If you have heard of BEAM robots you have probably heard of the one motor bicore walker. The one motor walker uses a circuit called a bicore that makes the motor(s) oscillate instead of turning in a full 360 degree rotation. This makes the robot or walker move forward on its legs. A couple weeks ago I was searching on youtube for one motor walkers and I stumbled upon a video that showed a walker (one motor) without bicore. Now, thats pretty rare to see a robot walker without bicore but somehow I managed to find one on youtube. The creator's youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/galopante78, his videos all show his homemade robots. The way this robot manages to walk without bicore is that it uses a servo motor, vertical/horizontal axis, metal wire, leg rod connector, and a battery pack. The front leg is connected to a horizontal axis and the back leg is vice-versa. The servo motor is located on the middle of the robots chassis, and there is a rod connected to the motor's drive shaft. The two ends on the rod are then connected to each leg so that each time the motor rotates the rod moves the legs move back and fourth thus making the robot walk. If you would like to his robot blog too just click on the link at, http://kitchenlabrobot.blogspot.com/. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment.
nano fun!
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Ever heard of hexbug? Well if your looking for a fun, small, and affordable robot then the hexbug nano is the robot for you! Hexbug nano is one of the most popular hexbugs on the market. Each one has cool features like a bug such as, flips back over when its on its back, jitters around, and its micro-sized body, It does all this with the help of a small pager motor! The average price tag is $7.99 at toys r us and radio shack and if you would like to purchase some of these wild critters just visit, http://www.wiredstore.net/product/159-hexbug-nano.html. If you think that's cool you might as well check out the whole family of hexbugs at hexbug.com!
window wonder
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Researchers and engineers at the Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics (PIRO) have came out with a new revolutionary window cleaning robot. The good news is that the robot will be available for consumers very soon, but the bad news is that the price tag isn't looking to thrifty, being at a whopping $260,000 this price tag will narrow down the amount of sales. Then again it has very cool unique features such as using two modules that hug together on each side of the window using strong neodymium magnets. The robot also has distance sensors, obstacle avoidance, spinning pads, and it applies cleaning detergent to the window as it happily scooters along the window. Hopefully later in the future we will be able to purchase better and cheaper window washing robots!
robo-roundup #1
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1. A review on two new robotic automatic floor cleaners: http://www.robotreviews.com/reviews/evolution-mint-automatic-floor-cleaner
2. A new robot called cubelets lets you combine numerous robotic cubes to make one awesome robot: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/modular-robotics-cubelets
3. The new HRP-4 humanoid robot from Kawada industries: http://robotzeitgeist.com/2010/09/the-hrp-4-humanoid-robot-unveiled.html
4. The latest hexapod robot from Trossen Robotics: http://www.blogger.com/goog_1408660779
5. New child robot with facial expression features: http://www.blogger.com/goog_1408660782
I hope you guys have enjoyed this weeks robo-roundup. Stop by our blog next friday to see another robo-roundup. Feel free to leave a comment!
wowwee roboscooper
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This robot really loves to scoop up stuff, hence the name roboscooper. Developed by the company wowwee in 2010, this robot scoops, plays, hits, and even makes dump truck noises. You can let him play on his own autonomously or you can control him with a infrared remote control. It uses it two "eyes" to detect things on the floor and scoop them on to his robotic back. This robot is great for kids 8+ and doesn't punch a hole in your wallet either. Maybe someday roboscooper will help people with construction and big jobs! Feel free to comment!
The Robot thats almost Human
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Well, this robot isn't really a human being but it does look like one and has some unique features of its own. Nao (pronounced now) is the robot I'm talking about. Back in 2005 project Nao was launched by a french company called Aldebaran Robotics and its main purpose was to replace aibo (robot dog) in the robocup competition. In 2007 that purpose became a reality and the robot is now used in the robocup competition. Nao is an autonomous, programmable, and humanoid robot. It has cameras, microphones, touch sensors, and even wifi. The price tag is a whopping 12,000 dollars. With technology advancing every year, these robots may even become your next house cleaner!
www.botjunkie.com
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Remember robotbox? Well botjunkie isn't exactly a robot community website, but it does have cool posts and videos on new robots. Botjunkie comes from the guys who brought you ohgizmo.com. The website is updated daily with new and detailed posts on fascinating robots. It has lots of different categories to categorize the robot posts. With everyday being a new post the website and robots just keep getting better and better! so go head give it a try at, http://www.botjunkie.com/. Thanks for reading a feel free to comment below!
