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iRobot’s Soft Morphing Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps
iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. Read more robot news at http://spectrum.ieee.org Duration : 0:2:57
ABB Robotics – Fanta Can Challenge- Level II – Superior Motion Control
Superior motion control is the hallmark of all ABB industrial robots. In the first FANTA Can Challenge we set a test that none of our competitors could come close to. Now with the Level II challenge we have “raised the bar another notch” by introducing a THIRD robot & tightening the tolerances. The gap between…
DASH: Resilient High-Speed 16-gram Hexapedal Robot
DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod) is a resilient high-speed 16-gram hexapedal robot. Developed by P. Birkmeyer & R.S. Fearing, Biomimetic Millisystems Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. Read more robot news at http://spectrum.ieee.org Duration : 0:3:48
David Hanson: Robots that “show emotion”
http://www.ted.com David Hanson’s robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an “emotional” live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from…
David Hanson: Robots that “show emotion”
http://www.ted.com David Hanson’s robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an “emotional” live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from…