Posted by Lem on November 7th, 2008
In one of the most unstable economic situations since the 1930's, and faced with major home electronics dealers like Circuit CIty radically slashing their brick and mortar stored, iRobot Corp has decided to take direct action. The company, which is famous for it's award winning line of domestic robots including the Roomba, Scooba, Looj, Dirt Dog, and others, opened it's first direct retail sales outlet on Friday. The new iRobot...
Posted by Lem on November 7th, 2008
We all know that the TOMY i-SOBOT holds the title as the "World's Smallest Humanoid Robot", but what robot is currently the "World's Heaviest"? It looks like that title will be grabbed by an autonomous 700 ton mining truck currently in development at Caterpillar. Caterpillar has teamed up with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to add autonomous features and capability to its massive mining vehicles. Much of the basic technology...
Posted by Lem on November 7th, 2008
Honda just announced a robotic device designed to assist people with walking. The innovative design utilizes technology that came out of Honda's efforts to simulate human walking for the ASIMO humanoid robot. The device allows people to walk normally, including climbing stairs, by putting their own shoes into the device's shoes and resting their weight on the device. As they walk, the device helps to support their weight and mantains...
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