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Robotics Camps For Summer Fun and Education

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Here’s another report of the fun of robotic camps for kids going on this summer at Lenoir County Robotics Camp which kicks off Monday. There are 26 campers divided into teams to create a simple robot from Legos and a small electronic box that controlled it. Each robot will be designed and programmed to meet [...]

Robot Eats Food and Sewage, Uses The Toilet

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Sick of your robot’s batteries running out and want a longer-lived power source? Here’s a unique robotic power source, food.

Trossen Robotics Officially Close Their Robotics Toys Website

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Trossen Robotics has announced the closing of their sister store roboticstoys.com.

Robotiq Has A New Robotic Hand

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Robotiq is a new Canadian startup which came out of the Laval University Robotics Lab. The video above shows an amazing demonstration of the adaptability of this hand. Watch it pick up just about every weird shape imaginable without any problems. Their first product is this amazing three-fingered robot hand called the “Adaptive Gripper.” It [...]

One Step Closer to the Android Invasion

Monday, April 19th, 2010

NASA is sending their second generation Robonaut2 into space to work and “live” alongside the shuttle astronauts. Particularly cool is the fact that the name Robonaut2 is being shortened to R2.  I mean, who doesn’t want to say “I’ve placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 [...]

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