The next thing in robotics
In a post today at IEEE Spectrum, the design for Astrobotic Technology’s entry into the Google Lunar X Prize in revealed. This unique concept is conceived around the idea of surviving the incredible heat of a lunar noon which is 270 degrees F or 130 degrees C. Just how will it accomplish this feat? David…
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For this week, there are four stories for the Newswrap. Today brings an article on space robots that have largely supplanted humans in extraterrestrial exploration. The excerpt below refers to the robotic candidate for repairing the Hubble Telescope. Next, the robot grappling hook that could allow machines to swing tree to tree or at least…
Here is a great story. You can send a message to the Chalkbot and have it printed on the roads of the Tour de France. See the story link below for all the details. The bot is printing out 400 to 500 messages a day, most of them are messages for cancer survivors, however, there…
So, after days of reporting on this story all over the blogosphere, the company that is developing EATR has come out with a press release to clarify what their robot will use as fuel. In the original post here at RobotNext, EATR was described as a grazing robot, implying that it only consumed vegetable matter…
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This makes me want to go out and buy a LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT Kit. And the book, "LEGO® NXT MINDSTORMS® One-Kit Wonders", to go with it! Right now! The original blog post comes from Matthias Paul Scholz at The NXT STEP – LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Blog. You have to check out the video link to…
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So, these are really not robots, they are cyborgs or more correctly, cybugs. RobotNext has posted articles on robot insects or robots modeled on insects in the past. Now, these newest robobugs are something else. These tiny hybrid insect machines combine mechanical and living materials to achieve their abilities. Microchips are implanted directly into the…
Sometime ago I saw this story on several feeds that I monitor. I have listed some of the links to earlier stories below if anyone wants to see details of this interesting robotic application. Although I did not write about this remarkable project at the time, I thought this research showed exciting possibilities for medical…
This week's stories have no single theme, but there are several stories that appear in different versions on multiple days. The first story from today features a spherical robot based on the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Check out the video of this robot moving around under the command of its builder, it is very interesting. In…
The next biological model for robots is the cricket. You may associate crickets with the sounds that they make when it is very quiet. It turns out that these creatures have a very sensitive sense of smell. However, they are only able to detect a very narrow range of odors. This ability is being tapped…
Robots that can make facial expressions are not new, but this one is by far the most realistic one yet. Over 30 artificial muscles, each controlled by a servo allow this robot to control facial movements to a degree not seen before. Einstein, as the robot is called, is capable of learning how to smile…
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