Robot Living

BarBot 2010 is almost upon us.  If you live in San Fransisco head over to the DNA Lounge this Wednesday night for cocktails made by robots and swinging tunes by Marv, the robotic vibraphone!  BarBot is the US version of Roboexotica, held every year in Vienna.

BarBot is a celebration of cocktail culture and man-machine interface. Get a drink from an actual robot. Chat up a snarky electronic bartender. Listen to some graceful tunes being played by robotic music makers. And, after downing your sixth martini, you can finally admit that it’s the geeks who shall inherit the earth.

Click through for a video of Chapek the robotic bartender, shown above, in action from 2008. Also make sure to look out for Marv the robotic vibraphone playing live.

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A Russian company has developed something called fire robots.  It is essentially a robotic system on board a ship that can automatically put out fires or train the nozzles on other ships, such as pirate ships.

A series of robotic water cannons are placed at strategic locations throughout the ship.  These cannons can be safely monitored on screens from withing the ship.

There was elaborated the Robotized security fire complex under request of Murmask navigation for protection from the pirates.

Robotized security fire robot includes 12 security fire robots SFR-LSD-S40U, control device for fire complex, video control device and water supply system. Security fire robot SFR-LSD-S40U in Marine Modification, with discharge 40 l/s, at the range of 70 m under discharge 0.8 MPa, it is supplied with round-the-clock observation and moving sensors. The system of TV-observation allows determining of moving units and their coordinates in the adjacent water area.

Click through for a graphic of the robotic system.

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Is Totino’s party pizza better than robots?

We certainly don’t think so!

Let us know what you think in the comments.

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.

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The A Journey Round My Skull blog has posted up some really neat Soviet era illustrations. The illustrations are by E. Benyaminson for the book  Hello, I’m Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko.

The images are being released under a Creative Commons license and feature a robotic hand playing chess in one and a robotic maid in another.

Check out all the amazing illustrations at A Journey Round My Skull.

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