Tag Archives: Research

Cyborg Insects

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Research | Tagged bug, bugs, control, cyborg, DARPA, fast, flies, fly, flying, government, HI-MEMS, hybrid, hybrid insect, insect, invasion, law enforcement, machine, MEMS, military, mission, missions, ornithopter, radio, radio control, RC, reconniasance, Research, Robot, robots, small, speed, surveillance, technology, tiny | Leave a comment

DIY 3D Printer: The CandyFab 4000 Machine

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Do It Yourself, Hacks, Research | Tagged 3D, 3D Model, 3D Printer, affordable, blower, build, candy, CandyFab, CandyFab 4000, CNC, computer, craft, Design, digital, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, fab, Fab@Home, Fabaloo, fabricate, fabrication, finish, future, glass, glassy, Google Sketchup, heat, hobby, hobbyists, home, hot, hot air, lab, large, machine, made, make, melt, mess, model, open, open source, opensource, powder, printer, project, prototype, random, rapid, rapid prototype, repeat, Research, resolution, rough, scale, SHASAM, Sketchup, software, solid, source, squirt, sticky, sugar, yourself | Leave a comment

Military Transport Robot: BigDog

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Research | Tagged animal, assist, automatic, autonomous, balance, balancing, big, BigDog, Boston Dynamics, carry, climb, DARPA, defence, develop, dog, gps, ground, help, ice, jump, kick, leg, legged, legs, load, machine, military, mph, mule, next generation, project, quadruped, recover, Research, Robot, rock, rocks, rubble, run, slip, slippery, slope, snow, terrain, travel, troops, unsafe, video, walk | Leave a comment

Robot Monty Throws and Catches a Ball

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Funny, Research | 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 | Leave a comment

The MERTZ Speaking Robot

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Research | Tagged correlation, cute, emotions, greet, head, interact, learn, MERTZ, MIT, people, public, Research, Robot, social, speech, university | Leave a comment

Robot Insect

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Production, Research | Tagged battery, bug, controlled, DARPA, dragonfly, flap, flutter, fly, insect, lightweight, ornithopter, radio, RC, reconnaissance, Research, robobug, Robot, wing, WowWee | Leave a comment

Modular Snake Robot

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Do It Yourself, Research | Tagged aluminum, biorobotics, bite, Carnegie Mellon, climb, crawl, modular, reconnaissance, reptile, Research, Robot, roll, servo, slide, snake, swim, university, wiggle | Leave a comment

Vanderbilt University Bionic Arm

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Mike

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 | Leave a comment

Robotic Wheels

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Mike

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 →

Posted in Do It Yourself, Research | Tagged deform, fall, memory metal, motion, Research, Robot, robowheel, spoke, terrain, wheel | Leave a comment

Robot Fish

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Mike

It was long ago determined that simple fish have developed one of the most efficient ways to move through water. The fish shape is completely hydrodynamic and has a large amount of surface area to push water with. Over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged Essex, fish, mystical, Research, Robot, swim, university, water | Leave a comment

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