Robot Living

A former Chrysler plant owned by the University of Delaware is being auctioned off, including some large 6 axis robotic arms.  Probably be a great way to start your robot army on the cheap.

Some of the equipment on sale includes,

Equipment includes: Machine Shop and Maintenance; Welding and Cutting; CNC 6-Axis Robotics; Coordinate Measuring Machines; Compressors, Dryers and Air Tanks; Cooling Towers, Weld Water, Heating and Cooling Equipment; Back Up Generators; Vehicle Lifts and Wheel Alignment; Vehicle Test, Repair and Fill; Fork Lifts, Mobile Equipment and Floor Scrubbers/Sweepers;

Since the facility was 3 million sq feet, I bet there are a lot of robotic arms. And yes, as we discovered , there are a lot of robotic arms  & parts for sale.

CNC, 6-Axis Robotics
(3) Fanuc Mdl. 900iA-600, 6-Axis Material Handling Robots W/ Fanuc System R-J3iB Controls
(4) ABB Type – IRB6000/2.4-120, 6-Axis Robots W/ IRB-6000 controls
(3) ABB Mdl. IRB4400, 6-Axis Robots W/ M2000 Controls
(2) Nachi Mdl. Sa160-02, 6-Axis Robots W/ AR controls
(28) Nachi Mdl. 8638, 6-Axis Robots W/ AR Controls & Medweld 700S Weld Controls
(80) Nachi Mdl. 8633-09, 6-Axis Robots W/ AR Controls & Medweld 700S Weld Controls
(7) Nachi Mdl. 8633-03, 6-Axis Robots W/ AR Controls & Medweld 700S Weld Controls
(9) Nachi Mdl. 8618-03, 6-Axis Robots W/ AP Controls & Medweld 700S Weld Controls
(45) Nachi Mdl. 8633-09, 6-Axis robots W/ AR Controls (Out of Service Parts Only)
(8) Nachi Mdl. 8608-7, 6-Axis Robots W/ AP Controls (Out of Service Parts Only)
(20) Medweld 700S Weld Controls (Out of Service Parts Only)
Robotic Spare Parts

Your mission,  if you choose to accept it,  is to go forth and create a robot army.

Link via (Boing Boing)

Tags: auction, parts, robots

Tsutenkaku (Tower Reaching Heaven) is a well known landmark in Osaka Japan and was originally modeled on the Eiffel Tower.

In order to promote business in the area, some folks are building a 5.6 foot tall robot that looks like the famous landmark and have already created a website which you can see here (mostly in Japanese).  If you believe the specs on the website it will be made out of a titanium alloy, have propulsion rocket thrusters and generate 91,380 kilowatts of electricity.

The robot tower will come to life sometime in 2010.

Click through for a cool video of the future robot in action.

Link via (GetRobot) via (Botropolis)
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Tags: japan

And the winner of our t-shirt giveaway is……kitty!

Congratulations kitty.  Drop us a line and we will send out your shirt.

Tags: contest

Robots come in many different shapes and sizes, but we did not often see them in design until recently. The robot we see most often in modern design is the stylized tin robot from the 1950′s or more modern variations of this.

Aimee Wilder, a School of Art Institute of Chicago graduate, has created the wonderful design you see below.

The shoes are available from Vans official site now for only $55 a pair for the high tops or $42 for the slip-ons.  Vans also sell other items with Wilder’s robots such as a belt, wallet, tank top and bag.

You can also buy this design as an actual wallpaper here.  It comes in blue, pink or multi colors, but at $175 155 for a triple roll.  Other cool wallpaper designs by Aimee Wilder include analognights and sumo.

Update: Thanks to our post, Aimee did some number crunching and now offers her wallpaper at only $155 for a triple roll.  Thanks Aimee!

Link via (Coroflot)

Tags: clothing, design, robot

Happy holidays to all of our readers.

Within a couple of weeks we will have an exciting new look coming your way.

Stay tuned.

Last year, Neiman Marcus in Dallas featured robots in their holiday window display.  For the unveiling, they had Santa arrive on a jetpack!  Check out the video below.