Skiing Robot Races Down Snow Slope
In Robotics | No commentSkiing robot navigates autonomously using video camera and other sensors. Developed by Bojan Nemec at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. Video presented at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2009.
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Skiing Robot — Bloopers and Outtakes
In Robotics | No commentSkiing robot navigates autonomously using video camera and other sensors. Developed by Bojan Nemec at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. Video presented at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2009.
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Flutist Robot WF-4RIV Learns To Improvise Rhythm
In Robotics | No commentFlutist robot responds to human saxophone player, learning to copy improvised rhythm. Developed by researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo. Video presented at 2009 IROS.
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Saxophonist Robot WAS-1 & Flutist Robot WF-4RIV
In Robotics | No commentRobots perform a pre-programmed duet. Developed by researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo. Video presented at 2009 IROS.
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Robo-Air Jet System Makes Objects Float
In Robotics | No commentAutomated Manipulation of Spherical Objects in Three Dimensions Using a Gimbaled Air Jet. Developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Video presented at IROS 2009.
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Swarm of Bacteria Builds Tiny Pyramid
In Robotics | No commentA robotic micro-assembly process relies on several thousand flagellated bacteria acting as micro-workers to build a pyramidal structure. Work presented at IROS ’09 by Sylvain Martel and Mahmood Mohammadi from the NanoRobotics Laboratory, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.
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National Instruments Engineers Test Their Robots
In Robotics | No commentR&D Floor at NI. Robots: 1. NIRo is a robot NI built in house; 2. Element from Mesa Robotics is a rugged, mullti-purpose robot used for research and tests; 3. ViNI; 4. PomBot; 5. GreeNI is a recycling robot.
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ABB IRB 360 Robot
In Robotics | No commentABB IRB 360 manipulator at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhibition 2009
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Augmented Reality Robots Take Flight
In Robotics | No commentThe AR Drone is one of the first consumer products to combine robotics with augmented reality. The quad-rotor vehicle carries two cameras and can stream video to an iPhone via Wi-Fi. On the phone, the live video is overlaid with flight controls and additional graphics for a variety of games.
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Advanced Musculoskeletal Humanoid Robot Kojiro
In Robotics | No commentAdvanced musculoskeletal humanoid robot Kojiro. Developed at the JSK Robotics Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Demo of spine motion.
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NYC Regional FIRST robotics competition
In Robotics | No commentRobot-style March Madness inspiring kids in science and engineering, covered by IEEE Spectrum
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Hubo II Humanoid Robot
In Robotics | No commentDeveloped by Jun Ho Oh at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s Humanoid Robot Research Center (Hubo Lab).
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Arduino Art
In Robotics | No commentThis past Saturday, IEEE Spectrum visited NYC Resistor’s “Art, Design, and the Arduino Microcontroller: a lineage” gallery party. Curated by Alicia Gibb, the show was a loving tribute. The collection ranged from early Arduino prototypes to modern projects made with the microcontroller. Highlights included toy cars hacked to paint like Jackson Pollack, a coffee table that cleans itself, and LED jackets that lit up as you moved.
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Personal Mobility Robot Controlled with Wiimote
In Robotics | No commentResearchers at the JSK Robotics Laboratory at the University of Tokyo demonstrate the Personal Mobility Robot (PMR) controlled with a Wiimote.
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Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Device in NY
In Robotics | No commentHonda demonstrates its U3-X personal mobility machine for IEEE Spectrum reporter Anne-Marie Corley.
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Hubo II Humanoid Robot Running
In Robotics | No commentHubo II running demo. Developed by Jun Ho Oh at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s Humanoid Robot Research Center (Hubo Lab).
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USC Caregiving Robot Bandit
In Robotics | No commentDeveloped by Maja Matarić at the University of Southern California’s Interaction Lab.
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USC Little Dog Robot
In Robotics | No commentAs part of the DARPA Learning Locomotion program, Dr. Stefan Schaal at the University of Southern California’s Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab is investigating legged locomotion with the quadruped robot Little Dog developed by Boston Dynamics.
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Mahru Humanoid Robot Real-Time Teleoperation
In Robotics | No commentDeveloped at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), the humanoid robot Mahru can be controlled in real time by a human operator wearing a motion-capture system.
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KIST Mahru Humanoid Robot Dancing
In Robotics | No commentDeveloped at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), the humanoid robot Mahru shows off its dance moves, reproducing a human dancer’s performance captured with a motion-capture system.