Here is a robot that is the first of it’s kind, and a little odd too. This is a blob-like robot that inflates and deflates different areas of the outer body in order to roll a certain direction. The robotic … Continue reading →
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Tagged air, ball, blob, ChemBot, DARPA, deflate, Design, fall, falling, inflate, Robot, roll, shape-shifting, sticky
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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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Tagged Anybots Inc, arm, balance, balancing, ball, Blackwell, built, catch, cool, Design, drop, dynamic, fall, hand, inc, mechanical, Monty, name, Research, Robot, sports, study, throw, train, Trevor, Trevor Blackwell, wheels
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It’s hard to imagine building a robot that who’s sole purpose is to fall over on itself. However those researching robotic wheels have done just that. In fact their main purpose was to demonstrate a new method of robot locomotion … Continue reading →
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Tagged deform, fall, memory metal, motion, Research, Robot, robowheel, spoke, terrain, wheel
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