Roboton - News & Pics

A Blog for Robot News, Opinions and My Pictures that are Robot Related. Roboton - 1) Abbreviation of Robot Town. 2) Abbreviation of Robot Autonomous.

: Name: Keith Horowitz

Part time dad; Geocacher (Geocaching); Reading; Science Fiction fan; Movie-goer; Hiking; Low-carb diet

Passing interest in skiing, Hobby robotics

Moved to Colorado in 2000 - love the mountains, blue sky and open space on the plains

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Monday, September 26, 2005

© Robots to Face Off for $2M Pentagon Prize

DARPA challenge part 2.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

© Elvis the robot cat

Elvis the cat was involved in a tragic accident with a truck and lost the use of it’s rear legs, so Carlo Bertocchini developed a ‘robot platform’ to give it back mobility.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

© He is robot raptor, hear him roar

He is robot raptor, hear him roar | News.blog | CNET News.com
Cousin of Robosapien - $119

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Aug05 DARC Meeting - LED Emitter

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Building an LED Board

Aug05 DARC Meeting - My Bot

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Assembling

Aug05 DARC Meeting - DARC-Board Wired-In

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Cds Sensor

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Parts All Over

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Under Construction

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Hands-on

Aug05 DARC Meeting - Workspace

Saturday, July 02, 2005

TheStar.com - Robot cleans pool without poles, hoses

Another unique feature is a diagnostic computer chip that allows the machine to measure the length, width and shape of the pool — as well as how dirty it is.

Once that's done, it creates a program based on that information to clean that specific pool. "It can't miss any spot because the machine knows what pool it's in," he says.

Two models are available, the Bravo, which costs $2,000 or the Viva, which costs about $2,400 and comes with a hand-held remote control that allows for spot cleaning.