Category Archives: Robot News

Asimo might get fired from his first job

World’s best-loved robot flunks its first proper job: Asimo flustered by visitors’ gestures and questions while working as museum guide News – Gadgets & Tech The Independent by David McNeill July 3, 2003 It must have seemed like a good … Continue reading

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Raffaello D’Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

Raffaello D’Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters #TED :

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Blink and You’ll Miss This Blindingly Fast Robot Speedster

From: Gizmodo and IEEE Spectrum (Full article) by: Eric Limer / Evan Ackerman 6/5/2013 There’s something inherently creepy about tiny, skittering robots, and if you need to add a new terrifying bullet point to the robot apocalypse list, you might … Continue reading

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MAKE | Christian Ristow’s Hand of Man a Hands Down Favorite At Maker Faire

Make Magazine By Stett Holbrook 06/04/2013 Christian Ristow’s 26-ton mechanical hand and forearm made an appearance at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 this past month and MAKE Senior Editor Goli Mohammadi was there to experience the Hand of Man—firsthand. The … Continue reading

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Sony, Lego team up to create programmable, interactive Lego bricks | Ars Technica

From: ARS Technica By: Kyle Orland June 3, 2013 A newly revealed partnership seeks to bring the interactivity of Sony’s video games to the world of Lego’s physical bricks and characters. At a 25th anniversary open house for Sony’s Computer … Continue reading

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Maker Faire: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Art Car

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New Arduino Robot Available in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire

New Arduino Robot Available in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire http://blog.makezine.com/2013/05/17/new-arduino-robot-available-in-the-maker-shed-at-maker-faire/

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One Robot Per Child? Former Googler, Apple Engineer Tackle Educational Bots.

One Robot Per Child? Former Googler, Apple Engineer Tackle Educational Bots. from: All Things D by: Lauren Goode May 14, 2013 There are apps that teach kids the basics of programming. And then there are robots that get the job … Continue reading

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Scratch for Arduino

Looking for an easier language to use with your Arduino? Check out Scratch for Arduino. Many people of heard of Scratch. It is an easy to use programming language for beginners. A lot of schools use this to teach the … Continue reading

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UDOO

UDOO is a project on Kickstarter that adds 4 rasperry Pi’s with an Arduino on one board. Look really neat and it is already way past its fundraising goal! Check it out:

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