Category Archives: Robot News

New Telepresence Robot

Posted on August 16, 2012 by dkohn96

For more info: http://www.doublerobotics.com/

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Morse Code On Mars

Posted on August 13, 2012 by dkohn96

From EDN Doug Grant- 08.10.2012 August 10, 2012 Since everybody else is writing about the Curiosity Rover, I guess I need to write something about Mars—like the fact that there’s Morse code up there. I’m not sure whether this got … Continue reading →

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Robot / 3D Printer to build houses

Posted on August 10, 2012 by dkohn96

from POPSCI 8/9/2012 by Rebecca Boyle 3-D printers can make airplanes and their parts, food and more — why not entire buildings? A professor at the University of Southern California aims to print out whole houses, using layers of concrete … Continue reading →

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All the Pieces Found

Posted on August 7, 2012 by dkohn96

NASA has now located all the various components discarded during the Curiosity landing. See picture below:

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Quadrotor Show

Posted on August 7, 2012 by dkohn96

A troupe of 16 quadrotors (flying robots) dance to and manipulate sound and light at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase 2012.

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Robot Plays Marimba

Posted on August 6, 2012 by dkohn96

Shimon, a Georgia Tech Robot not only can play the Marimba, but also improvise and play with humans. You can read more from Robot Magazines article SHIMON CAN JAM

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My favorite Curiosity Image (So Far)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by dkohn96

This image, taken from orbit by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is of Curiosity parachuting down to the surface of mars. Here is a simulation of the various orbiters in relation to the landing Curiosity. As shown … Continue reading →

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First Pictures from Mars

Posted on August 6, 2012 by dkohn96

Last night Curiosity landed on mars. The landing went perfectly (even with parachutes, cranes and rockets). Within minutes it sent back two black and white images. The first picture to be received was one showing one of the wheels of … Continue reading →

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Curiosity’s Grand Entrance

Posted on August 6, 2012 by dkohn96

Actor William Shatner narrates this thrilling video about NASA’s Curiosity rover, from its entry and descent through the Martian atmosphere to its landing and exploration of the Red Planet in NASA’s hardest planetary science mission to date. If you are … Continue reading →

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Robot dancing competition in China

Posted on August 1, 2012 by dkohn96

Jul 31, 2012 by itnnews Twenty-nine teams from China, Mexico, Russia and South Korea take part in a robot dancing competition in China.

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