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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dancing Sony Robots
Here is a set of 4 robots that have become quite popular among Sony robot enthusiasts. These robots have the ability, and agility to dance to music. What is cool is that these Sony robots will be able to give … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged battery, choreography, dance, dancing, flexible, prototype, Robot, SONY
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Japanese Realistic Human Robot
Here is a robot, which very closely resembles the realistic human form. This humanoid bot is a demonstration by a Japanese researcher. This robot is technically classified as an android. As you can see, this robot uses the same technology … Continue reading
Self-Replicating Repairing Robots
Engineers at Cornell University have designed this odd-looking machine that can rebuild itself and also could perform repairs on itself. These robots are very cool, they are designed to demonstrate the concept that robots could have the ability to self … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Cube, electromagnet, magnetic, modular, motor, replace, replicate, Robot, rotate, university
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Donut Making Machine
Introducing the new “Super-Duper-Uber-Donut-Maker 35,000!!!” brought to you by “#$^&*@?”… Well not really, but it’s still uber cool anyway! I like the music in the background too. Well for those of you that thought robots were just things that walk … Continue reading
Mini UAV Using The Parallax Propeller Chip
Look! it’s literally a propeller in action! Here is a mini UAV helicopter that works and is completely controlled by the Parallax Propeller chip. A “UAV” is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, that is computer automated and should be completely independent … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself
Tagged aircraft, chip, chopper, controller, helicoptor, Parallax, Propeller, radio frequency, RF, UAV, unmanned
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An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
For those of you who are engineers, or those of you who are engineers as heart, know how difficult it is sometimes to find proper test subjects to do experiments on. And so, as a result we tent to improvise … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Funny
Tagged blinker, cat, electricity, engineer, Funny, generator, improvise, power, test
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Vanderbilt University Bionic Arm
Prosthetic limbs have come a long way since their first working developments. Fortunately, research on bionic limbs by Vanderbilt University is likely to hit the markets in a reasonable amount of time. Clinical testing for this bionic arm is scheduled … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged amputee, arm, bionic, gas, limb, liquid, Nitrogen, prosthetic, Research, Robot, university
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New Solidworks Hardware Diagrams
Just released from www.PropellerCode.com are the new diagrams completely designed using Solidworks. The new Solidworks diagrams contain 3D solid models of all the electronic components that you use on your propeller. Since all these components are now modeled using Solidworks, … Continue reading