Category Archives: Robot News

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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NextGen Education and Research Robotics Virtual Summit

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

The NextGen Education and Research Robotics Virtual Summit will take place 10am-5pm EST on March 10, 2011. The virtual event will focus on the implementation of robotics to accelerate learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among K-12 and … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Robotic Kinect Hacks

Posted on March 8, 2011 by dkohn96

From: IEEE Spectrum BY: Evan Ackerman / Mon, March 07, 2011 We love Microsoft’s Kinect 3D sensor, and not just because you can play games with it. At a mere $150, it’s a dirt-cheap way to bring depth sensing and … Continue reading →

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Modular Robotics’ Cubelets Prototypes on Video

Posted on February 22, 2011 by dkohn96

from IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Fri, February 11, 2011 Modular Robotics’ Cubelets are designed to be an absurdly simple way to build robots. You don’t have to know how to program anything or even how to build … Continue reading →

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Robotics News from IEEE

Posted on February 9, 2011 by dkohn96

Just received a wonderful web edition of “Robotics News From IEEE” Articles include: Building an Internet For Robots David Hanson’s New Robot Heads Robot Crawls on Power Lines A New Kind of Factory Robot Also included is a link to … Continue reading →

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U3-X Personal Mobility Prototype

Posted on January 21, 2011 by dkohn96

Not really a robot, but it is neat, and think of the robot you could make with the same technology!

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