Archive for the 'Robotics Fun' Category

With a grunt and a burp, Robosapien wins toy prize

‘It breaks wind, burps, kicks and raps. And such skills, it appears, have won over British children, prompting them to pick a robot above board games and mind-testing puzzles as their toy of the year.

Robosapien, designed by Mark Tilden, a former Nasa scientist, was chosen over 130 other toys in the competition to find Britain’s […]

Monday, October 25th, 2004

KHR-1 Fighting Robot Kit Review

G4techTV reviews the KHR-1 Fighting Robot Kit and writes:

‘I love it! It provides endless hours of fun. It fulfills the dreams of lots of little boys the world over. The only thing left is for it to follow me around and do my chores around the house… I do not consider the cost a problem […]

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Robot allows you to Drive a Rover on Mars

The Active Robotics Lab at University of Reading has put up this online networked robot that allows you to roam around Mars in a simulated Rover Robot. You need sun java from www.java.com to run it.

Found via Slashdot

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Robosapien - Dancing Robot

One of the coolest and most popular exhibits at the recent E3 conference is Robosapien the $99 dancing robot.
‘This 14-inch black and white robot stopped traffic at the show, everyone walking by stared. Robosapien is a highly articulated little robot with a variety of preprogrammed moves, but how it accomplishes those moves is how it […]

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

Rubik’s Cube Solving Robot

Engaget just found the coolest robot its a Rubik’s Cube solving robot!
The CubicSolver is a Lego Mindstorms robot that solves the Rubik’s cube puzzle. It even includes a color-recognition software module based on a Logitech Quick Cam API.  ’

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

Origami Robot

Wonders will never cease to amaze me. Here is a stroy about a  Carnegie Mellon Doctoral Student who Developed First Origami-Folding Robot as the subject of his thesis!
‘Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper sculpture, looks deceptively simple at first glance. “It’s something we humans can do well, but we don’t understand the mechanical […]

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

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