Category Archives: Robot News

MAKE | Christian Ristow’s Hand of Man a Hands Down Favorite At Maker Faire

Posted on June 4, 2013 by dkohn96

Make Magazine By Stett Holbrook 06/04/2013 Christian Ristow’s 26-ton mechanical hand and forearm made an appearance at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 this past month and MAKE Senior Editor Goli Mohammadi was there to experience the Hand of Man—firsthand. The … Continue reading →

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Sony, Lego team up to create programmable, interactive Lego bricks | Ars Technica

Posted on June 3, 2013 by dkohn96

From: ARS Technica By: Kyle Orland June 3, 2013 A newly revealed partnership seeks to bring the interactivity of Sony’s video games to the world of Lego’s physical bricks and characters. At a 25th anniversary open house for Sony’s Computer … Continue reading →

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Maker Faire: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Art Car

Posted on May 21, 2013 by dkohn96
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New Arduino Robot Available in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire

Posted on May 17, 2013 by dkohn96

New Arduino Robot Available in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire http://blog.makezine.com/2013/05/17/new-arduino-robot-available-in-the-maker-shed-at-maker-faire/

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One Robot Per Child? Former Googler, Apple Engineer Tackle Educational Bots.

Posted on May 15, 2013 by dkohn96

One Robot Per Child? Former Googler, Apple Engineer Tackle Educational Bots. from: All Things D by: Lauren Goode May 14, 2013 There are apps that teach kids the basics of programming. And then there are robots that get the job … Continue reading →

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Scratch for Arduino

Posted on April 16, 2013 by dkohn96

Looking for an easier language to use with your Arduino? Check out Scratch for Arduino. Many people of heard of Scratch. It is an easy to use programming language for beginners. A lot of schools use this to teach the … Continue reading →

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UDOO

Posted on April 16, 2013 by dkohn96

UDOO is a project on Kickstarter that adds 4 rasperry Pi’s with an Arduino on one board. Look really neat and it is already way past its fundraising goal! Check it out:

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Watch This Gymnast Bot Stick an Impossible Landing

Posted on March 15, 2013 by dkohn96

From Gizmodo We can’t get enough of these tiny but impressive robot gymnasts who flip through the air and stick their landings. We’re probably only seeing the one time it lands upright in about 100 attempts, but who cares? They’re … Continue reading →

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Humanoid CHIMP robot can go buggy rollin’ on treads instead of walking

Posted on March 13, 2013 by dkohn96

From: Gizmag By Ben Coxworth March 12, 2013 Robots either have legs, or they run on something like treads or wheels … right? Well, not in the case of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s new CHIMP robot. The humanoid ‘bot does … Continue reading →

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Rapyuta, the cloud-based robotic brain, is now online

Posted on March 9, 2013 by dkohn96

From: Digital Trends By Mariella Moon March 8, 2013 In the future, robots might be a bit more affordable thanks to Rapyuta – a cloud-based robotic “brain” that our metallic friends can access via the Internet. Rapyuta is part of … Continue reading →

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