Robotics

Mecanum drive is a type of holonomic drive base; meaning that it applies the force of the wheel at a 45° angle to the robot instead of on one of its axes. By applying the force at an angle to the robot, you can vary the magnitude of the force vectors to gain translational control of the robot; In plain English, the robot can move […] Read More

Dublin, Oct. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b6fv5g/snake_robots) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc’s new report “Snake Robots: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015-2021” to their offering. Worldwide snake robot markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the next generation units provide an access and movement mechanism that is unique and useful in a variety of industries. Target […] Read More

The cheetah robot which is designed by MIT and funded by DARPA makes some very cool jumps, as seen in the video below. Credit: MIT, Darpa Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFe-pfe0a9bDvWy74Jd7vFg Read More

Press release by: Rhoeby Dynamics LLC October 2015, Santa Cruz, CA. The new Rhoeby Dynamics R2D LiDAR is the smallest, lightest, lowest-cost 2D LiDAR device on the market today. It’s proven capable of performing mapping, navigation and dynamic obstacle avoidance in the indoor setting, and comes complete with its open-source ROS driver for rapid integration into any robotics platform.             […] Read More

This robot hand can grab basically any everyday object softly but firm enough to hold it     Video and featured image credit: MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory For more details: http://www.csail.mit.edu/baxter_soft_robotic_gripper Read More

PITTSBURGH—Optical sensors may be uniquely suited for use in robotic hands, according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers who have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fiber optic sensors. They also have created a new type of stretchable optical sensor. By using fiber optics, the researchers were able to embed 14 strain sensors into each of the fingers in the robotic hand, giving […] Read More

Munich/Berlin, 15 September 2015. Robotics store noDNA ( <http://www.nodna.de> www.nodna.de) from Ismaning near Munich is Europe’s biggest online seller of robotics components for research and education. Today, noDNA launched a financing campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Companisto and is now offering venture loans bearing annual interest of 8 %. noDNA was founded in 2001, is currently generating €600,000 in annual revenues, and is a profitable […] Read More

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This is a free web based course that will teach you to start robot building. It is broadcast by UC Berkeley. See details below: https://www.edx.org/course/electronic-interfaces-bridging-physical-uc-berkeleyx-ee40lx-0 Read More

This TED talk explains a study that tries to mimick the jumping power of insects: Video Credit: Sarah Berbreiter, TED See the original piece here: http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_bergbreiter_why_i_make_robots_the_size_of_a_grain_of_rice#t-151896 Read More