Archive for June, 2007
AirRobot by the German company AirRobot GmbH & Co.KG uses four brushless, gearless silent electric motors spun at 2000 rpm to power this amazing robot. AirRobot can come with several options such as, a color camera, night vision camera or a thermal camera. It weighs less than 1kg, is less than 1 [...]
Weekly Roundup - RoboCop Lives
0 Comments Published June 29th, 2007 in Military, Robot News, Weekly RoundupRobocop can soon live on thanks to iRobot forming a partnership with Taser International. In Chicago on July 9- 10, the two companies will demonstrate the new model.
“I could see rent-a-cop companies wanting to buy it, I can see corrections departments wanting to buy it, because it might be seen as a cost-effective alternative to [...]
The VMRP robot climbs walls and ceilings, taking eavesdropping to a new level. Using vortex or “tornado in a cup” technology, this little robot can easily climb and hang onto a variety of surfaces such as glass, marble, concrete and ceiling tiles. To help the robot accomplish this feat, it’s creaters, Vortex HC, [...]
Reader Eric sent in a photo of his awesome tattoo. He says, “It’s based on a combination of two classic Metropolis images (one from the Kino DVD cover art, and the other from an art deco movie poster print). The tattoo was done by an artist named Chris Koutsis at Da Vinci tattoo in [...]
Earlier this year we were impressed with Kawada Industries HRP-2 robot. Now they have released HRP-3 Promet Mk-II. This impressive fellow can walk on sand, is waterproof enough to take a shower and can wield a drill like nobodies business. The robot’s abilities were demonstrated at a conference in Japan on June 21. [...]




