Dog lovers may have dog calendars, same goes with cat and car fanatics, but what if your a robot junkie. The answer is simply, a robot calendar. At Barnes and Noble you can purchase a calendar called, "ROBOT." It has a different robot for each month and each robot has its own cardboard cut out/foldable. The price for this nifty little thing is $14.99 and you can see it in my video above!
Archive for Desember 2011
Robot calendar available at Barnes and Noble
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Category Shop
Review of the vex starter bundle
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This year my big Christmas gift was a vex robotics starter bundle. This kit is great for any kids that like to build robots, but I do recommend it for older kids. The robot is radio controlled and the kit includes erector set metal, servos, battery packs, and everything needed for radio control. Nuts and bolts are also included too; along with tools. The first bot I built was a 4 wheeled UGV (unmanned ground vehicle). Everything's sounds great with this robot, however it requires 14 aa batteries to run, and it also costs 300 USD. Overall it's a great robot for kids that enjoy robotics and an intermediate level.
Christmas break
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During my break I have not been posting. However,tomorrow I will continue the robo roundup posts. Thanks and happy holidays.
Bust sculpture created by a robot
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Ive seen robots walk, run, and even draw. However, this robot can create three dimensional sculptures of people. The process starts out when a human scans an object and the robot then scans its sculpture material. After that, the photo of the object (preferably human) is then uploaded to the robot, this enables it to start sculpting. It uses strong motors, a saw, and and nice arm design for precise movement to create the sculpture. In the video below you can see this robot sculpting a women's upper body. Thanks for reading and please follow us on feed burner!
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Category robots related
Hexbug larva battery problem
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Category domestic
PR1 cleans a room
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Category domestic
New Hexbug Chromes
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Category domestic
Meet the next generation NAO from Aldebaran
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NAO can recognize faces, voice, be commanded from a humans voice, walk faster, and and has a new feature called fall manager (it puts its arms outs when it falls to prevent damage). This new robot is also equipped with four microphones, two cameras, 8 pressure sensors, and two speakers. All these new features are awesome, but they do add up to a price tag of around 16,000 USD. Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment below!
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Category domestic
New UAV Drone Revealed By Google Maps
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Category military
iRobot Roomba appears in an app
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Category robots related
Official robotics google group
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If we go on google groups, we know there is going to be a video game, computer, and etc... groups. Today that has changed my fellow robot enthusiasts, because I have created an official robotics google group. It's free to join, and it's great for any robot junkie the on the web. Thanks and here's the link to join, Join today!
Arduino Torso Robot
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Category DIY bots
Beam vibrobot made from scraps
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Yesterday I was looking at my beam Symet and some other beam robots on LMR and I decided to make another one. I got settled in to my workbench and I took a look at my inventory. I then noticed that all I had was one capacitor, a flashing led, a few hundred resistors, four transistors, a motor, and only one solar cell. So I began to build with what I had, because I was really anxious to build a tiny analog robot. A few solder joints later and my bot was alive and running. However, my only motor was a small pager motor, but luckily it was strong enough to make my robot twitch and move around. I also made a video on it so you guys could see my robot in action. Thanks and I hope you enjoyed today's post!
Category DIY bots