →

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Ekso Bionics

Posted on August 21, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Ekso Bionics has introduced a new version of its rehab exoskeletion, featuring several new walking modes and a wireless sensing system. Still no word on when we can expect a model that will turn us all into … Continue reading →

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