The Cubli: A Gravity-Defying Cube that Can Jump, Balance, and Walk | Colossal

The Cubli: A Gravity-Defying Cube that Can Jump, Balance, and Walk | Colossal:



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To learn more go to http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/12/the-cubli-a-gravity-defying-cube-that-can-jump-balance-and-walk/

NASA Engineers Use Oculus Rift And Kinect 2 To Control Robots | Ubergizmo

NASA Engineers Use Oculus Rift And Kinect 2 To Control Robots | Ubergizmo:


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To read further go to http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/nasa-engineers-use-oculus-rift-and-kinect-2-to-control-robots/

DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials: Day 2 and The Future - IEEE Spectrum

For more details go to DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials: Day 2 and The Future - IEEE Spectrum:

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Robots in Hartwell

Robots in Hartwell:
The one part  involved using robots to create a routine based around either Robonova robots (an image to the left taken from an earlier event) and a Sphero were  were brought in. 
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DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials: Final Results - IEEE Spectrum

DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials: Final Results - IEEE Spectrum:

It's Saturday evening, and mere moments ago, the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials officially ended. Go to the following for more detail: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-robotics-challenge-trials-results 

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Why did Google acquire Boston Dynamics and other robot companies? | Digital Trends

Why did Google acquire Boston Dynamics and other robot companies? | Digital Trends: "WHY IS GOOGLE BUILDING A ROBOT ARMY?
By Geoff Duncan  —   December 22, 2013"

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Interesting comment on Google acquiring robotics companies.

Boston Dynamics Now Belongs to Google - IEEE Spectrum

Boston Dynamics Now Belongs to Google - IEEE Spectrum: "The New York Times is reporting that Boston Dynamics, the company famous for robots like BigDog, LS3, Petman, Atlas, and WildCat, has been entirely swallowed up by Google.

Early this month, news broke that Google had acquired seven robotics startups and that Andy Rubin, the Google engineer who spearheaded the development of Android, is leading this new robots effort at the company. Google was said to be interested in using robots not for consumer applications but rather in logistics, manufacturing, and related activities. Details, however, were scarce, and Google's robotics plan remains a mystery."

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DRC Trials

DRC Trials:

Seventeen teams  from around the world will be participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials at Florida’s Homestead Miami Speedway, December 20-21, 2013. The Trials will provide a baseline on the current state of robotics and determine which teams will continue on to the DRC Finals in 2014 with continued DARPA funding. Competing in the 2014 Finals will lead to one team winning a $2 million prize.

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Linkbot Intuitive Modular Robots | MAKE

Linkbot Intuitive Modular Robots | MAKE: "Graham Ryland and Professor Harry Cheng from the University of California Davis Integration Engineering Laboratory founded Barobo to bring their modular robotics concepts to the market."

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More detail are available at: http://makezine.com/2013/12/01/linkbot-intuitive-modular-robots/

Scientists develop "heart pump" for pee-powered robots

Scientists develop "heart pump" for pee-powered robots:

It's strange to wrap one's mind around the idea of human pee powered robots, but that's exactly what a group of UK researchers are attempting to create. Mimicking the human heart, their latest innovation is a heart pump with artificial muscles that aims to deliver human urine to their latest generation of Ecobots – a self-sustaining robot that runs on all manner of waste matter collected from its environment.

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For more details: http://www.gizmag.com/artificial-heart-pumps-human-pee-to-power-robots/29727/

Legged Robot Testing in Desert - YouTube

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Simulation Predicts How Robots Will One Day Walk | Popular Science

Simulation Predicts How Robots Will One Day Walk | Popular Science:

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DASH Hexapedal Cockroach-Inspired Robot Survives Large Falls, Dashes Off - IEEE Spectrum

DASH Hexapedal Cockroach-Inspired Robot Survives Large Falls, Dashes Off - IEEE Spectrum:

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Slime mould controls robot's face - YouTube

Slime mould controls robot's face - YouTube:

A robot human-like face has had it's expressions are controlled by signals produced when yellow slime mould reacts to different stimuli.

More details can be found in the New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24012-robot-face-lets-slime-mould-show-its-emotional-side.html#.UiiC7NKshcY

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Science Nation - Creeping, Crawling Caterpillars

▶ Science Nation - Creeping, Crawling Caterpillars - YouTube:

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RoboBee speaks honeybee dance language - tech - 19 August 2011 - New Scientist

RoboBee speaks honeybee dance language - tech - 19 August 2011 - New Scientist:

Bees are famous for communicating using the waggle dance - walking forward while rapidly vibrating their rear. In the 1940s, biologist Karl von Frisch realised that the length and angle of the dance correlated with the distance and direction of the food source the bee had just visited. Since then, most apiologists have held that dancers tell their fellows where to find food (New Scientist, 19 September 2009, p 40).

Now Tim Landgraf of the Free University of Berlin in Germany and colleagues have programmed their foam RoboBee, to mimic the dance. RoboBee is stuck to the end of a rod attached to a computer, which determines its "dance" moves. The rod is also connected to a belt which makes it vibrate. Like a real bee, it can spin, buzz its wings, carry scents and droplets of sugar water, and give off heat.

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Watch JPL's RoboSimian Do Pull-Ups - IEEE Spectrum

Watch JPL's RoboSimian Do Pull-Ups - IEEE Spectrum:


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BSc Computing: Sample student robot videos

BSc Computing: Sample student robot videos:
Collect of student work around robot exercises.

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Tiny Jumping Robot Finds Room for a Tail - IEEE Spectrum

Tiny Jumping Robot Finds Room for a Tail - IEEE Spectrum:

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▶ The Robot Dragonfly - YouTube

▶ The Robot Dragonfly - YouTube:

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10 Robots That Are Way More Athletic Than You | Popular Science

10 Robots That Are Way More Athletic Than You | Popular Science:

A collection of videos of robots doing athletic activities. see http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-07/10-robots-who-are-way-more-athletic-you


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Flying Walking Robot Turns Wings Into Legs

See the following for more details of a robot that uses it's wings as legs: Flying Walking Robot Turns Wings Into Legs





Taken from: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/flying-walking-robot-turns-wings-into-legs 

Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot | Video on TED.com

Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot | Video on TED.com: ""

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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons from robots about being human | Video on TED.com

Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons from robots about being human | Video on TED.com:

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Watch This Robot Hexapod Perform Parkour

Watch This Robot Hexapod Perform Parkour:

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Watch this robot perform a perfect quadruple backflip

Watch this robot perform a perfect quadruple backflip:

Youtuber hinamitetu has engineered a squadron of robot gymnasts capable of executing flips, handsprings, and high-bar acrobatics. Bots capable of entry into other artistic events are sure to follow. In this, his latest video, one of hinamitetu's creations performs a flawless quadruple backflip and sticks the landing like Kerri Strug. Please, nobody tell DARPA about this"

More videos can be found at: http://io9.com/watch-this-robot-perform-a-perfect-quadruple-backflip-799858553

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Video Friday: KAIRO Can Rescue You, Remote Control Humans, and Roboboat 2013 - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: KAIRO Can Rescue You, Remote Control Humans, and Roboboat 2013 - IEEE Spectrum:

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Startup Spotlight: Prensilia Developing Robot Hands for Research, Prosthetics - IEEE Spectrum

Startup Spotlight: Prensilia Developing Robot Hands for Research, Prosthetics - IEEE Spectrum:

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Video: Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Revealed - IEEE Spectrum

Video: Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Revealed - IEEE Spectrum:

The unveiling of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot. This imposing humanoid machine will be used in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), which aims to develop robotics hardware and software that can be used to handle extreme emergencies, such as an accident at a nuclear power plant. 

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DARPA Robotics Challenge Follow-Up: Competition Videos, Bloopers - IEEE Spectrum

DARPA Robotics Challenge Follow-Up: Competition Videos, Bloopers - IEEE Spectrum:

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There are more at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/darpa-vrc-followup-competition-videos-bloopers-and-reddit-ama/?utm_source=roboticsnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=070913

Rodney Brooks: Why we will rely on robots - TED.com

Rodney Brooks: Why we will rely on robots | Video on TED.com:



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Precise Dynamic Turning of a 10 cm Legged Robot on a Low Friction Surface Using a Tail

UC Berkeley may have 'world's fastest turning robot' all because it can wag it's tail.

Bizarre Soft Robots Evolve to Run

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This crazy looking thing is a simulated robot, made up of two different kinds of muscles along with bones and soft tissue for structure. This robot wasn't designed, it was evolved over a thousand virtual generations to move as fast, as far, and as functionally as possible.

For more detail go to: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/bizarre-soft-robots-evolve-to-run

Do you think evolving solution is the right way forward?

Robot Swarm- University of Sheffield

Go to  These Robots Work Together Using Advanced Artificial Intelligence | WebProNews: for  more detail

Video Friday: Robot Jellyfish, Robot Dragonfly, and a Crazy Game of Telepresence Soccer - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Robot Jellyfish, Robot Dragonfly, and a Crazy Game of Telepresence Soccer - IEEE Spectrum: "Video Friday: Robot Jellyfish, Robot Dragonfly, and a Crazy Game of Telepresence Soccer


The last time robotic dragonflies of this size roamed the Earth, dinosaurs were still about 100 million years down the line. Insects can't get this big anymore (there isn't enough oxygen in the air to keep them going anymore), but that's why we have robots: to resurrect freakishly large bugs and make them do our bidding.
As far as I know, Festo is a company that exists solely to invent some kind of amazing bio-inspired robot out of nowhere. They've just announced BionicOpter (get it?), a scarily impressive robotic dragonfly"

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Scientists Use Tiny Robots to Understand Ants

Scientists Use Tiny Robots to Understand Ants [Video] | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network:A study published in PLOS Computational Biology explains how researchers used tiny robots to investigate ant behavior.

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Swarm Robots Cooperate with AR Drone - YouTube

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Locust-Based Robotic Vision Technology | Engineering On The Edge

Locust-Based Robotic Vision Technology | Engineering On The Edge: "Scientists from the universities of Lincoln and Newcastle have replicated the way locusts use visual input to keep from flying into things to develop a computer simulated model that could be used in advanced collision avoidance systems for vehicles and in other applications. The simulation has already been used to help a robot autonomously navigate a path using visual input.


The Khepera II robot uses the same visual sensing method that locusts use to avoid collisions.
The technology could potentially be used to develop accurate vehicle collision sensors, surveillance systems, and to improve video game programming, the researchers said.

Why locusts? The insects process information using electrical and chemical signals while in flight, providing a fast, accurate warning system to help avoid collisions.

Prof. Shigang Yue of the University of Lincoln and Dr. Claire Rind of Newcastle University developed a visually stimulated motor control (VSMC) that converts visual information into motor commands. The system was based around the way the locust brain detects approaching objects."

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Internet for robots comes online

Internet for robots comes online:


"Just recently European scientists have released the first part of the  Rapyuta program – a global world wide web for robots. Now, don’t get this wrong. This isn’t a place where robots can chat, surf websites or browse facebook. On Rapyuta, robots will have access to open data like a massive database, as well as additional computing power, in order to cope with the harsh world humans live in."

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Even Brainless Robots Can Show Swarm Behavior - IEEE Spectrum

Even Brainless Robots Can Show Swarm Behavior - IEEE Spectrum: "Bristlebots are robots without sensors or brains that do things that robots without sensors or brains do. As it turns out, this is a lot more than you might expect, since researchers at Harvard have shown that if you stick enough of them in a small space, they self-organize into swarms.
A Bristlebot consists of nothing more than a toothbrush head (a custom 3D-printed one, in this case) hooked up to a pager vibrating motor and battery. You can build one yourself in five minutes for a couple bucks, making this one of the simplest and cheapest robots in existence. It's a little bit surprising, then, that these little guys are good for some serious research"

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LEGO NXT Balancing Road TwoWheels Robot - YouTube

LEGO NXT Balancing Road TwoWheels Robot - YouTube: "LEGO NXT Two Wheels self balancing inverted pendulum Gyro stabilized position course and speed. Jumping and climbing functions in Road Mode. http://nxttwowheels.blogspot.com/
NXT Ballbot applies the same technology on two axis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eau8y...
NXT Ballbot Simulation with MsExcel: http://ballbotexcel.blogspot.com/
Lego NXT TwoWheels es un robot de dos ruedas estabilizado con gran movilidad y posibilidades. Está programado en RobotC y gracias a su interfaz Bluethoot puede ser controlado desde un ordenador o smartphone."

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The future of robots: Martijn Wisse at TEDxDelft 2012

The future of robots: Martijn Wisse at TEDxDelft 2012 - YouTube:

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Published on 28 Nov 2012

Martijn Wisse (1976) researches the mechanics of robots. He develops mechanisms and motions that make it easier for the robots to fulfill their task.

Inspired by the human body, he develops hands that make it easy to grasp oddly-shaped objects, legs that walk almost by themselves without motors or controls, and arms that efficiently and robustly reach their target positions. His work is part of a greater effort in Delft -- and worldwide -- to develop the robot technology that is so dearly needed in the developed countries.

The Netherlands and other countries are facing an enormous demographic challenge due to aging, resulting in a labor shortage across the board, ranging from production and packaging to distribution and personal assistance. Wisse's designs and ideas help create affordable and effective robotic solutions.

Martijn Wisse currently is tenured as Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology, after completing the MSc (2000) and PhD (2004) programs in Delft and a Postdoc at The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds a position as Chief Technology Officer at Lacquey, a company that develops grippers for fruits and vegetables (and all other oddly and variably shaped objects).

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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