Tag Archive
arduino Art AUV boston dynamics carnegie mellon CES China contest DARPA drone education food georgia tech germany hack hexapod iphone iRobot japan Japanese korea maker faire Mars MIT Moon movie music nao NASA national robotics week robot robotics robots roomba ROS sculpture South Korea swarm telepresence tv UAV uk University of Washington willow garage wowwee
Dustcart & Dustclean Get A Real World Trial
A while back we told you about a robot named Dustcart and his buddy Dustclean, two garbage collecting robots sponsored by the European Commission. Well, the project ended in 2009 and they didn’t know what to do with the robots. This summer, they have been on loan to the small Tuscan town of Peccioli in [...]
Robo Van Travels From Italy To China
Two Piaggio Porter electric vans are traveling autonomously from Milan to Shanghai, a trip that will take three months with a total of 13,000 km. Both vans will have people as passengers on board to take over if needed. This is a project from VisLabs. After participating in and siting the DARPA Grand Challenge and [...]
Mediterranean Robocup
Coming March 18-20 to Rome is the Mediterranean Robocup. The Robocup Standard League uses the robot Nao from Aldedebaran Robotics. The Robocup Mediterranean Open2010 includes an international open competition in the Robocup Soccer – Standard Platform League, among universities from all over the world. The competition is promoted by Fondazione Mondo Digitale in partnership with [...]