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Robotic Two Ball Juggling
“Two Ball Juggling with High-speed Hand-Arm and High-speed Vision System,” by Takahiro Kizaki and Akio Namiki from the Graduate School of Engineering at Chiba University in Japan. Used with permission. Read more at http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/automaton Duration : 0:0:47
Robots Invade ICRA Show Floor
The coolest robots exhibited at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in St. Paul, Minn. Read more robot news: http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/automaton Duration : 0:4:8
Honda Unveils New Robotics-powered Scooter
Honda has unveiled a new personal scooter, powered by robotics, that’ll be on display and being tested at Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation over the next ten months. (May 16) Subscribe to the Associated Press: http://bit.ly/APYouTube Download AP Mobile: http://www.ap.org/mobile/ Associated Press on Facebook: http://apne.ws/c7lQTV Associated Press on Twitter: http://apne.ws/bTquhb Associated Press…
NASA JPL Robotic Microspines
NASA JPL researchers present a 250-mm diameter omni-directional anchor that uses an array of claws with suspension flexures, called microspines, designed to grip rocks on the surfaces of asteroids and comets and to grip the cliff faces and lava tubes of Mars. Part of the paper, “Gravity-Independent Mobility and Drilling on Natural Rock Using Microspines,”…
DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots
This video shows a demonstration of the “Cheetah” robot galloping at speeds of up to 18 miles per hour (mph), setting a new land speed record for legged robots. The previous record was 13.1 mph, set in 1989. The robot’s movements are patterned after those of fast-running animals in nature. The robot increases its stride…