Category Archives: Robot News

Robot Heads Do K-Pop

Posted on June 13, 2012 by dkohn96

IEEE Spectrum Online POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Fri, June 01, 2012 And now, without further ado (or really any ado at all), here are four robotic heads singing K-pop:

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Bring Me the Head of Philip K. Dick

Posted on May 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Bring Me the Head of Philip K. Dick How a creative team of scientists and academics from Memphis created – and lost – an android superstar. In this week’s Memphis Flyer there is an article about the android head build … Continue reading →

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How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Posted on May 15, 2012 by dkohn96
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Posted on May 4, 2012 by dkohn96

Campain for Google Doodle Obviously I love robots….well in the latest Doodle For Google contest there is an entry that goes right along with that: It’s title is: The Robotic Future by Olivia L, Prospect, KY, Grade 9 who said … Continue reading →

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Mobot for STEM Education

Posted on April 29, 2012 by dkohn96

From Barobo, Inc Website The Mobot educational robot broadens student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Mobot teamwork will engage students on collaborative learning who might otherwise be inclined not to participate in classroom activities.

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RoboJoust

Posted on April 29, 2012 by dkohn96

On April 26, the Tech support people at Sparkfun had a little robot competition of their own. I thought it was a neat contest and wanted to share the video with you. If you want to see more goto http://www.sparkfun.com/news/857?cid=Newsletter+-+EDN+Fun+Friday

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DARPA Robotics Challenge: Here Are the Official Details

Posted on April 18, 2012 by dkohn96

DARPA to the robotics community: the challenge is on. IEEE Spectrum Online POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo & Evan Ackerman Tue, April 10, 2012 Today the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is announcing a bold new program aiming to advance … Continue reading →

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LEGO gives young engineers a leg up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dkohn96

By Raina Hanna / Special to DeSoto Appeal (Commercial Appeal) Posted April 4, 2012 at midnight Cooper Jordan and Ana Le, third-graders in Overpark Elementary School’s Spotlight program, had played with LEGO building kits before but never ones that moved … Continue reading →

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Boston Dynamics Jumping Robot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dkohn96

Boston Dynamics Sand Flea Robot Demonstrates Astonishing Jumping Skills POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Wed, March 28, 2012 IEEE Spectrum Online We’ve been following the development of Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea jumping robot for years now, but we’ve never actually … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Robotics Event?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dkohn96

Just found a link to a neat website called robotevents.com/. It has info on all sorts of robotics events and contests. Just thought I would pass it along.

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