Category Archives: Robot News

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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Boston Dynamics at it again

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dkohn96

Boston Dynamics, the company that brought you such robots as “Big Dog” and “Petman” is at it again! This time with a running, four legged robot named “Cheetah”. This robot has broken land speed records for robots, at 18 mph! … Continue reading →

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US First Teams prepare for Competition

Posted on February 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Latter this week, 7 teams from Memphis City Schools will head off to Knoxville for the 2nd annual First Robotics Competition Smoky Mountain Regional Competition. You might have seen the article in this weeks Commercial Appeal If you are not … Continue reading →

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Amazing Nao Hack Offers Full-Body Teleoperated Kitty Grooming

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Groom your cat remotely using a NAO and Kinect. Full Article

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FRC In Memphis

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dkohn96

The US First Robotics Competition (FRC) is about to start it’s 2012 season. This Saturday (Jan 7) teams from all over the region will be gathering at the University of Memphis to participate in Kick Off were they will see … Continue reading →

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Inflatable Robots

Posted on December 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Back on Nov 23, 2011 IEEE Reported on Inflatable Robots on Spectrum Online. It is called Ant-Roach, because it looks like a cross between the two (their opinion not mine….I think it looks like an ant eater myself) It works … Continue reading →

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