Robots Blog

It's exactly two weeks before RoboGames 2008 kicks off at Fort Mason in San Francisco. As they used to say when we were kids, "Be there, or be square!" We'll definitely be there from start to finish. And, since the über Robot Master himself mentioned the magic word "t-shirts", we hacked together what we thought would be the perfect t-shirt image for this years event.

Four Star Video has launched a subscription plan called KenFlix, and it appears NetFlix is about to lose the important Bernal Heights demographic.

The deal: $20/month for unlimited rentals, one out at a time.
Advantages of KenFlix: No waiting for DVDs to arrive in the mail. Video nerds can get 30 rentals a month if they go to 4star every day..
Disadvantages of KenFlix: 4star DVDs usually play in my player, unlike Netflix discs, which usually start to skip about half way through. This means whenever we pick a bad movie, we’ll actually have to watch the whole thing.

Here is how I compiled FlowPlayer on Hardy:

In ROBO-ONE circles, the name "R-Blue" is legend. It's one of those names that's instantly recognizable as one of the absolute best - a true ROBO-ONE champion class humanoid robot. We mentioned a few days ago that in line with the current trend towards mega-robot designs, R-Blue is about to become "Super R-Blue" - a huge monster robot with matched dual servos powering all the important joints. Now, Super R-Blue...

PAP_1444 Originally uploaded by yutasugiura. Yuta Sugiura (yes, Sugiura - as in the Sugiura Brothers/Sugiura Family) posted an interesting collection of photos taken at the Blaser robot laser tag event that took place over the weekend at the Kondo RoboSpot facility.

Just in time for our June trip to San Francisco for RoboGames, the postman delivered a brand new Robot Magazine hat and Press badge. Unfortunately, we have to admit that we literally have a 'big head' - too big for any of the "one-size-fits-all" hats and caps. Still, the Robot hat does look quite snappy, so we plan on at least having it hooked to our belt or camera bag...

Tickle Me Pleo Originally uploaded by jurvetson. A bunch of Pleo's enjoying a little robot tickle fest....

The Kyosho MANOI PF01 humanoid robot is pretty impressive - one of the top hobby robot kits available today. So, when a champion ROBO-ONE builder, like Dr. GIY, decides to take a stock PF01 and do some custom improvements and fine tuning, you can be sure that the result is going to be pure magic. Thanks to "LovingRobotRabbit" (aka the folks at RT Corp), we're able to share a great...

When the topic of 'robots' comes up, everyone immediately associates the term first with Japan. After that, perhaps other leading technology countries like the US and Germany. Yet, robotics is a world-wide phenomena that has captured the attention, minds, hearts, and passion of people all over the globe. One of our regular readers, Raul Galbany from Spain, wrote in to share an excellent report, and several videos, on the First...

Amazing transformable robot shows you how the geometry and style of the orginal design has transformed over the years.