Paul Merton in China Mr Woo Robots
Paul Merton Meets Mr Woo and his array of walking robots
Just a bit of fun.. Using BF Hexapod as a pen plotter. DXF files are converted to translation moves and fed to the hexapod in sequence. The idea is to replace the pen with a small routing head, and then try to cut something! Routing resolution is pretty low, but you get the idea.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
DASH: Resilient High-Speed 16-gram Hexapedal Robot
DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod) is a resilient high-speed 16-gram hexapedal robot. Developed by P. Birkmeyer & RS Fearing, Biomimetic Millisystems Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. Read more robot news at spectrum.ieee.org
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Engineers Turn Robot Arm into F1 Ferrari Simulator
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, in Tübingen, Germany, transformed an industrial robot arm into a Formula 1 simulator. To learn more, go to: spectrum.ieee.org
a robot dance demonstration of the wondergirls’ hit “nobody”, made by my colleague Yongchul Lee, KAIST, South Korea
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Love and Marriage: Robots Designed to Replace Humans in Next Five Years?
Love and Marriage: Robots Designed to Replace Humans in Next Five Years?
Imagine the year 2040, our energy source is outer space and nearly everyone is happily married. However, a normal person cannot tell one thing by looking at many of these beautiful spouses. They cannot see that many of them are robots. True to form and a perfect match for the person beside them. Is this the future of happy relationships? Many scientists claim that it is. At first it may seem a bit strange to the average person, but there are, in fact, individuals who see this as something they would be seriously interested in if and when it appears within the next five years or so. Some of the new developers are Japanese scientists who are naming the new robot android Repliee Q1 Expo. She breathes like a human, flutters her eyelids like a human and even moves like a real human! The robot has over 42 actuators. But as I have come to understand, it is merely the tip of the iceberg as of present time.
Who in the world would marry such a robot? Who knows.
Eurotrip – Robot Fight
The Robot Fight In Eurotrip. My Favourite Part.
Here’s a sneak peek at the soon to be famous dancing Nao robots, the technological mascot of the France Pavilion. The robots are “rehearsing” before their first public appearance on June 21, on the day of France Pavilion Day, which coincides with Music Day in France. The performance showcases Nao’s range of smooth yet agile and rhythmic movements to a 3-part music compilation including the famous orchestral masterpiece Bolero by French composer Maurice Ravel. This also marks the first time robots have supported an artistic field evoking emotions. Nao is a humanoid, autonomous, interactive and completely programmable robot created by Aldebaran Robotics (www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en), the worldwide leader in humanoid robotics.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
