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
Japanese Dental Robot
We give you another odd robot from Japan. This one is used for dental training. Dr. Naotake Shibui along with engineers from Kokoro have developed a dental training robot known as Simroid or Pain Girl. Simroid has sensors in her mouth as well as her chest and can respond verbally. As much as his robot [...]
Japanese Cardboard Robots
Amazing cardboard robots with glowing eyes from Amazon Japan. Priced at around $23. Called Danboard , from the Japanese word danboru, which means cardboard. Supposedly they sit up if you put a coin in the slot over their heart. There is also a button on the right side of the head that makes the eyes [...]
Chef Motoman Fires Up The Grill
Here comes another robotic chef, this time in the form of Motoman your grill man, er, robot. Unlike Chief Cook, who also plays Pong, Motoman grills okonomiyaki to perfection. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese dish made of a pan-fried batter cake and various ingredients you choose. Motoman SDA10, from Yaskawa Electric, has 7 joints in each [...]
Murata Girl – Unicycle Riding Robot
Japanese manufacturing company Murata has unveiled Murata Girl or “Murataseiko-chan”. She is a robot that rides on a unicycle without any assistance. The robot was built as a playmate for the previous robot, the bicycle riding robot Murata boy. Both robots use gyroscopes and other sensors to stay balanced while riding. See our previous post [...]
Robotic Crab
The latest robot from Bandai is the Hex Bug Crab. This tiny friend sort of acts like a real crab by moving sideways and stopping in the shadows. It also changes directions upon hearing loud noises. The tiny critter will be available some time in August for about $25. Bandai also offers similar 6 legged [...]