Category Archives: Robot News

New Robot Ball

Posted on January 9, 2011 by dkohn96

New Sphero ball robot announced at CES. Looks neat…controlled via a iPhone or iPad with Android to follow:

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Robot Ad

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dkohn96

Here is an add I got a kick out of:

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Area Teams Do Well at B.E.S.T. Contest

Posted on December 3, 2010 by dkohn96

From: Three Memphis area teams competed in at the Crowley’s Ridge Best competition on Oct 30, 2010. According to the information I have received: 1st place – West Memphis Christian School 3rd place – Hillcrest High School 4th place – … Continue reading →

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Robot vs Human in Bowling

Posted on October 22, 2010 by dkohn96

Video: Incredibly Precise Robot Bowler Gets Beaten by Professional Human Bowler From: Popsci.com By Dan Nosowitz This robot bowler, cheekily named EARL, is capable of laying down the exact same, utterly perfect shot every time. Yet it still lost to … Continue reading →

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Planet Green show aims to inspire kids with science

Posted on October 21, 2010 by dkohn96

Since Dean Kamen is the founder of US-First, I thought I would pass along this news story: Planet Green show aims to inspire kids with science From USA Today (Oct 21, 2010) What if tiny “nano-bots” could autonomously travel though … Continue reading →

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Humanoids2010 – IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Conference

Posted on October 19, 2010 by dkohn96

Taken from: http://www.humanoids2010.org/index.php The 2010 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots will be held on December 6-8, 2010 at Nashville, TN, USA. The conference theme is “Intelligent and Dependable Humanoid Robots,” reflecting growing interests in developing intelligent and dependable humanoid … Continue reading →

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BEST Announces 2010 Contest

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96

Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (B.E.S.T.) announced the contest for 2010 just recently. This years contest is called “Total Recall”. See full RULES or goto the 2010 Competition website for more details. See Hub Map to find a contest near … Continue reading →

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Raytheon XOS 2 exoskeleton

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96
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Festo Turns Elephant’s Trunk into Awesome Robot Arm

Posted on September 28, 2010 by dkohn96

From: Festo, Deutscher-Zukunftspreis Smart engineers copy ideas. Great engineers copy from nature. Festo’s Bionic Handling Assistant is a robot arm modeled on an elephant’s trunk, and it has all the supple flexibility of the original. Using hollow plastic chambers that … Continue reading →

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Google’s Project 10 to the 100 Winners – USFirst Wins!

Posted on September 27, 2010 by dkohn96

From: HULIQ Submitted by Anissa Ford on 2010-09-25 Nearly 12 months ago, Google asked people and institutions around the world to submit ideas that could change the world. Google’s mission was to help make those ideas reality with financial support. … Continue reading →

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