I have seen the face of human death and mass carnage. It walks upright and takes the form of a dinosaur. We are all screwed beyond belief. I’m building a bunker.
Peter Dilworth from MIT’s Leg Lab has constructed this killer bipedal walking robot based on a Troodon dinosaur.
It was for the robot to stand up from a sitting position, to walk and possibly run, go back to walking and stop and then sit down and be stable, and not fall over in any phase. It has proven extremely difficult to make bipedal robots. People assume that flight is hard to do while walking is easy; actually it’s the reverse.
Make no mistake, this robot is not sophisticated. At all. The Co-Robot is cheap because of that fact. It uses just a single motor and a wobbly gear-drive system. No smooth moves here. He spastically moves around and when he falls, which is often, he can pick himself up. Check out the video for a good laugh. He’s $29.95 and should probably come with a helmet and a drool bucket. Read the rest of this entry »
We would all like to have our own robot. And hey, it’s a bonus if that robot doubles as a cool CNC router. We’ll here’s your opportunity to build your own six legged robot with an attached CNC router for a head. Check out this awesome demo video that shows off the robots mobility while it carves a super detailed 3d human face.
I think this solves the mystery of that huge face on Mars. Somewhere out there, some alien is controlling a gigantic robo-router for their own amusement. The awesome thing is that you can build your own version. The site is selling kits with everything you need. Soon you too can make detailed human heads of your very own.
Build a functional AT-ST walker that looks like it came from a kid-made Star Wars movie. Then have it walk over Jar-Jar until you are satisfied. The AREXX YT-3000 aka “YETi Walker” is a pretty cool bi-pedal robot which can be programmed using your PC or remote-controlled via an IR interface. It’s powered by an ATMEGA8 microcontrolller, which can be easily programmed in C. In its basic configuration, the YETi is a simple walking machine, but you can expand it with additional sensors and modules, like an ultrasonic obstacle detector and an external LED display.
The basic YETi Walker kit is available for about $114. I would build it and then paint it up to look like a real AT-ST.
Sure, when the oil shortage becomes oil-no-more, it would be nice to drive around in search of fuel like Mad Max, but what would be even better is to have your own movable home to wander the wasteland in. Something on legs that can roam anywhere. Something like this. But faster.
It’s made to be a “modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, moving slowly through the landscape or cityscape”. It’s even environmentally friendly according to its designers, thanks to its use of solar energy, small windmills and a wood stove. So it looks like nomads of the future, or gypsies if you will, will be wandering the landscape in this contraption. I look forward to this new breed of hippy and I’d like to be the first to tell them to get this beast the hell off of my property. Damn long-hairs. But I guess I’ll just have to wait.
This robot plant stand moves around to find where the sun shines, so that it’s plant buddy can thrive. Not much info on this one, but obviously plants are getting to the point where they no longer need our care. I sense a budding plant/robot alliance.
So this guy wanted a way for his iPhone to come to him, in certain situations.(Apparently he’s on the toilet alot) He gets points for ingenuity, putting robot legs on an iPhone, but I think the concept needs some fine tuning. We really don’t want our iPhone to spring to life and hurl itself off the edge of the table as seen here.
This is what human turncoats will ride on after they have sold the rest of us out to our new robot masters. From atop robot spider chairs, they will laugh and look upon the carnage, thanking God that their spineless hides were spared to serve as lackeys.
There isn’t much info on this one but it was seen at Robo Japan 2008 and it does what you would expect, in that it carries humans like a walking/moving chair.
Mahru, the biped, recently learned to dance with its upper body while at the same time walking. Pretty impressive stuff. Remember, it wasn’t that long ago that these bots began to walk on their own. Mahru also releases scents to express its artificial emotions. (Insert fart joke) So, if you smell something nasty, he may be plotting your death. Check out a South Korean TV news report below.
On Saturday Tomy unveiled the world’s tiniest, thumb-sized walking robot that will debut in Japan next spring. It’s called ‘‘Robo-Q,’’ is only 3.4 centimeters high, but its artificial intelligence can detect obstacles and navigate through a maze using built in infrared sensors. Using a controller, it can also play games like soccer. NICE!
Robo-Q is being displayed at a three-day exhibition in Yokohama through Monday, where more than 100 different types of robots are being showcased from 43 companies, universities and organizations, including Honda and Fujitsu.
‘‘It just looks like a clump, but it’s impressive that so many functions are built into that thing,’’ Kazuhiko Oda, 55, from Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said after watching an exhibition of Robo-Q at the Robo Japan 2008.
Robo-Q will come in four colors and will be sold in Japan inFebruary for 3,500 yen excluding tax. The robot is expected to be sold in other Asian countries soon afterwards and in the United States and Europe at some point. I can’t wait until these hit America.
