Archive for the ‘Robotics’ Category

Dancing Robots, Way Cooler Than It Sounds

May 12 by Toby Leftly | add comment

I’ll admit, I was skeptical when I saw the title of this video. I assumed I was in for three minutes of watching robots unsuccessfully attempting to walk and their creators optimistically trying to convince the audience that this constitutes more »

Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable

May 10 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Robots, man. Freaking robots. Your robotic fix today comes from PhD student Ji-Dong Yim, who has built two cell phone robots, Callo and Cally (get it? call-y? cell phone? ah, never mind). Both bots run on Nokia N82 handsets, and can move and show more »

The Droid Really Is All That: Commands Lego, Solves Rubik's Cube

May 6 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

This isn’t the first Rubik’s-cube-solving Lego robot that’s been viral in the last few months, nor is it the fastest (25 seconds), nor is it the most intimidating. But this one’s special for another reason entirely – this one’s powered by the more »

Stephen Hawking Tells Us How To Build A Time Machine

May 4 by Jon Edwards | 3 comments

How many times have you wished you had a time machine so you could go back and do something a different way? Well, according to the really super-amazing physicist, cosmologist and dreamer, Stephen Hawking, you can…given some simple equipment: more »

Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to 'Robot Rock'

Apr 29 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Chris Conte knows how to rock and roll. Or at least how to build machines that can assist in the task. Having been commissioned by Adam Gontier, lead singer of alt rock outfit Three Days Grace, Conte has whipped up a microphone stand reminiscent more »

Big Dog Robot Can Jog Up To 5mph With Your Groceries

Apr 27 by Kendra Cowden | 3 comments

Don’t feel like carrying all of your heavy bags anymore? Let Big Dog do it for you. Big Dog is a prototype ‘mule’ that was created by Boston Dynamics to be used by the United States Army. The main goal for these types of robots is to go with soldiers more »

Farmer's Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More

Apr 21 by Jordan Cumberland | add comment

Chinese farmer turned inventor, Wu Yulu, is finally getting some recognition after designing and building homemade robots. Yulu has faced some hardships in his life: a fire that burnt his house to the ground, being splashed by battery acid, more »

Robot Trainers Bring Hope to Stroke Patients

Apr 19 by Kendra Cowden | add comment

A study done by a group of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island showed that intensive therapy using a robot helps patients improve their arm movement years after having a stroke. The researchers used the machine to offer three more »

Self-Driving GM EN-V May Change Transportation, Still Looks Funny

Apr 14 by Navneet Alang | add comment

Alright, I’ll be honest – last time I wrote about the GM EN-V vehicle, I ridiculed it for its rather, um, ‘unique’ look . And I stand by that. It looks… odd. But now that we get to see a video of a prototype in action – and hear one of its designers extol its benefits – it’s more »

Plants Beat Humans to Cyborg Status

Apr 9 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza is helping nature take it all back. Esparza has created the Planta Nomada, a hybrid plant/robot that runs on water-faring microorganisms and looks bloody awesome to boot. Scary, when you consider plants can now move of their more »

Robotic Suit Grants Superhuman Strength, Possibly Revolutionizes... Radish Farming?

Apr 9 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

You may have heard about Shigeki Toyama and his Power Assist Suit before. Of course, there’s every likelihood you haven’t. Let’s rap about it, let me break it down. The PAS is a tool developed by Toyama and his students at the Tokyo University more »

One of Many Reasons That LEGOs Will Always Be Cool

Apr 9 by James Mowery | add comment

What do you get when you have a few guys with a lot of time on their hands and a box of LEGO Technic pieces? You get a fully functional Bugatti Veyron built with seven gears. This is truly enough technicality to put any gearhead into a state of euphoria. more »

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