First came the Boston Dynamics “Big Dog”, then came the hilarious “Big Dog Spoof”… now there is the Boston Dynamics “LittleDog”. The little dog is smaller (duh) and quieter than the original. These robots are starting to worry me a bit… all of those old “robots taking over the world”…
Although I was deeply disappointed at the absence of robot sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads, the 11th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition was still awesome. Robotic subs competed in a variety of tasks showing off their technological prowess. This year a team from the University of…
Smart/talented folks at the University of Kitakyushu managed to make a robotic Sea Bream fish that looks incredibly real. The fish weights a full 15.4 pounds and swims like the real thing. [Source]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUnzzoFUxg Japanese performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu made a robot that looks and acts like a crawling Japanese businessman. The video above shows the robot crawling the streets of Australia… not sure why. Best part of the video is the nurse pulling the pants down and removing an ass panel to…
Zappos, the online footwear pusher is speeding things up in the warehouse, while putting people out of work, using robots to pull their orders. The Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System uses small orange robots to pull each order off of the shelf and deliver it to a human to stuff in…
Looks like Panasonic has the Energizer Bunny dead in their sites. Panasonic has created a new “longer lasting” AA battery labeled the Evolta (combining “evolution” and “voltage”), which is supposed to last 20 percent longer than anything offered by Duracell and Energizer. Panasonic put some of these batteries in a…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azS88h4nFCg How did I find this video? Don’t ask. Does the sport of basketball have anything to be worried about? NO! Are bots picking up a ping pong ball and putting them into a mini basketball goal entertaining? YES! This is some Tech Fest – looks like the this video…
Remember the freaky cool robot dog by Boston Dynamics? Well some clever folks made an absolutely hilarious spoof of the video. Watch this one first them in order.
This is one freaky cool robot dog. I have not seen a robot move as well as this one does. The motors on the unit make it sound like a thousand bumble bee’s attacking, but the robot walks like a dog (seems more like a deer to me however). Amazing…
Niklas Galler has designed (in theory) his C-Bot wall climbing robot. The idea is that this spider looking robot will climb buildings and check for structural integrity (cracks, mildew, rust, etc…) The robots climbing feet take a page from geckos, the C-Bot’s footpads are covered by tiny nano-hairs which act…