Category Archives: Robot News

Memphis FLL Event a Huge Success

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dkohn96

Yesterday, 26 teams from around the region gathered at the University of Memphis for the Western TN First Lego League Pilot Championship. This years theme was Senior Solutions and the students had to build a robot that ran missions based … Continue reading →

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You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dkohn96

from: PopSci By Gregory Mone Posted 12.06.2012 at 9:59 am You Build What?! A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm A 16-year-old’s homemade wireless robotic limb. Two summers ago, Easton LaChappelle thought it would be fun to build a robotic arm controlled wirelessly using … 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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“Robo Style”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by dkohn96

The “Gangnam Style” Craze Continues From ABC NEWS The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech released one of the newest viral videos demonstrating the popular “Gangnam Style”—in the form of a robot. Tech developed the humanoid robot as a … Continue reading →

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Toyota unveils new robot aimed at helping the elderly and disabled in the home

Posted on September 27, 2012 by dkohn96

The prototype can move about a house, be operated by a tablet computer and lift and retrieve objects. By Charlie Wells / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5:58 PM Toyota has developed a new product that seeks … 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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Pentagon’s Robot Cheetah Outruns Usain Bolt

Posted on September 6, 2012 by dkohn96

From: Wired Magazine By Noah Shachtman Sep 5, 2012 Robots are already stronger than humans, able to lift thousands of pounds at a time. In many ways, they’re smarter than people, too; machines can perform millions of calculations per second, … Continue reading →

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NASA360

Posted on September 4, 2012 by dkohn96

NASA 360 is an award-winning broadcast 30-minute television show, vodcast, and related online resources that take you on a journey to see how technologies developed by and for NASA impact your life and pave the way to the future. Watch … Continue reading →

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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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