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Category Archives: Research
The Desktop Factory 3D Printer
From the Desktop Factory website: The Desktop Factory 3D printer builds durable, functional models from the bottom up, one layer at a time. The Desktop Factory 3D printer has a build speed comparable to existing 3D printing technologies, and produces … Continue reading
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DIY 3D Printer: The CandyFab 4000 Machine
Just when you thought the Fabaloo DIY Fab@Home 3D Printer machine was a big sticky mess by squirting goo onto things, there is a new even more sticky 3d Printer design you have to see. The CandyFab 4000 machine by … Continue reading
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Robot Monty Throws and Catches a Ball
Go Monty! You can do it! This robot named Monty is a dynamically balancing robot designed and built by Trevor Blackwell of Anybots Inc. This robot has been trained to throw and catch a ball. It appears to drop the … Continue reading
The MERTZ Speaking Robot
The MERTZ speaking robot is a research study at MIT University involving the social interaction of robots. The MERTZ is an active vision head robot, designed for exploring scalable learning in a social context. MERTZ is designed to be placed … Continue reading
Robot Insect
Here is a cool little device that might make you think twice next time you see something flying around you head. This little flying insect is an ornithopter, a machine that tries to mimic a flapping creature. Robot bugs have … Continue reading
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Tagged battery, bug, controlled, DARPA, dragonfly, flap, flutter, fly, insect, lightweight, ornithopter, radio, RC, reconnaissance, Research, robobug, Robot, wing, WowWee
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Rotary Subwoofer
Here is an audio subwoofer that uses a new way of generating sound. This subwoofer uses a rotary design to spin at high speeds and generate very low sound frequencies at downwards of 5 hertz or lower. Frequencies of 5 … Continue reading
Honda’s New Version of Asimo
Asimo is Honda’s advanced step in creating a practical household robot that will be able to perform simple to complex tasks that are tedious for humans today. ASIMO stands for “Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility”. Asimo is a humanoid robot … Continue reading