She is not human, rather an android developed by a team of South Korean scientist and its consider the second in the world. Standing 1.6 meters tall and weighing about 50 kilograms, she can understand others, speak, blink with her eyes and makes several facial expressions.
Robodyssey shows how to upgrade the Robosapien; “We hacked a Robosapien just because we thought they were so cool. After taking our robot on a couple of field trips, we were ask so many times “How did you do that?” that we decided to post the instructions. Well, here they are. We will be selling kits shortly that will allow several toy “hacks”“.
Crabfu SteamWorks writes “Steam Powered Armatron Hack. Taking the best toy ever made - Armatron, and hacking it to be powered by a steam engine. There are no electronics or batteries what so ever, purely a mechanical robotic arm powered by steam.”
The LEGO Group today announced that for the first time it will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO MINDSTORMS microprocessor - the new NXT brick - the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. Additionally, the company announced that it will release Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits to its growing global audience of robotics enthusiasts.
Two microsofties have come out with a bugbots at Maker Faire. B.E.A.M stands for Biology Electronics Aesthetics Mechanis which means that the robots are inspired by biology which means bugs. Vic De Leon and Steward Tansly are the creators of bugbot which were powered by solar cell. Picture after the break.
Ryan writes - “Ive been following with much interest these robo-one style robots. The servo powered little humanoids with amazing capabilities. I saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid and decided I wanted it. Then I saw the price. Around $1,200. Then i decided i could build one myself. Imagine a doll, crossed with a robo-one robot. Its a computer cotrolled robot doll. Very cool, and a little creepy all at the same time.”
New technology being created day by day and i think this one will come to use especially to aged people who can hardly walk up and down the stairs everyday. Some geeks at Waseda university have developed the WL-16RIII Walkbot which stands 1.28 meters tall (4 feet) and has a seat on top of a pair of mechanical legs. The WL-16RIII is powered by an Intel Pentium III processor at 850 Mhz and has a nickel hydrogen battery.
Meet the BIGDog! A mechanical mutt that does more than snare Frisbees and irrigate fire hydrants. It totes hundreds of pounds of gear so soldiers wont have to, and it will never spook under fire. It is also known as the worlds most ambitious legged robot. It can also handle the unknown challenges of the battlefield. More stories after the break, you will be amaze.
Its a robotic fish! NO, its a real fish! NO, its a …its a not sure. Its a 31-inch-long robot fish which can be found at the pond on the grounds of Hiroshima Machinery Works. The robot is modeled after a Nishiki koi carp as a form of tribute to Hiroshima Castle (whose nickname Ri-jo means Koi Castle). The 80-cm (31-inch), 12-kg (26-pound) fish has a white body with bright red spots.
Fido luggage is an motion robotic luggage where it can follow its owner where ever they go. It comes with voice recognition technology which help to identify the owner of the luggage. The obedient invention comes from architect/designer Peter Yeadon, who merges high-tech, scientific, and utilitarian approaches into a body of work that is as stupefyingly brilliant as it is hilariously ironic.
