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ABB Robotics – Partner Seminar 2011

Juan Pablo — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:36:21 +0000

Every year over 1000 people from the ABB integrator network attend one of our seminars. This is a tradition dating back 15 years. The events are a fantastic mixture of business and pleasure. Industry updates, product & application training, knowledge exchange, exhibition of everything new & great opportunities to network with peers – they are all part of the successful mix.

Many who attend liken the events to a “family reunion”. Brant von ‘t Hof from AWL-Techniek comments “You have to be there. You have to meet the people”.

And of course there are parties. Thomas Rosell of Front Automation has the final word “The party is the most important thing”

Duration : 0:6:33

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Robots Aboard International Space Station

Juan Pablo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:09 +0000

Ames Research Center, MIT and Johnson Space Center have two new robotics projects aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Robonaut 2, a two-armed humanoid robot with astronaut-like dexterity, is currently undergoing onboard testing. The second is the SPHERES satellite, which recently got a smartphone upgrade that gives it eyes, ears and a sensor array. These robots could assume mundane, sometimes dangerous tasks: monitoring radiation, filter change-outs, some extravehicular activities

Duration : 0:4:36

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The Latest In Hobby Robotics 19

Juan Pablo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:07 +0000

Chris The Carpenter is giving his wife a ride, Jaimie’s robot is now bigger than him, MarkusB keeps launching rockets, Stoerpeak has made a cheap robot arm that can copy moves, and LMR is written in sweets by mogul’s m&m sorter #3. All this in what will be the last version of the weekly version of The Latest in Hobby Robotics. Hosted by Frits Lyneborg.

Here are links related to this show:

Chris The Carpenter’s robot Walter:

http://letsmakerobots.com/taxonomy/term/3170

Jaimie’s Giant Robot Project:

http://letsmakerobots.com/node/8325

MarkusB’s Sky observer V3

http://letsmakerobots.com/node/28381

Stoerpeak’s mini robotic arm

http://letsmakerobots.com/node/21633

mogul’s m&m sorter #3:

http://letsmakerobots.com/node/27921

Inspiration any time:

http://letsmakerobots.com/recent_collected

How to build a robot:

http://letsmakerobots.com/start

Letsmakerobots.com on twitter:

http://twitter.com/letsmakerobots

Music used in this video:
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Duration : 0:5:14

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How to Get a Career in Robotics

Juan Pablo — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:24:21 +0000

http://scissores.com/

http://tonydyson.com/

In this video, Chris asks Tony Dyson about what advice he would give to people aspiring to pursue a career in robotics. If you’re among them, Tony poses this question in return: Are you going to school for it, or is it a hobby? Either way, robotics is still a blooming field ripe for dreamers and pioneers, so there’s definitely room for people to follow their ambitions regardless of experience.

You can watch the entire live TLDR episode here:

http://www.lockergnome.com/subscribe/

https://profiles.google.com/chris.pirillo

http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo

http://www.facebook.com/chrispirillo

Duration : 0:2:37

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A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors

Juan Pablo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:44:20 +0000

Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics. Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support.

Duration : 0:1:43

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How Lizards, Robots Use Tails To Be More Agile

Juan Pablo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:07:08 +0000

UC Berkeley researchers have demonstrated how an active tail can help lizards (and robots) control pitch during jumps and falls. Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/dinosaurlike-tails-make-terrestrial-mobile-robots-more-agile

Duration : 0:2:12

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The Most Human Like Pair of Robots Ever – invented by Japanese engineers

Juan Pablo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:38:04 +0000

This is what we are capable of
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To keep up with the current news on science and technology check out

http://zeitnews.org

and

http://dvice.com

Credits: http://digginfo.tv

Duration : 0:3:25

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Sphero: iPhone Controlled Robotic Ball – CES 2012

Juan Pablo — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:32:14 +0000

Sphero is a robotic ball that you control from your iPhone. When you play games with it, you’re playing in both the virtual and real world at the same time.

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Get the most CES 2012 coverage in one spot – see it ALL on Rev3Tech!

http://www.youtube.com/rev3tech

Twitter – http://twitter.com/tysiphonehelp
Facebook – http://facebook.com/tymossfan
Google+ – http://gplus.to/tymoss

Duration : 0:2:41

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Moba Total Solution Provider OmniaFT330 Moba Robotics.mpg

Juan Pablo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:25:05 +0000

An example of a high capacity egg grader of type Omnia FT 330 combined with Moba Robotics, Casepacker MR 10 and Case-Display-Combi MR 30.

Duration : 0:9:38

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HomeBrew Robotics Club – Nov 26, 2011 – Talk

Juan Pablo — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:10 +0000

Merging Man and Machine: Russ Angold and Sam Waldbaum from Eksobionics discuss and demonstrate the wearable robots their company has developed to enhance human strengths and abilities. Their medical exoskeletons allow paraplegics to walk again and their military and commercial robots equips soldiers and workers with augmented strength and endurance.

Duration : 1:11:22

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