Robotic Arm for Farming..?

October 4th, 2009 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Articles, Robotics News

Robotic arm is very useful for doing many automatic things, from industry activities until making the ramen food in the restaurant. There is a new scene in downtown boston associated with the robotic arm usage. Robotic arm used to help the process of agricultural eco pod.

eco pod robot farmer

Boston architects Howeler + Yoon and Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab have designed a conceptual structure for Boston, where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel. The pods would be continuously rearranged by robotic arms (powered by the micro-algae produced) to ensure the optimum growing conditions for alage in each pod.

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OmniZero.9 “transformer robot” in action

September 29th, 2009 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Competitions, Robotics News

OmniZero.9 is the newest OmniZero robot created by Takeshi Maeda. The ninth iteration is a humanoid looking bot with wheeled shoulders and knees that allows it to motor along the ground, little similar to transformers, isn’t..?. Its head also flips back to create a seat just big enough for its creator, who jumps on for a short ride around the demonstration stage. The bot competed at ROBO-ONE in a few different categories.

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Biomedical Robots Successfully Operated From Numerous Locations

September 27th, 2009 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics News

Biomedical robots is now operated from many locations over the world and robots is not just a dream to be implemented in medical science..

biomedical robot

Using a new software protocol called the Interoperable Telesurgical Protocol, nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently collaborated on the first successful demonstration of multiple biomedical robots operated from different locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. SRI International operated its M7 surgical robot for this demonstration.

In a 24-hour period, each participating group connected over the Internet and controlled robots at different locations. The tests performed demonstrated how a wide variety of robot and controller designs can seamlessly interoperate, allowing researchers to work together easily and more efficiently. In addition, the demonstration evaluated the feasibility of robotic manipulation from multiple sites, and was conducted to measure time and performance for evaluating laparoscopic surgical skills.

New Interoperable Telesurgical Protocol The new protocol was cooperatively developed by the University of Washington and SRI International, to standardize the way remotely operated robots are managed over the Internet.

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Robot Monkey World Championship

September 24th, 2009 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Competitions, Robotics News

Robot Monkey Championship 2009 will be held on 26 September at 4-10pm EST in Brooklyn. Don’t miss it…

This Saturday, Brooklyn takes on Manhattan in the Robot Monkey Wars Chimpionship II at t.b.d. If you don’t know what the Robot Monkey Wars are — well obviously you haven’t lived — but don’t just dismiss it as a bunch of drunks playing with remote control toys. OK, well, yes, that’s exactly what it is essentially, but it is also about art and artists and supporting both. And, we can’t stress this enough, it’s about robot monkeys fighting.

Dan Walker, whose multimedia work has been compared to that of Alexander Calder, founded the Robot Monkey Wars as a commentary about the abundance of advertising in sports. Well, it also turns out that advertising is a good way to make money, and in this case the proceeds are benefiting MyPAC (My Private Art Club) an international organization and collaboration that allows “local” artists to bring their work to other neighborhoods around the world through group shows and events. Also, it is way cool watching robot monkeys fight.

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ABU Robocon 2010 Cairo Theme Animation

September 1st, 2009 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics Competitions, Robotics News

As explained on previous post, ABU Robocon 2010 will be held in Cairo, Egypt. Theme for ABU Robocon 2010 is “Where Robot Meets Civilization Land
Here the video animation rule for ABU Robocon 2010:

Or download the video in MP4 format HERE.
Be ready for National Robot Contests, fight to be the winner and then go to Cairo, Egypt for next battle.. icon smile ABU Robocon 2010 Cairo Theme Animation

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