Category Archives: Robot News

Real Life Japanese Mech Robot Fires BBs With A Smile

Posted on July 30, 2012 by dkohn96

From: Tech Crunch By:John Briggs July 30, 2012 gadgets Comment 12 inShare16 Real Life Japanese Mech Robot Fires BBs With A Smile John Biggs posted 4 hours ago 12 Comments The Kuratas Mecha robot is an art/aspirational nerd project by … Continue reading →

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Local Roboticist on TV

Posted on July 26, 2012 by dkohn96

Today Davis Fortenberry (who I told you about in March [See Post]) was on Nickelodeon’s “Figure It Out” trying to stump the panel and also demonstrating his robot. Not only did a 10 year old beat college students in a … Continue reading →

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MABEL Bipedal Robot is Fast Enough to Run You Down

Posted on July 24, 2012 by dkohn96

from: IEEE Spectrum Posted Tue, Aug 16, 2011 by Evan Ackerman It was only a year ago that the University of Michigan’s MABEL biped robot was breaking its ankles trying to walk over rough terrain. Now the robot is defying … Continue reading →

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Did you know

Posted on June 15, 2012 by dkohn96

Did you know that their is a “Congressional Robotics Caucus”? I didn’t but I just found this youtube video showing a briefing: The video also includes a presentation by a FRC Team….. Link to their Website

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Pleo Hunt

Posted on June 13, 2012 by dkohn96

IEEE Spectrum Online POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Fri, June 01, 2012 Pleo hasn’t looked this poorly since we saw one get shredded by a Combot back in 2008, but it’s possible that this little movie is all special effects … Continue reading →

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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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