Jin Sato
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Make Magazine via Robot Dreams has a video of Japanese artist Jin Sato’s robots. Check it out here. Jin Sato
Archive for March, 2007
Robots
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 |
Check out these two amazing homemade robot sites. Mostly the robots are made from spare parts, gears and old gizmos. Way cool stuff. First there is Bennett Robot Works where you can purchase a poster containing 30 of their best robots. Next up is Lockwasher Design. A similar 1950’s aesthetic, yet different style. At Lockwasher Design my favorite robot is Mothra. Both sites are very cool and deserve to be checked out. |
| Cummins from Bennett Robot Works |
Weekly Roundup
Friday, March 16th, 2007The company HiTechnic will soon be releasing a Gyro Sensor Block for Mindstorms NXT-G. This brick will allow builders to do several things. For one, you will be able to build a balancing robot similar to the Segway. Check out the video of Roy Watanbe’s balancing robot from Engadget. Chris Anderson from Wired magazine is also all set to use the new Gyro Sensor Block once it comes out. He will be creating an autopilot drone with this. Sounds like an episode of 24. Where’s Jack Bauer? Check it out at longatail.
| Over at Cornell University Josh Bongard, Victor Zykov, and Hod Lipson are busy creating self modeling robots. Seen here is the Starfish robot. This robot can compensate or change its gait if damage should occur. This is the first robot I’ve seen that actually has a concept of itself. In the video at their website Cornell CCSL they show the robot walking before and after they remove a leg. |  |
Check out the awesome results from the plotbot at Evil Mad Scientist .
Events
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Robot Living would like to start posting robot related events anywhere in the United States with a concentration in the Boston area. If you would like your event listed, please email us at events@robotliving.com. We will be posting the events either here or attached to the Resources page. Please give us at least several days notice.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Negotiator
Sunday, March 11th, 2007| Check out the Negotiator from Robotic FX. This police robot is a tactical surveillance goldmine. This robot that can come with an optional video camera that has a 360 degree view and tilts up to 90 degrees. Perfect for examining the undersides of buses for bombs. Or the robot can be mounted with an optional pepper spray dispenser. This badass baby is designed for tactical, explosive ordnance disposal and hazmat situations. |  |
| The Negotiator |
