Category Archives: Robot News

Treebot Learns to Autonomously Climb Trees

Posted on June 1, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Specturm May 18, 2011 This is Treebot. As you might expect, Treebot was designed to do one thing: climb trees. It is by no means the first robot able to do this, but its arboreal predecessors (RiSE and … Continue reading →

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Robbot Juggler

Posted on June 1, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum May 31, 2011 UPDATE: The Czech roboticists updated their video with labels and a slow motion sequence, making it easier to see how the robot juggles three, and then four, and finally five balls, and also how … Continue reading →

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A Robotic Companion for Your Phone

Posted on May 27, 2011 by dkohn96

from: IEEE Spectrum May 23, 2011 The start-up Orbotix has created a Bluetooth-controlled robotic ball

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ION’s Mini-Urban Challenge

Posted on May 24, 2011 by dkohn96

The Mini-Urban Challenge is a national competition sponsored by The Institute of Navigation and the United States Air Force Research Laboratory that challenges high school students to design and operate a robotic car to autonomously navigate a LEGO® city. The … Continue reading →

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FreeScale Bot (Followup)

Posted on May 1, 2011 by dkohn96

Finally found the info on the FSLBOT (FreeScale Bot) I mentioned in my March 10th Stuff from Robotics Summit post (although it was called Freebot not FSLBOT in that post). For full info goto http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=FSLBOT But here is the summary: … Continue reading →

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Robot Snowplow

Posted on April 17, 2011 by dkohn96

A little late for this past winter, but a great idea!

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Beyond Camping, Canoeing, Boy Scouts Add Robotics

Posted on April 8, 2011 by dkohn96

From: NPR and the AP By HOLLY RAMER (AP) CONCORD, N.H. April 8, 2011, 03:53 am ET Can a robot pitch a tent? If so, a Boy Scout who builds one might be able to earn two merit badges at … Continue reading →

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Video: Robotic Swiss Quadrocopters Hold Their Own At Tennis

Posted on April 8, 2011 by dkohn96

From: PopSci (3/28/2011) Quadrocopters are already accomplished piano players and Kinect-assisted navigators. Now they are playing tennis. ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena hosted a quadrocopter tennis match, involving a human-robot volley, a doubles match and an impressive robot-to-robot juggling act. … Continue reading →

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National Robot Week

Posted on March 25, 2011 by dkohn96

National Robotics Week 2011 The second annual National Robotics Week will be April 9-17, 2011. Thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural National Robotics Week in 2010! We celebrated with over 50 affiliated events in 21 states, DC, and … Continue reading →

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Stuff from Robotics Summit

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

From the Robotics Summit Virtual Conference March 10, 2011 Web Links First one is a great How to Build a Robot Tutorial from RoboShop. GEARS Educational Systems Project Lead the Way HannoWare (12blocks – graphical programming, robots and other engineering … Continue reading →

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