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Shape-shifting robot shows off its moves

Here's an interesting modular robot made up of individual cells that combine into basically arbitrary and distinctly molecular-looking shapes, except you know -- each cell is about the size of a softball. via New Scientist: A shape-shifting robot comprised Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:33 PM by Tosh Meston | 3 Comments
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John Deere, IRobot Team Up to Make Robot

BOSTON - In a trailblazing pairing of robotics and tractor companies, iRobot and John Deere announced plans Monday to build a 9-foot-long semi-autonomous battlefield vehicle. Burlington-based iRobot Corp. will adapt the artificial intelligence technology Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:09 PM by Tosh Meston | 0 Comments
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When Robots Rule the World

via AP and Wired.com: GENEVA -- The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors and manage other chores will increase sevenfold by 2007 as more consumers snap up smart machines, the United Nations said. Most of them — 570,000 — were robot Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:59 PM by Tosh Meston | 1 Comments
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Red Whittaker Visits Microsoft

Dr. William "Red" Whittaker of CMU visited the research room at Microsoft today to talk a bit about Sandstorm, the robotic Humvee , and the Grand Challenge . In robotics, there are of two schools of thought in making mobile robots. There's a top down Read More...
Posted Monday, August 16, 2004 11:13 PM by Tosh Meston | 3 Comments
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Command Line Pizzer, Dyson Autonomous Vacuums, Real Nanobots and Vintage Lego

Here's a couple things from my browser history over the week... Slashdot reports a command util to order Domino's. It's nerd-tastic! http://slashdot.org/articles/04/05/07/138238.shtml?tid=130&tid=133&tid=185&tid=186&tid=190 Look out Roomba, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 07, 2004 11:19 PM by Tosh Meston | 2 Comments
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BBC News on Robot Culture at the Robolympics

The competitions seemed to break down along cultural lines. The Japanese robots reigned supreme when it came to sumo-wrestling, while the European teams showed off their skills on the football pitch. As for the American machines, they specialised in demolishing Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:29 PM by Tosh Meston | 0 Comments
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DARPA Robot Challenge Ends with No Winner

Seems the LA-Vegas autonomous robot race ended today with no one claiming the $1 million prize. Only two of the entries were able to make it to the seven mile mark of the roughly one hundred and fifty mile course. The favored CMU “Red team” Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 13, 2004 12:11 PM by Tosh Meston | 0 Comments
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DARPA Grand Challenge Robot Race

Bruce's post reminds me that the start of the DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous robot race from LA to Vegas is today. Wired had an article this month on the race and the various buggies and cycles that will attempt the challenge. I am also pleased to see Read More...
Posted Monday, March 08, 2004 3:36 PM by Tosh Meston | 2 Comments
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Asimo in the news

Honda robot Asimo, the diplomat. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20030822/od_nm/robot_dc Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2003 1:06 PM by Tosh Meston | 0 Comments
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Robota

I came across Robota by way of Slashdot today Robota is an “film book” by Doug Chiang , the Concept Art Director of the Star Wars prequels, telling another story human enslavement by machines and the glorious rebellion. He has two trailers for it. Must Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:37 PM by Tosh Meston | 0 Comments
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