Hobby / Kits / Toys

3D printing becomes popular in everything from bio-printing to architectural structures, and so does in robotics. With 3D printed parts InMoov is a humanoid robot designed and built by Gael Langevin of Factices Ateliers in France. InMoov which was designed with Blender is running on MyRobotLab and Arduino and it runs on batteries. It is a do-it-yourself printable robot with an open source. Gradually the parts of InMoov […] Read More

Lego Mindstorms was known as the first of the smart toys when it was unleashed in 1998. Lego releases the new generation of MindStorms in order to make younger generations acquainted with building robots and programming applications. The new Mindstorms EV3 is developed in three years by an international team consisting of designers from Europe and the US and Mindstorms enthusiasts from Greece to Canada. […] Read More

Here is a project done at University of Illinois, which uses smartphones and irobot vacuum cleaner robots, in order to do painting for a predetermined shape. One robot is given the task of being central robot which coordinates other robots and each unit communicate with each other using smart phones. In the video, once a robot completes its task, which is painting the line that […] Read More

In the upcoming movie, Transcendence, Johnny Depp’s brain will be uploaded to a supercomputer in order to create the worlds first self aware machine. Visit here for more: http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/johnny-depp-starrer-transcendence-explores-nanotechnology-singularity-exclusive-68286 Read More

Mosaic is a collaborative project, with the objective of designing and developing mobile robots of industrial quality that are targeted for high end markets. Among the many focus areas of the project, some of the main ones can be mentioned here are: to minimize failure rate, achieve easy maintenance with modular design, silent motion operation, 1m/s speeds, both indoor and outdoor operation, several hours of […] Read More

Fischertechnik Robo TX (TM) is designed for building eleven different types of robots, including soccer robot, elevator, lawn mover, hand dryer, driverless transportation system and more. The kit also includes two encoder motors which allow accurate positioning. The kit comes with Bluetooh radio interface, 8 universal inputs, 8 mb ram, 32 bit processor. Visit the official website here. Price: $500 Read More

Roboseal is an advanced pet robot designed for healing patients suffering form certain diseases. Please see product page. Its price $6755. It is able to develop personality over time based on how it is treated. It recognizes its name, greetings, expresses feelings through body and facial movements, has tactile, light, audition, temperature sensors, can recognize direction of sound. Read More

  Roboscooper (TM) robot by WowWee is one of the newest robot toys that WowWee introduced to the market. It is able to pickup things around at the same time entertaining the kids. Price is $44.95 at Amazon.Com. Visit product page at WowWee website. Read More

Hexbug (TM) from innovation labs comes in a variety of shapes and colors. The prices vary from 5-25 dollars, depending on which model you choose. Here is the official website, where you can also order online. Read More

It is amazing what can be done with what so many considers just a toy kit… People have managed to make a rubik cube solver out of lego mindstorms, which gained the new word record for solving a rubik’s cube. To add to the coolness of the robot, it is controlled only by a Samsung Galaxy phone! Read More