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Posted by on April 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Robot technology is always cool, and now the folks by at the Technical University of Munich and the Institute of Technology Autonomous Systems are developing a robot called LOLA. that robot has been six-years in the making, and is currently able to plan its own walking trajectory through a room in real day using image [...]
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Posted by on April 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Do you remember the old TV that you threw out last week? You might have inadvertently thrown away the parts to a perfectly good robot, as evidenced by the creation of Sam Todo. Todo is a student from Togo in Africa, and he managed to develop a functional humanoid robot out of TV parts and [...]
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Posted by on March 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dean Segovis had some spare moment on his hands, coming up with that All Terrain vacuum which was built with parts from a Roomba. It will rely on wheels to get around in conjunction with gearboxes which will do a whole lot of the dirty work, all working in tandem on a Rocker-bogie suspension. The [...]
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Posted by on March 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Primpo iSonic vibration walking stick is an interesting piece of gear for the visually handicapped – after all, it is capable of informing users of upcoming obstacles as lengthy as it is within 2 meters of one’s walking path. Depending on the vertical and horizontal degrees, the vibration strength will differ. Apart from that, [...]
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Posted by on March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We previously brought the BrainPort to your attention, but now it seems that the technology has been successfully tested on a participant. BrainPort allows the participant, a soldier who was blinded in Iraq, to see via his tongue. The system consists of a small video camera attached to a pair of sunglasses, which is connected [...]
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Posted by on February 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Barnes & Noble looks set to finally overcome obstacles in their Nook e-book reader’s release, offering it more or less a week before Valentine’s Day hits us. Nice to know that their supply chain troubles are (hopefully) worked out, and we hope to see the Nook pit its wits against the current king of the [...]
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Posted by on January 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
[CES 2010] Today, Evolution Robotics announced Mint, a new type of floor cleaner robot. Unlike the popular Roomba from iRobot, Mint has a square style factor and is by 3 inches smaller, sitting at under 10 inches wide, making it possible to clean into tight spaces, among chair legs for example. Another major difference with [...]
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