Robotics
Just Like Mombot Used to Make
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
IN an empty fluorescent-lighted hallway on the second floor of Smith Hall here at Carnegie Mellon University, Prof. Paul Rybski and a pair of graduate students showed off their most advanced creation.
The culmination of two years of research and the collective expertise of 17 faculty members, undergraduates and [...]
NASA, GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology
Monday, February 15th, 2010Robonaut is evolving.
NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries.
Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to [...]
Willow Garage offers free robots to researchers
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Imagine if every time someone wanted to develop a new piece of software, they first had to design and build a computer to run it.
Not only would this greatly add to the time and expense required for software development, but it would also mean that all of us consumers would have [...]
Robot Pack Mule to Carry Loads for G.I.s on the Move
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Boston Dynamics’s Legged Squad Support System is the latest challenge for robotics pioneer Marc Raibert
Within the next three years, the U.S. military will test the feasibility of sending a quadruped robot out into the field as a trusty pack mule to carry supplies for its troops, wherever they go. If [...]
Robotic Audi TTS to tackle Pikes Peak at race speed – without a driver
Monday, February 8th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
The team at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) are aiming to send a specially-equipped robotic Audi at break-neck speed up the tight bends that lead to Pikes Peak without a driver … something that hasn’t been done before.
Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, sits atop a 12.4-mile Rocky [...]
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