More RC object grabber

Low profile NRG robot as it drives under table legs

NRG Robot drops it's camera mast/tail to squeeze under a table's legs

Dropping the hanger in the basket

Placing a coathanger in the basket

Watching the RC in action

Kerwin adjusts the arm on the RC platform

RC Object Grabber

20041002 - DARC - Denver Area Robot Club Oct. 04 meeting

John Deere, iRobot Team Up

Yahoo! News - John Deere, iRobot Team Up to Make Robot

Could this also be a serious contender for the Darpa challenge?

$30,000 Patrol Bot

$30,000 Patrol Bot

A company has an enhancement for security companies. A robot to help be a first line of defense on security.

Roomba Hacking Port

It seems the latest version of the Roomba has what appears to be a serial port: Engadget Roomba Hacking Port

Bad Robots To Return: T4

Terminator 4 has been announced Read more on my Recycled Electrons

Build a Robot, Take it Home

Charlotte Observer | 09/26/2004 | Build a jungle robot, take it home

In North Carolina kids can go to the local childrens museum, build a jungle-themed robot and get to take it home for only $75.

Flexible Sensors Make Robot Skin

Technology Review: Flexible Sensors Make Robot Skin Pressure sesitivity using a printable, slower transistor. 2 to 5 years to market.

Microsoft Robots?

Microsoft Scientists Offer Glimpse of the Future at European Innovation Fair - In this article, they talk about Microsoft getting involved in robotics. No, they are not coming out with a Rosy the Robot. Their idea is to come out with software to control robots. Simple toy robots. From phones. Phones that happen to be running a version of M$ software. What a surprise.

I'm glad it is just for toys. I don't like the idea of a robot in my kitchen, working with dangerous equpment, and then getting a blue-screen-of-death. :)

CD Flinging Lego Robot

Hammerhead, the CD thrower robot
This robot flings CDs an average of over 20 feet!

It uses large spinning wheels to fling the CDs. The thing I like most about the design was the inovative idea of spinning the flinging wheels at different speeds, to make the CD spin as well, increasing stability!

Robotic Telescopes

RoboNet-1.0: Welcome Using remotely controlled telescopes to create a giant virtual telescope. One of the things they hope to search for is more extra-solar planets.

HAL 9000 on EBay

If only it was the 'holigraphic memory banks' too! See more on
My main blog

Another Shape-Shifting Robot

Digital Silence - Hardware, Software and Technology News

Chinese U Has Bone Setting Robot

Chinese university develops medical robot : HindustanTimes.com. The robot is the smaller of two systems built by the University. This robot has helped with setting bones 21 times, all successfully.

Cockroach-like Robot

As found on the Berkeley web site: 09.16.2004 - Cockroach-like robot leads new research effort



Comparing a real roach (L) to the robot (R)

Mimicing nature can be a shortcut to designing robots.

Rupert's Kids

Rupert, the well loved hero of Survivor has annouced donating $100,000 to help troubled kids, and has started a website.
Read more at My Way News

Rupert's Kids seems to include a free Kid's Club online. Big flash into/interface.

As found on Floopie Blog

ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show

Found on BoingBoing A show in New York this weekend: ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show I wish I could be there for that. A neat direction for robots!

2004-09-04 DARC Meeting

Motors processor batteries platform

Homebrew egg-way platform

Talking over robots

RC platform in action

RC in action

Gripper

Remote control platform

DARC Robot Club meeting

2004-07-08 Tunabot, back view, power switch on left, serial debug port on the right

Another front-on view

Closeup of the circuit board, the servo power jumper is detached

Side-on view

Top, back-on view, power switch at lower right

Closeup of optical line sensors - LED output and photo-transistor input

Bottom closeup

Inside a tunacan wheel - showing servo horn attached with phone wire to prevent twisting

Bottom angle-in view of robot with one wheel off

Bottom view with one wheel off

Inside lower closeup of paperclip framework, servos are held pretty tightly

Front closeup, with one wheel off, showing plastic insulation of circuit board

Side view with wheel off, showing paperclip frame, both batteries and servo drive

Side view above with one wheel removed, showing servo drive and batteries inside

Edge on circuit board = nothing currently plugged into the 6 I/O pins

Front close-up, IR Sensorheld by yellow wire

Above, bottom two connections are the analog inputs from the light sensors, the top 2 on the left of the bank of 4 are servo connectors, and the 1 on the right is the seperate power for the servos

Top, angled down view

Side on veiw - you can just see the second battery I added in front, The IR LEDs are now incased in shrink wrap, and I moved the IR sensor halfway down

Tunabot - side view

2004-08-07 DARC Meeting

Setting up dice for a scoop robot

A scoop robot designed and built in a weekend by a 13yo girl - you go!

A very cute toy robot - it walks very nicely, and only has one motor

Handy Board with lots of Sensors

Handy Board on a mobile platform, testing multiple infrared sensors

Handy Board Serial Interface and charger

Programming the HandyBoard