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Archive for May, 2008

Robots will soon invade Antarctica, thanks to Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech.
Ayanna is working a robot called SnowMote. This small ski mobile shaped robot will be used to collect temperature, radiation and wind speed readings from Antarctica. This will help scientists study why the ice shelves are melting.
Ayanna envisions a fleet of SnoMotes [...]

Solar Powered Lawnbot

Ah, it’s that time of year again. The warm sunshine and the smell of freshly cut grass. If only you didn’t always have to cut the grass. Here comes Automower by Husqvarna to the rescue.
The Automower goes for around $2000 pounds and comes with a docking station as the solar [...]

No, not that kind of weed. This solar powered robot from the University of Illinois is used to locate weeds that are harmful to crops.
The robot is 2 feet tall, five feet long and travels at about 3 miles per hour. The robot also sports an 80 gigabyte hard drive and uses GPS for [...]

The Perfect Woman

On June 11 you will be able to order the perfect woman from AI Robotics. The company was founded 2 years ago by Etienne Fresse and Yoichi Yamato.
The following is a snip from their website.

Which cutting-edge technology did you use to create Lisa?
YY: We created a technology called RKS, “Recognition Krax System”, which allows [...]

On Saturday, May 24, the 17 centimeter tall Evolta robot scaled a Grand Canyon Cliff.
This was a publicity stunt to prove the Evolta batteries by Panasonic truly are the world’s longest lasting batteries.
Using 2 AA batteries, the robot scaled a 530 meter rope in only 6 hours and 45 minutes. No extra points for [...]










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