The GP2Y0D02 is an infrared proximity sensor with a detection field that extends 80cm. This type of sensor can be used to build collision avoidance systems for robots.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.01.05 at 17:53
FIRST Robotics competition announced. . . via /. "FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) has officially announced the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.01.05 at 10:54
Happy birthday Isaac Asimov! Biochemist and Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov was born today in 1920, wrote tons of Sci-Fi books capturing the imaginations of millions, and perhaps best known by makers for his creation of the "Three Laws of Robotics":
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.01.02 at 08:51
Awesome slow-mo footage of a butterfly ornithopter from the Shimoyama-Matsumoto Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan. [via BotJunkie and Smart Machines]
Artificial butterfly wing on a butterfly-type ornithopter.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.01.01 at 11:21
Wow, this is very clever!
The situational awareness mast (or Zippermast) from Geosystems Inc. is a telescoping linear actuator that can vertically translate a robot's sensor suite for better visibility.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.12.31 at 08:50
The Formica project was our favorite presentation at 25C3. The goal is to build open source swarm robots as cheaply as possible. The team ended up building 25 robots in an assembly line fashion.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.12.30 at 12:20
Breaking from his usually routine of winning at everything, [Glacial Wanderer] has posted one of his projects that didn’t actually work. It’s a Rube Goldberg style card shuffling machine.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.12.30 at 09:34
A company called Robot Services Group is running i-SOBOT soccer matches over the Internet. Using free video conferencing software called ooVoo, you control one i-SOBOT against an opponent's bot on a soccer field.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.12.25 at 11:42
Here's a project I did this Christmas. It's the "Gift of Robot Invasion" LED Christmas Tree Ornament from The Best of Instructables, Volume 1.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.12.24 at 10:04
Travis Deyle wrote in about Snackbot, an in-progress human-robot interaction project at Carnegie Mellon:
Back in May 2008 it was announced that CMU professors Sara Kiesler and Jodi Forlizzi (from the HCI Institute) and Paul Rybski (from the Robotics Institute) were awarded $500k in Microsoft's Human-Robot Interaction funding to develop a social, snack-selling robot to traverse Newell-Simon and Wean halls (press release).
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.12.21 at 23:43