Category Archives: Robot News

Researchers, Hobbyists Developing Flying Grasping Robots – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on January 18, 2013 by dkohn96

From IEEE Specturm Date: Dec 20, 2012 By: Evan Ackerman Last week, we brought you a bunch of different videos of aerial grasping robots, including robots from DARPA, UPenn, and Yale. Perhaps in response (or just because it’s really freakin’ … Continue reading →

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DARPA LS3 quadruped plays follow the leader through mud puddles and more

Posted on January 18, 2013 by dkohn96

From GizMag By Ben Coxworth September 11, 2012 Fans of freaky-looking robots will already be familiar with DARPA’s quadruped Legged Squad Support System, or LS3 (although it’s also known as Big Dog by its builder, Boston Dynamics). Yesterday, two prototypes … Continue reading →

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Hackable Lego Robot Runs Linux

Posted on January 9, 2013 by dkohn96

Here is a link to a more detailed description of the new Lego NXT Hackable Lego Robot Runs Linux

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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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Happy New Years

Posted on January 1, 2013 by dkohn96

Happy New Years from Curiosity Rover

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Roboy The Robot Boy Will Be ‘Born’ In Nine Months

Posted on December 30, 2012 by dkohn96

From: The Inquisitr Roboy, the robot boy being created by scientists, is scheduled to be “born” in March 2013. That would make the human-like robot’s arrival come at a cheeky nine months from its creation date. Engineers at the University … Continue reading →

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Watch “Robot Combat League – New Series on Syfy

Posted on December 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Not that I like robot violence, but it is robot news……..

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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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