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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Cyborg Insects

Uses for tiny flying robot bugs will mostly include reconnaissance missions for military and law enforcement applications. DARPA currently has incentives for creating these little machines for military purposes. The advantage of being so small is that it could enter … 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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Military Transport Robot: BigDog

BigDog is one of the next generation military assist machines in development right now. Big Dog is a research and development project by Boston Dynamics. The Big Dog project is funded by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. Boston … 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

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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

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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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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

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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

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Modular Snake Robot

Here is a snake for those of you that don’t like reptiles! It’s not slimy (though snakes never are), and it can’t bite, but it does move like one! Perhaps it even moves better than a snake because it knows … Continue reading

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