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Rubot II New World Record
Rubot II, the Rubix Cube solving robot, set a new world record this past weekend. Rubot II was built by Peter Redmond of Mechatrons, based in Dublin Ireland. Rubot II was at the The Maker Faire , held for the first time in the Queens area of New York at the New York Hall of [...]
Maker Faire Rhode Island
This weekend is the Maker Faire in Providence Rhode Island. Come learn how to solder or meet some folks who make robots. Belvedere the butler robot will be there, as well as Makerbot and some interesting things from Neuron Robotics. Come for the robots, stay for all the other fun stuff. By the way, the [...]
Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair
Next time we are in the Ann Arbor Michigan area we will definitely have to check this store out called Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair. An actual robot repair shop? How cool is that. Makes me wish I actually had a Rosie the robot from the Jetsons so I could take her in for [...]
Robotic Chess Game
Del Hatch recentluy showed off his amazing chess playing robot at the Maker Faire. Using a computerized chess board and a Sir-3 robotic arm bought from Ebay, Del has created a cool robotic arm that plays chess. He started out using a GnuChess engine but switched to a Rybka engine as it played more like [...]