Robot Review

Weed that grow among crops is a problem in many ways since humanity started agriculture. Weeds compete with crops for water, soil nutrients, sunlight. They can host pets, harbor diseases. They cost labor to remove them, either manually or chemically. This also increases overall costs and chemical removal may mean environmental impacts. Overall, weeds cause lower crop yield, decrease in quality, and higher costs. Considering all these, it is a very critical task, to remove them as efficiently as possible, which is where robots can be very useful and bring the costs down. A robot that is developed in Spain, which is called “The GreenBot” aims to undertake such task. […] Read More

Robot Name: Cataglyphis Category: University Project Made By: Students in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University Country: USA Date of manufacture or date of introduction: June 12, 2015             Introduction: The WVU robot Cataglyphis–named after a desert ant known for its ability to journey across great distances and reliably return home–traveled the distance to the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute for the fourth annual Sample Return Robot Challenge as part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges held June 8-12. Targeted/Planned uses, and user groups: NASA Centennial Challenge             Link: http://www.statler.wvu.edu/news/news-details.php?item=2101     Read More

Today we would like to publish a new humanoid robot platform, but this one is yet in the development stage. We still wanted to share it with you as it looks like a promising model and a really attractive looking one. Our thanks to James Nordstrom of humanoidrobotplatform. If you have similar projects, please contact us. Here are the details of the robot: Robot Name:    Humanoid Platform Category:  Humanoid Robot Made By:   Nordstrom Robotics Country:  USA Date of manufacture or date of introduction: 2012 – In prototype phase Introduction: The Humanoid Platform is a fully programmable, six foot tall, durable, low cost universal robot that closely resembles the human form and […] Read More

The robot below is made by Roger Seeberger, Switzerland. He is looking for partners to improve his robot prototype.  Below you can find his robot’s specs and other information. Thanks Roger… Robot Name:   SB-01 Category: HUMANOID, Prototype Branding-Robot Made By: Seeberger Robotics & Design Country: Switzerland Date of manufacture or date of introduction:  April, 8th 2011 Description: Wifi Robot, animated, interactive, 125 cm, 7,5 kg (with Akkus), This Robot has no PC on the Robot it’s totally controlled via PC with WLAN Targeted/Planned uses, and user groups: Prototype for Branding-Robots and Fashionbots/  Reducing Hardware on Robot -> less costs / Private Developer. Perfect System for small autonomous systems   Price: 9000 $ Prototype […] Read More

Robot Name: AKINCI-1 Category: HUMANOID ROBOT Made By: AKINSOFT COMPANY, Robotics Department Country: TURKEY Project Start Date: 2009 Date of prototype introduction: 2011 Date of manufacture: 2015 An introductory paragraph: Targeted/Planned uses, and user groups: VARIOUS SECTORS Cost of Prototype: One million Turkish liras (570,000 USD) Link to your site or page(s): http://www.akinrobotics.com Control and Software: C# What tasks can be done autonomously? Semi autonomously? make mathematical calculations on voice commands, respond to questions, recognize shapes and colors, imitate human muscular system and movements Visual processing: available Sound and voice processing: available Remote control: available Height: 146 centimeters Mass:  32 kilograms               Width: 60 […] Read More

Robot Name:  Terabot®-S Category:  Robot Manipulator Made By:  Oceaneering Space Systems Date of introduction:  July 2011     Introduction:  Oceaneering Space Systems has recently introduced their newest addition to the Terabot® family of robotic manipulators.  The Terabot®-S manipulator is a 5 dof robot manipulator with a heritage from Oceaneering’s history of robotics in harsh environments of subsea and space.  The environmentally sealed manipulator is designed for both military and civilian markets, and can be installed or retrofitted on virtually any medium sized UGV.   Other features such as joint overload clutches are included for extreme durability and robustness.  Oceaneering’s quick tool change out mechanism allows users to quickly swap various tools, […] Read More

Robot Name: Jazz Photo of Robot: Category: Service robot Made By: Gostai Date of manufacture or date of introduction: January 2011 An introductory paragraph: Gostai Jazz robots have been made for mobile telepresence. 1-meter tall Jazz robots are mobile, fitted with a camera and connected to the Internet via wifi. The user connects to the robot from afar via any web browser. He can then control a robot in Paris from New York and see through the robot’s camera, which recorded image appears in the browser in real time. That way, the user can take part in a meeting, visit a place, and see what is happening in their office or […] Read More

Robot Name: JACO Category: Manipulator Made By: Kinova Date of manufacture or date of introduction: 2010 Introduction:  The JACO robot arm, developed by Kinova at its state-of-the-art R&D department, is a revolutionary device designed for multiple professional applications. It is a leading product in a new generation of lightweight portable robotic tools that enables users to interact with their environment with complete safety, freedom, and effectiveness. JACO moves smoothly and silently around 6 degrees of freedom with unlimited rotation on each axis. The axes are aluminum compact actuator discs (CADs) of a unique design. Each JACO robot arm consists of 2 distinct sets of 3 identical, interchangeable, and easy-to-replace CADs linked […] Read More

In this post, we review a robot platform by Freescale. Freescale’s Tower Mechatronics Board, robot and software allow users to experiment with acceleration, magnetics, pressure and touch sensors, as well as electromechanical controls for industrial and consumer applications. The goal of the Tower Mechatronics Board and sensor robot is to help designers create innovative projects as quickly and easily as possible. Freescale’s Robot kit operates with the Tower System Mechatronics Board is an easy-to-use mechatronics development and demonstration platform. This toolset allows for the science of combining mechanics, electronics, and software into an integrated system. The kit includes four PWM controlled servos (actuators), metal legs, and the Tower System Mechatronics […] Read More

ROBOT NAME: iCUB CATEGORY: Humanoid MADE BY: European Commission through its Cognitive Systems and Robotics Unit. INTRODUCTION: RobotCub is an open source humanoid robot project funded by European Commission through its Cognitive Systems and Robotics Unit. The project started in september 2004 with a total duration of 60 months. There are ten research centers in Europe, three in USA and three in Japan is contributing to the project. The RobotCub project brings experts from different fields such as robotics, neuroscience and developmental psychology and the project is led by University of Genoa and the Italian Institute of Technology. The total robot count that serves at different research centers is targeted […] Read More