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A bird house that sends Tweets when the occupants are at home(Video)

Robot Technology — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:45:57 +0000

This video shows how to build a arduino bird house that uses solar energy to send tweets, each time the bird enters or leaves the house, that is, you can tell when someone is at home and other things that might interest people fan of birds. Have a look video below:

Using Arduino and a sensor module to determine when the occupants go through the door. Arduino Solar panels are BSquares, for connecting the squares by their magnetic corners, and also serve to conduct electrical current, so using a simple nail right next to the square to bring within the power of solar panels.

SmartBird: A Real Robot that can Fly Like a Bird
Watch the video... A lot of robots are able to fly -- but none of them are able to fly like a real bird. That could be, until finally Markus Fischer and his crew at Festo constructed SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping ...

Arduino Tutorial: Display Characters on LCD Module
This tutorial will show you how to use and connect your LCD character module with Arduino Uno , Arduino Mega or any other Arduino board. This is about how to display characters on LCD module from Arduino module. Hardwares LCD module (16x2 or 20x4) - http://store.fut-electronics.com/Products/PDF/1602A.pdf Arduino uno or arduino ...

Arduino Hardware (Part 1)
In this article, We will discuss about the Arduino hardware for those who are beginners. I will only summarize the important things and this article will be presented in two parts. Arduino board USB to serial adapter The first thing you need is an Arduino board. There are several models, ...

Mahru-Z: House Maid Robot
Looking for a house maid who can be relied upon, indeed, quite difficult. The experts in South Korea try to provide solutions to bring agile robots that perform various housekeeping. What are the abilities? Robot named Mahru-Z has a number of capabilities that deserves thumbs up. Various household chores such ...

Arduino UNO Schematic, Board, Software and Tutorial
Here the Arduino UNO Schematic, Board, Software and Tutorial... Arduino is already widely used for robotics applications, so i think you need to learn about Arduino.. :) Arduino UNO Board: Arduino UNO Schematic: Adruino UNO Schematic and PCB Design Download: EAGLE files (rev2): arduino-uno-rev2-reference-design.zip Schematic (rev2): arduino-uno-rev2-schematic.pdf EAGLE files ...

Robot cleaner Mint – a (video) a quiet, simple and inexpensive

Robot Technology — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:58:58 +0000

Advances in technology make human work more easily. For example, cleaning the house with mops, brushes and brooms now has been replaced by a vacuum cleaner, which has increased the efficiency, while keeping the same labor costs. And then, in recent years a growing number of emerging robot cleaner – small devices that do self cleaning, allow homeowners to do something more interesting, for example, watching TV, reading books or chatting with old friends.

The problem with most of these devices is that they are robotic vacuum cleaners, a powerful engine that produces a lot of noise, which is often hampered and even annoying. For that reason, the Mint Robot cleaner deserve to be alternative for the automatic cleaning robot. Unlike most other cleaning robots, this is not a vacuum cleaner, but scouring the floor (in the kit are provided fabrics for wet and dry). This means that there are only motor sound during those moves that we can ignored.

Another element of the robot’s navigation module is NorthStar, which is a small cube to be installed anywhere in the room. This module creates a digital map of “locality” and wirelessly transmits it to the robot so that the robot knew where and how to move. This whole process happens almost instantly, most of the time is cleaning.

During operation, Mint demonstrates the capabilities of artificial intelligence, excellent mastering with the task. Even getting lost, the robot will seek out and did not stop cleaning. The room in which the cleaning by hand requires 5-10 minutes, the robot will clean for about an hour, but all this time, owner of the house can do their own thing, not wasting time on everyday issues. And finally, the main advantage of this robot cleaner is low in price.

Neato XV-11 Vacuum Cleaner Robot introduced by Neato Robotics
Our robotics world has a new guest. Guest's name was neato XV-11, a commercial robot that will help you in doing homework. This robot is a robotic vacuum cleaner that will clean your entire floor, stairs and the corners of your home. Do you interested to have it ..? Neato ...

Evolution Robotics’ Mint(TM) Automatic Floor Cleaner Set for European Launch and Expanded …
Evolution Robotics' Mint(TM) Automatic Floor Cleaner Set for European Launch and Expanded ... Following exciting sellout in 2010, Mint adds Good Housekeeping VIP Award and CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Award to list of accolades LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2011 - (CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW) Evolution Robotics, Inc., ...

There’s a Robot in Our House!
"AI." "Bicentennial Man." "The Jetsons." "Richie Rich." "I, Robot." These films and TV programs may have elicited various emotions and opinions from the viewers. Indeed, these movies and shows have unveiled the different sides of robots. However, they still point out a certain fact --- that robots, or robotic devices, ...

Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner
The following is information about the Roomba, known as Robotic FloorVac. The Roomba is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner made and sold by iRobot. Under normal operating conditions, it is able to navigate a living space and its obstacles while vacuuming the floor. The Roomba was introduced in 2002; as ...

New Robotics Will Soon Revolutionize Industry And Services World
In the past few years industrial processes have monopolised practically all robotic developments and applications. However, the current tendency is marked by new robotics which will have a great impact in various spheres from the industrial to services and including entertainment and care assistance for persons, amongst other applications. This ...

Hexbug Spider – Legged Robot Toy

Robot Technology — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:04:00 +0000

Here the Hexbug spider robot toy produced by Innovation First Labs, Inc. The Hexbug spider is a remote controlled robot built on a radial body design. Rather than turning its whole body, it rotates its head and walks in the direction it is facing. A red marker on the front of the head shows which way it is facing, and lights up while it turns for better visibility.

About Hexbug Robot:
Hexbug is a micro-creature toy robot inspired by BEAM technology. Hexbug has a few simple behaviors. Once switched on, Hexbug will move forward with a classic alternating tripod gait. If an obstruction touches either of the antennae, or if it detects a loud sound it will back up to the left and then continue forward. The name Hexbug, however, has more to do with the shape of the packaging it is sold in than the number of legs it has.

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STriDER, a Three-Legged Walking Robot
In a short article, New Scientist reports that researchers at Virginia Tech University have developed a tripedal experimental robot. With its three legs, this robot, named STriDER -- short for 'Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot' -- is actually more stable than 2- or 4-legged robots. As said another researcher, 'It's ...

Onimaru 3
There are large robotics enthusiasts around the world that carries out projects of any glory. The robot 3 Onimaru one of them. The creator is Yamaguchi, Japanese. Onimaru 3 is a small-sized robot twenty centimeters high, which is very mobile. It has excellent management of the balance. It also has ...

WowWee Robosapien Version 2 Humanoid Robot
Robosapien Version 2 is the next generation of Robosapien technology and personality from Wowwee. This new member of the robotic family comes with more advanced dynamic motion, interactive sensors, new program functions, speech capability, and a personality all his own. It's clear from the start that he enjoys bowling, dancing, ...

Robo-1 9: Robot Competitors – LAYERED-X
This is one of the most surprising robots that appeared at the 9th Robo-One competition held here in Tokyo on March 18-19th, 2006, was LAYERED-X developed by Asurada. Its unique design allows it to reconfigure and transform itself into some amazing shapes. At first it looks like a short tower, ...

WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile
Wowwee's Roboreptile is an often startling robotic toy that, once you get the hang of its wonky controls, is actually pretty fun. Like other Wowwee robots, there's a preprogrammed animation that goes off when it is first powered up. It's impressive: growling, snapping jaws and a whipping tail. In short, ...

Honda Unveils New ASIMO Robot

Robot Technology — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:51:43 +0000

Honda unveils new ASIMO robot based on their press release 8 November 2011. Having a further advance in autonomy, the all-new ASIMO can now continue moving without having getting controlled by an operator. Moreover, with considerably improved intelligence as well as the physical capability to adapt to the situations.

With Advancement of intelligence capability technology, ASIMO became capable of responding to the movement of people and also the surrounding situations. For example, ASIMO will stop its current action and change its behavior to accommodate the intention of the other party. Moreover, coordination between visual and auditory sensors grants ASIMO to simultaneously recognize a face and voice, making it possible for ASIMO to identify the voices of a number of people who are speaking simultaneously, that is hard even for a human being to accomplish.

The new ASIMO robot performs much better movement with advancement in physical capability. The mixture of strengthened legs, an expanded range of leg movement and a newly developed control technology that enables ASIMO to change landing positions in the middle of a motion has enabled ASIMO to walk, run, run backward, hop on one leg or on two legs continuously. Because of acquiring the capability to provide such agile motions, ASIMO has become capable of more flexibly adapting to changing external scenarios to that it could, for example, walk over an uneven surface while keeping a stable posture.

The ASIMO robot also has improvement in task-performing capability. Honda has developed a really functional compact multi-fingered hand, which has a tactile sensor as well as a force sensor imbedded on the palm and in each finger, respectively, and which acts to control each finger independently. Combined using the object recognition technology based on visual and tactile senses, this multi-fingered hand enables the all-new ASIMO to conduct tasks with dexterity, like picking up a glass bottle and twisting off the cap, or holding a soft paper cup to pour a liquid without having squishing it.

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Further description about what is new in this all-new Asimo robot, please read the Honda’s press release:
Press release: Honda Unveils New ASIMO Robot.

Whole New Ball Game As A Robot Makes I-Contact
ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, can't drive his own car yet, but he is helping manufacturers make vehicles safer. Twenty-one years of technology have allowed the all-seeing, all-hearing and sometimes-dancing Asimo to evolve from a disembodied set of legs that took up to 20 seconds to pace a ...

African Students Make Robot from Old TV Sets
This is an old story, but this will be great for our inspiration.. :) A student of origin of Togo, Africa, was able to prove that to make a robot does not have to always use the material and sophisticated tools. Electronic scrap can be used to make robots. Do ...

Beautiful Humanoid Robot Wedding Fashion Show
What is your opinion about above female humanoid robot..? She's beautiful, isn't..? The researchers add some new "features" on this robot, especially in the face by adding a winking eye movements and mouth movements. May be Asimo robot is better in body movement but this female robot have rich in ...

Iran Unveils Humanoid Robot called Surena 2
image: gulfnews.com This is the latest humanoid robot made in Iran. The robot is called "Surena 2", this is the second humanoid robot made by Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in particular launched a robot weighing 45 kg and height 1.45 meters in a technology event titled "Day of Industry ...

The Most current In Pastime Robotics 17

Robot Technology — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:24:59 +0000

In this weeks episode of The Latest in Pastime Robotics, Frits Lyneborg is giving you two tips to enjoyable a nerd can have with RC cars. The 1st and straightforward one is “Create a thing new from the components”. The 2nd, and much more complex 1 is to upgrade your RC automobile with “computer assisted sliding management”. There is also a sneak preview of 1 of the Multicopters that Frits is testing for later episodes the QuadPod from snelflight.co.uk Make your initial robot letsmakerobots.com Letsmakerobots.com on twitter: twitter.com
Video Rating: four / 5

Video: Controlling a DC Motor from Computer
This is a video tutorial of the basic concept on how to control a DC motor from ordinary personal computer. By using a few widely available modular components, you can create a flexible system that can be used to control a DC motor. Start by selecting a DC motor that ...

Latest Robotics News
Schweitzer visits CleanWaste; GreenCon kicks off BOZEMAN- Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer made a visit to Bozeman and Belgrade on Thursday to hear about one local business success story. He toured the CleanWaste facility that makes products for human waste management. Read more on KPAX Missoula Make your own thing The ...

LEGO Mindstorms NXT
Sure, Mindstorms NXT is a toy, but it is an important toy, like a piano or a chemistry set. It's one of those items that engages an imagination and possibly opens doors to new interests. Since our future is surely to be shared with robots--it's already started happening, just look ...

Most recent Humanoid Robot
This might not the latest one since the growth of robotics world is so fast. Waseda University in Tokyo unveiled its updated humanoid robot, named Twendy-One particular, showcasing the robot's ability to pick up even the most challenging of objects. Video Rating: four / 5

Latest robotics release by Microsoft
Microsoft released the latest version of its robot-building platform for professionals and hobbyists of the Lego Mindstorms AlphaRex level. This robotics news come from cnet.com, said about Microsoft's latest robotics release... here the news: Microsoft released the latest revision of its robotics development software platform at the RoboDevelopment Conference and ...

Advanced Musculoskeletal Humanoid Robot Kojiro

Robot Technology — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:25:32 +0000

Advanced musculoskeletal humanoid robot Kojiro. Created at the JSK Robotics Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Demo of spine motion. For much more robot news, visit spectrum.ieee.org
Video Rating: four / five

Housemaid robot will become more Lean
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created a humanoid robot. This time he claimed to be able to do any homework, as a housemaid. With a body built like a human, complete with mechanical skeleton, muscles and tendons, as well as the existence of false spine, she was able ...

High-Speed Robotics Hand
Researchers from the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo presented the video of a high-speed robotic hand at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Lets, play the below video: Those video showing us the very high robot motion, very fast sense of the sensor and ...

Mahru Humanoid Robot True-Time Teleoperation
Created at the Korea Institute of Science and Engineering (KIST), the humanoid robot Mahru can be controlled in real time by a human operator wearing a motion-capture method. For much more robot news, go to spectrum.ieee.org

Aldebaran Robotics’ Nao

Robot Technology — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:25:45 +0000

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Aldebaran Robotics: Nao
Nao Robot is great... Read more at www.botjunkie.com and www.aldebaran-robotics.com

Williamsburg Montessori students study math and science through Lego robots
Williamsburg Montessori students study math and science through Lego robots The school received a $ 2,320 grant to study Lego robotics. — Williamsburg Montessori School students Yara Yousef and Jackie Humphreys crawled around on the floor of their technology classroom Wednesday using a robot made of Legos to draw a ...

What Is Mechatronics..?
Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering ("mecha" for mechanisms, i.e., machines that 'move'), electronic engineering ("tronics" for electronics), and software engineering. The purpose of this interdisciplinary engineering field is the study of automata from an engineering perspective and serves the purposes of controlling advanced hybrid systems. Mechatronics is ...

Accelr8 Announces Presentation of Preliminary Results in Pilot ICU Study, Plus Advances in Product Engineering
Accelr8 Announces Presentation of Preliminary Results in Pilot ICU Study, Plus Advances in Product Engineering DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelr8 Technology announced that clinical research collaborators at Denver Health Medical Center will present interim research results at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society in May. Read more on Business Wire Tech ...

Vex Robotics Tutorial
This is the tutorial document of Vex robotics building. You may download the tutorial, it's very useful if you're attending Vex robotics competition. Vex robot is a great idea to design the shape of robot and to study the robot mechanism for children. You can learn more about robotics together ...

Mahru Humanoid Robot True-Time Teleoperation

Robot Technology — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:25:35 +0000

Created at the Korea Institute of Science and Engineering (KIST), the humanoid robot Mahru can be controlled in real time by a human operator wearing a motion-capture method. For much more robot news, go to spectrum.ieee.org

HRP-4, Humanoid Robot Looks Like RoboCop
Japanese scientists presents a robot soldier. Robot called HRP-4 is the latest version of humanoid robots in Sakura country. HRP-4 was developed by Kawada Industries and the National Institute of Advances Industrial Science & Technology (AIST). The robot can stand on one foot. The robot can also keep track of ...

Ultra-realistic robot HRP-4C walks like a man (video)
As you know, most robots are made imitating man or other living creatures, because nature is much more talented designer than a man. But the man himself is the subject of the most frequently imitated in robotics, and the word "robot" we often imagine the sort of humanoid creature. However, ...

PRIMER-V2 : Robots that ride bicycles (video)

Robot Technology — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:06:31 +0000

There is a stereotype that is called human-robot mechanisms with a head, two arms and two legs, respectively, these mechanisms are walked upright like a man. A robot may consist of only one limb, such machines are used in automated production. And even robots called the program to perform certain actions on the Internet. A Japanese company Dr. Geuro demonstrated a robot that knows how to ride a bike.

PRIMER-V2 robot looks like a man who was riding a bicycle. Bicycles have no seat, the robot mounted directly to the bicycle frame. As a result, the toy vehicle modeled on bike naturally as a human being, PRIMER-V2 maintain a balance with a built-in gyroscope, through which he holds the balance and steer so it moves in a straight line. The first test showed that the design operates efficiently, which means that as soon as Dr. Geuro will establish the serial production of the toy robot. The nice and funny thing is when a robot wants to stop, because it had no brakes it just uses his feet for the brakes.(See video below)

Restaurant with Robot Waitress
There was an unusual sight at a restaurant called Dalu Rebot in the northeast region of Jinan, China. Seen there, a friendly robot receptionist greet the arrival of visitors at the front door. Meanwhile in the restaurant, a few other robots look busy delivering food orders from the guests, with ...

Kid’s Walker Robot, robot driven by the children
Maybe there are some people who when her childhood wish to become or at least riding robot. In the past, maybe the desire is just a mere dream, but not anymore for now. Unlike the old days. The toys are more diverse, and using increasingly sophisticated technology, making the dreams ...

Industrial robot obtains international design award
A flexible industrial robot capable of working in assembly lines, perfect for small parts assembly for its high level of security, was awarded the red dot "Best of the Best" in the category of workplaces, from over three thousand projects from 54 countries. The event, held annually in Singapore, recognizes ...

Line Follower Robot Competition

Robot Technology — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:25:35 +0000

Line follower robot contest that took place in Tokyo, November, 2005 at the Panasonic Center. For the latest robot news, information, hacks, pictures, and videos with unique on-website coverage from Japan, please go to www.robots-dreams.com.
Video Rating: four / five

Line Follower Robot without Microcontroller (with timer)
Another Line Follower Robot without microcontroller project. This project built using IC timer 555 to generated PWM signal to make the motor running smoothly. This Line Follower Robot tutorial written by Jaseung Ku - 17 Dec 2005. May be this is "not professional" robot, but i think it so cool ...

Line Follower Tutorial based on ATMega16 + L298 Motor Driver
Here the another Line Follower robot tutorial... The diagram is quite simple and easy to build, easy to understand. The robot mechanical design not included, you may create the shape and the mechanical design of your line follower robot by your self. Just use motor gear box which have high ...

Line Follower Robot Tutorial (ATMega8535)
Build your own line follower / line tracker robotâ€¦! Microcontroller : Atmel ATMega8535 Sensor: 6 photodioda sensor Motor driver : L298 dual driver (up to 1A of electric current) Download the full tutorial include schematic diagram and program code ( C language ): Download link

Line Follower Robot Without Microcontroller
This tutorial will show you how to build line follower robot without microcontroller. You just need light sensor and comparator chip LM399 for this project. But... You won't unable to programming the robot for advance controlling like when there is crossroads on line track. Download the tutorial here

Line Follower Robot Tutorial
Line Follower ROBOT Plermjai Inchuay, plermjai@loxinfo.co.th Award winner from VingPeaw Competition 2543, the robot built with 2051, L293D, and four IR sensors. Simple circuit and platform, quick tracking and easy-understand program using C language. I designed my robot, which use two motors control rear wheels and the single front wheel ...