Robots

Lights, Bots, Action! Former Car-Assembly Robots Find New Careers in Film Business

It’s great to see a startup hiring laid-off autoworkers — even if they aren’t human. Jeff Linnell (center) recently picked up three Fanuc s430iL industrial robots at fire-sale prices and reprogrammed them for jobs in TV advertising. Seems that the autobots (nicknamed Puck, Gilda, and Rosie) had transferable skills.Read More

The "Squeeze" miniature track robot fits in tight spaces, and can be used for everything from running network cables - to security applications.Read More

New Robots Build Prototype Solar Cells in 30 Minutes, Then Evaluate Their Own Work

One multitasking robot can build semiconductors for solar cells on six-inch-square plates of glass, plastic or flexible metals in just over half an hour. Six of these tireless mechanical workers, chugging away at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado.Read More

The Real Hurt Locker: Bomb disposal robot that you can carry in a back pack

A high tech bomb disposal robot that fits into a back pack has been unveiled by the British Ministry of Defense. The Dragon Runner device will help soldiers to find and deactivate dangerous explosives on the front line. Its capabilities were demonstrated by members of the Royal Logistics Corps.Read More

CMU Biorobotics Lab Shows Off Its “Unified Snake” Robot Sidewiding, Climbing Up A Pole, and Rolling

Carnegie Mellon University’s Biorobotics Lab shows off their new modular snake robot, Unified Snake. It climbs up a pole, performs rolls, and sidewinds.Read More

The RoboPlow sports a 50" blade, six wheel drive, and a bad attitude when it comes to all things snow

This is the idea that every geek has had, but the guys at Idea Laboratories were just fed up enough to actually see it through. Watching the video will make you wonder why somebody hasn't come up with this solution before.Read More

NASA and GM Create Cutting Edge Robotic Technology

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.Read More

Castrol develops robot that kicks a soccer ball at 125 MPH

An exhibition robot was designed to beat the soccer speed of legendary Cristiano Ronaldo, who can kick the ball at 80 MPH. Castrol's robot beats Ronaldo handily with an impressive 125 MPH kick.Read More

SPHERES robotic satellites fly in formation on space station

MIT has a set of robots called SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites) on board the International Space Station to test out algorithms for autonomous navigation and docking maneuvers. Each sphere is about 8" in diameter and has 18 sides.Read More

3,000,000 SF Chrysler plant closed down and all equipment is up for auction

An old Chrysler plant is being sold lock, stock, and barrel by the University of Delaware, and up for auction are about 200 six axis robot arms. 181 of them are Nachis, with a couple ABB and Fanuc arms thrown in for good measure.Read More