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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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/