22 September 2008 »
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21 September 2008. Toothbrush, motor, tape, wire, solder, screw, battery – put it all together and you have a tiny robot. Changes direction, can clear a path through small objects. Future versions will have a smaller battery, on/off switch, and more.
22 September 2008 »
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The smallest flapping wing plane with camera in the world.
YouTube – DelFly Micro firts test flight
22 September 2008 »
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This video shows teamplay/cooperation and obstacle avoidance by the autonomous humanoid robots of the Darmstadt Dribblers team.
YouTube – RoboCup 2008 Humanoid League: Cooperation and Teamplay by DD
21 September 2008 »
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01 September 2008 »
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New type of self-assembly robot which assembles on water, proposed by AI Lab, Univ. of Zurich group.
YouTube – Tribolon: Water Based Self-Assembly Robot
01 September 2008 »
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A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.
YouTube – Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart
22 July 2008 »
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the snowmobiles are unmanned, autonomous, toy-size robots called SnoMotes — prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic capturing more accurate measurements
For Toy-like NASA Robots In Arctic, Ice Research Is Child’s Play
15 July 2008 »
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6 quadrotor helicopter unmanned aerial vehicles that fly indoors and outdoors to experiment with autonomous agent algorithms.
YouTube – STARMAC Quadrotor Helicopter Project
15 July 2008 »
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15 July 2008 »
In music, robots, video
22 May 2008 »
In robots
The robot weighs a miniscule 7 grams, and can jump 1.4 meters, or more than 27 times its body size
Grasshopper-Inspired Jumping Microrobot Can Make Staggering Leaps
21 May 2008 »
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The as-yet-unnamed robot uses electro-adhesion to cling to the wall, generating electrostatic charges between the wall substrate and itself to keep from falling. [not the sri robot company I knew]
Unmanned Spider-Man? SRI’s Wall-Climbing Robot: Exclusive First Look (With Video!) – Popular Mechanics
10 May 2008 »
In music, robots, rockets, video
This is what happens when two robots get into a lover’s spat.
rottendik – The Fantastical Fornications of the Faybots
26 April 2008 »
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23 April 2008 »
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The audio is also satisfying.
200+ mph rc car
17 April 2008 »
In film, music, robots, video
Aided by yet another down-on-his-luck thespian, Voltaire the Chimp, Elektro excelled in what could have been just another drunk monkey/midget butler/stripper sequence.
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Elektro the Robot’s Sordid Stag Reel
16 April 2008 »
In robots, television, video
13 April 2008 »
In robots, video
I built the ball machine because I thought my dog Jerry, might like it and that it would be something fun for me to build.
YouTube – Jerry needs no help playing with his ball.