LittleDog Upgrades

Who said that an old dog can't learn new tricks?... Well not this one, LittleDog the small version of BigDog (duh) from Boston Dynamics has been upgraded with new tricks give him the capacity to learn how to travel across complex terrain.

And a video from BigDog


From Makezine

The malabarist robot

clown foto from happytime clowns



How about this... the robots getting into circus business..., well not really but close.

The director of the robot development engineering laboratory in the Tohoku Gakuin University of Japan the Dr. Masaaki Kumagai created this ball balancing robot the video shows the posible use for him. but I thing the nemesis of this little and interesting robot like any other of this kind are the STAIRS.

From Makezine Blog.

Cool Arduino Powered Delta Robot

Cool Arduino Delta Robot, not so fast as this one but still cool to be homemade ; ).

From Hackedgadgets

PETMAN - Human like robot walker

And this is just the prototype...

From Makezine

Biped Robot OmniZero 9

ok here a video of what I personally think is impresive robot.
Take a look what I mean.



From - Hackaday

BIOS the writing industrial robot arm

BIOS the writing industrial robot arm

Really cool video showing an industrial robot arm that they call BIOS writing a copy of the bible over an paper scroll.

He made the calligraphy better than me, this is @#~$%&*... not fair.



From - Makezine Blog.

Kondo KHR-2HV + IPOD TOUCH

A pretty funny video that shows the genius of a Japanese to interconnect an iPod touch with a robot Kondo, The iPod is too big for a head but is an excellent idea to interact more directly with your robot.



From - Engadget en español

Robot made of liquid materials

As you are reading, a robot made of liquid material (more like gel) capable of moving by itself without any external stimulation, the robot created at Waseda University in Tokyo Japan is moving through a chemical reaction known BZ reaction, his creators also will be capable to incorporate artificial intelligence to him, this makes of Terminator nearest that we thought.

The following video is realy creepy.


From - ALT1040

Hexapod Competition in Singapore

Exciting hexapod competition in Singapore, they really know how to learn and have fun.

From - Makezine Blog

Fire Fighting Robotics Platform

A stylish fire fighting robot, controlled by Arduino with caterpillars as transport system with infrared distance sensors, scanning surroundings in search of fire to extinguish it with a small fan at the front of his chassis, if his effort to extinguish the flame does not works its activates the panic mode which is get out of there as soon as possible to avoid becoming a pile of melted plastic and toast circuits.

A dragon that wipe out fire... Yep with Arduino you can do anything.

From- Hackedgadgets

Microcontroller + PC = RoBoard

What dit You get when you cross a computer with a microcontroller on a PCB board of barely 3.77 x 2.20 inches ...

Me neither but the people of Trossen Robotics came up with this, the ROBOARD with a x86 32bit CPU running at 1000Mhz with 256MB of RAM with ability to run any operating system compatible with it like Windows, Linux and DOS uploaded using a Micro-SD card from 1-2Gb.

It also has USB ports, COM and I / O ports, even has a slot for a Mini PCI card, the kit comes with a Mini PCI VGA card.

Complete specifications:

RoBoard RB-100 Specification

Model	RB-100
Processor	DM&P Vortex86DX
BIOS	AMI BIOS
Memory	256MB DDR 2 onboard
ADCs	Analog Devices AD-7918 10-bit
I /O Interface	Micro SD slot x1 USB port x 1 (USB 2.0 version)
Connectors	2.54 mm 3-pin box header for PWM x 24 2.54 mm 10-pin box header for RS-232 x1 2.54 mm 10 -pin box header for USB x1 2.0 mm 4-pin header for RS-485 x1 2.0 mm 4-pin header for TTL serial x1 2.54 mm 10 -pin box header for SPI & I 2C x1 2.54 mm 16-pin header for A/D x1 1.25 mm 3 -pin wafer for TTL serial x 1 1.25 mm 4 -pin wafer for LAN x 1 1. 2 5 mm 4-pin wafer for MIC-in x 1 1. 2 5 mm 4-pin wafer for Line-out x1 1. 2 5mm 6-pin wafer for JTAG x1 0.8mm 124-Pin Mini PCI Card connector 3.96 mm 2 pin for Power x 1
Power Consumption	+5V @ 400mA
Power Input	DC-in 6V to 24V
Dimension	96 x 56 mm
Weight	40g
Compatible O/S	DOS, Windows 98/ME, WIndows XP Windows Embedded CE, Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded Stardand Linux distribution kernel 2.4.24, 2.4.26

So if you want it start saving money now because it has a price of $ 299.99 (Please be honest this cost $300.00).

From- Makezine Blog

Minisumo powered with Arduino

For those fans of robotic sumo I present to Minisumo 01, equipped with infrared distance sensors, infrared line following sensors and geared DC motors, ready to fight any opponent.

Related Link - ArBot 01

From - Makezine Blog

Infrared radar with graphical representation

Here an excellent example of use for the Sharp infrared distance sensor GP2Y0A21YK, mounted on the frame of a robot the sensor with the aid of a servomotor (for panning) performs a scan about 180 degrees, then the data is sent from Arduino to an Processing SKETCH written by Cory Barton which captures the data to generate a visual representation like a radar, a truly great little project.

From- UC Hobby

Arduino Robot MR. Green

A robot that avoids obstacles driven by Arduino, very easy to assemble with few parts and materials from your home.

For more information visit Let's Make Robots.

From - Makezine Blog

Automatic DVD's (or cd's) Selector

Have you passed some time searching for a DVD from a tower of them, well here a project that will facilitate this work, a project can be easily implemented with the Arduino.

With the use of servomotors, stepping motors and a LCD Andrew Goessling create this device,
provided with a menu displayed on the LCD, you can select the DVD or CD that you are looking for in a easy way.

Watch video here.

From - Hackaday.

Helicopter with legs??

An impressive video of a robot helicopter, with the ability of fly and walk, an interesting concept the only downside is that it requires a lot of power to liftoff.

Watch the video here.

From - Hackedgadgets

Beagle Board - Linux - Robots

The Beagle Board a computer that fits in your palm, with capabilities that compete with a Laptop or a Desktop computer but still lower price and the best ... Yes the magic word OPEN hardware with Linux as the operating system.

Robotics clubs in the U.S. already use the Beagle Board to build their robots.

For more information about the Beagle Board HERE.

From - Makezine Blog

RC car controlled by Arduino

What better platform for a robot with four wheels than a remote control car, with the addition of sensors, wireless communication and an Arduino you get a robot explorer (or whatever job you give it) all terrain.

This project for now is an working proyect it has no sensors, but its creator is already on it.

From - Makezine Blog

Virtual Ping Pong Player

You tink play ping pong with a virtual player with the skill of a professional would be almost impossible but within 100 years, then think again (Well maybe needs a few hundred years more but this is a good start).

Day by day we are impressed with the technology developments in the AI here an example of this, using a webcam to track the ball and a laptop as his brain which also serves as the playing field (yes the game is place in a virtual ping-pong table) and two solenoids to operate as the fingers of the keyboard to move his racket, this virtual ping pong player will kick the ass to anyone.

From- Hackaday

Forknife, Android G1 controlled robot

When we first saw [Jeffrey Nelson]’s G1 based robot we immediately wondered what the transport for the controls was. The G1’s hardware supports USB On-The-Go, but it’s not implemented in Android yet. It turns out he’s actually sending commands by using DTMF tones through the headphone adapter. The audio jack is connected to a DTMF decoder that sends signals to the bot’s Arduino. He wrote client/server code in Java to issue commands to the robot. You can find that code plus a simple schematic on his site. A video of the bot is embedded below.

From - Hackaday