(YouTube Link) Roombas and similar commercially-available robots can plug themselves into docking stations when they need to recharge. But that requires having a designated recharging station. Marvin, a robot by I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/08/self-feeding-robot-hunts-for-power-outlets/(YouTube Link) The OmniTread robot was built by engineering students at the University of Michigan. Its body consists of seven segments connected by pneumatic bellows. Treads on all four sides of the segments give i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/31/a-robot-that-moves-like-a-snake/Christmas is all about awkward moments at family gatherings. Le Trung, inventor of the robotic woman substitute Aiko, took that principle to a whole new level when he decided that he should celebrate Christmas with both...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/28/man-brings-fembot-home-at-christmas-to-meet-his-parents/(YouTube Link) Engineer Carl Morgan's son complained that a certain hill was too hard to climb on his bicycle. Could his dad invent a machine to help him power over these inclines? The answer came in "Joules", an el...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/22/joules-the-bicycle-riding-robot/(YouTube Link) The Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of Bristol, UK has b... ...popsci.com/bown/2009/product/scratchbot | Bristol Robotics Laboratory
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/28/scratchbot-uses-whiskers-to-maneuver-in-the-dark/Photo: Erin Papacki Creating a robot capable of grasping a variety of door nobs but is light enough to fit onto a wheelchair is quite an engineering challenge. But Erin Rapacki of the University of Massachusetts at L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/robotic-arm-opens-doors-for-wheelchair-users/A couple of weeks ago I posted about the robot that plays volleyball. Add this to the growing list of sporting droids: a robot that can pitch a fastball to another machine that can hit (although that looks like an easy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/15/robot-baseball/(YouTube Link) Vadim Ryazanov built a robot that rolls away from you as you reach for it. He calls it "Mr. Wake." As soon as the alarm goes off, an IR sensor on the robot turns on. The robot is programmed to move i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/28/alarm-clock-flees-from-you-when-you-try-to-turn-it-off/(YouTube Link) Stanford University's robotics lab has built autonomous cars for several years....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/27/autonomous-robotic-race-car/(YouTube Link) Researchers at at the Massachu... ...autonomously. This one won the 2009 AUVSI Aerial Robotics Competition. Laser scanners and cameras allow it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/autonomous-indoor-helicopter/
