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  • autonomous mobile robot performing simple maneuvers

    Autonomous mobile robot moves along the corridor, trying to keep a safe distance from walls. Robot is equipped with 5 digital distance sensors. Two GP2Y0D805Z0F (5 cm) sensors were placed on the left and right side of the robot chassis so that beyond some threshold robot is able to detect changes in distance from the…

  • RadioShack Robot

    http://toddlerstoys.org – this is a robot toy by RadioShack called Learn n Fun Robot. It teaches toddlers numbers, colors, and shapes and it also plays music as well as move when you press the buttons on top of its head. Duration : 0:0:59

  • Ollo Explorer Robot Kit

    Learning Robotics Has Never Been Easier There is a fast moving trend to get robots in schools (there are around 10,000 robotics teams in schools around the USA), and you may have felt teaching robotics at home was too difficult and too expensive. But with the advent of the OLLO Explorer curriculum, learning robotics has…

  • DARPA Robot Masters Stairs

    This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups. A modified platform resembling these robots is expected to be used as government-funded equipment (GFE) for performers in Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/04/10.aspx). The GFE Platform is expected to have two…

  • Lego Battle Bot Wars, Commander Wedgie vs. Warrior

    Oh Yea Battle bots are back! And ya “commander wedgie” is the best name I have ever come up with lol! Duration : 0:1:18

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