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Robot arm provides haptic feedback from the virtual world2 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 day ago: [Diego] wrote in to let us know about the haptic feedback arm project with which he’s hard at … more →

Tags: Haptic, haptic feedback, robot arm, servo, Virtual

CalTech's manipulator-arm equipped robot3 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 days ago: [Justin] wrote in to tell us about the rover which his CalTech team has entered in NASA’s Expl … more →

Tags: ARM, Caltech, manipulator, NASA, Rover

Climbing robot glues it's own feet to the wall8 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 days ago: The problem of gripping all surfaces has always plagued the field of climbing robotics. But if you d … more →

Tags: hot glue, hot melt glue, wall-climbing

An Arduino Based Quadruped Robot5 comments

Jeremy Cook wrote 5 days ago: Sure, we see hexapods all the time at [HAD], but moving around with four legs can be more tricky kin … more →

Tags: arduino hacks, Arduino, quadrocopter, quadruped, Robot

Robot fish detect pollutants4 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 6 days ago: If you happen to visit the Spanish port of Gijon, you may notice some giant yellow robotic fish swim … more →

Tags: Environment, Fish

Robotic falconry: winged unit lands on you!14 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 week ago: It doesn’t have four rotors, but this advanced-glider is every bit as impressive as the most c … more →

Tags: articulated, Bird, Falcon, glider, perch, University of Illinois, Wings

Telepresence robot lets you play a hand of cards4 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 week ago: Virtual card games proliferate the interwebs, but this card-playing telepresence device is unique. [ … more →

Tags: 18F4585, Card Game, pic, PLAYING CARDS, telepresence

Hot glue appendages may be predecessor to the flow metal of the T-10003 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 week ago: The T-1000 was the shape-shifting robot from T2 (the second Terminator movie). It was so amazing bec … more →

Tags: hot glue, hot melt glue, robot arm, Tools

How to build a competitive battle robot10 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 weeks ago: Ever wonder what’s under the hood with a competitive battle robot like this one? It’s us … more →

Tags: Battle Robots, Battlebots, pneumatic

A rocking and walking BEAM robot7 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 weeks ago: We’ve seen a few minimalist robots in our time, but very few compare to [Thomas Rinsma]‘ … more →

Tags: BEAM Robotics

Retrotechtacular: Shakey shows off robotics innovation from 197217 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 weeks ago: In this installement of Retrotechtacular we’re taking a look at Shakey, a robot developed betw … more →

Tags: retrotechtacular, Robot, shakey, Sri, Standford

Cheap wooden hexapod frame greatly reduces cost6 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 2 weeks ago: [Balline] really wanted to play with a hexapod but found the cost to be prohibitive. Being a mechani … more →

Tags: Basic, Hexapod

Floating sensor networks10 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 2 weeks ago: These cool looking little bots are part of a fleet of floating water sensors built by The Lagrangian … more →

Tags: Floater, water

Pipe crawling snake robot is a masterpiece of a senior project 3 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s an oldie but a goodie: [Eiki], [Mark], and [Sheraz] built a pipe crawling robot for the … more →

Tags: pipe robot, snake, snake robot

Project Octopus10 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 3 weeks ago: You know who thinks building a robotic octopus is an awesome idea? EVERYONE. Apparently the idea is … more →

Tags: Octopus, Cephalopod

There's more than meets the eye to this robot car26 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a robot that any Transformers enthusiast will love. Sure, the car looks just a bit boxy, but … more →

Tags: Car, RC, servo, Transformer

[Jaimie's] Giant Hexapod project44 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 4 weeks ago: Warning, this may be a duplicate post. We all agree we’ve seen this before, but can’t fi … more →

Tags: Hexapod, rideable

Meet Stompy, your new robotic overlord19 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 4 weeks ago: In case you weren’t already depressed about not starting a summer project already, a couple of … more →

Tags: Robot, Hexapod, Stompy

Land ROV is Internet connected and packed full of stuff9 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 month ago: [Blair Kelly] has always been interesting in the concept of Remote Operated Vehicles. As soon as he … more →

Tags: Arduino, controller, RC, Webcam, wifly


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