Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
Registration is open for the MINOS 2010 event coming up April 10th & 11th at Royal Holloway, University of London. For those not familar with the event, it is a fantastic opportunty to not only see great micromouse and line follower robots in action, but also to hear how it’s done from the top designers. Typical technical presentations include in depth coverage of algorithms, sensor and chassis design, motor control,...
Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
Taking about robots replacing us humans in daily life, it looks like it won’t be long before the friendly bartender at our neighborhood bar or pub turns robotic. Moriyama-san pointed us to an article by Robomedia2010 featuring this enterainment robot application developed by Eager in Osaka: Of course, the system is just a concept mock-up at this point, but Eager has big plans. They envision bartenter installations with multiple female...
Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
While catching up on our backlog of reading over the weekend, we ran across an interesting article via Robomedia2010. The article covers the Embedded Technology RoboCon (robot competition), which is interesting enough by itself. But, what really caught our eye was this striking graph: The left axis and blue line correspond to the number of participants while the right axis and bars indicate the number of teams entered. In 2002,...
Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
Robots_Dreams_ROBO-ONE_technical_conference-330 Originally uploaded by Robots-Dreams. The ROBO-ONE organization holds regular technical conferences to give more visibility to the sport/hobby and transfer/share knowledge. It's a fantastic opportunity for novices and newcomers to learn the inside details of humanoid robot construction directly from the top ROBO-ONE competitors. The 12th ROBO-ONE Technical Conference, held last Saturday in Kawasaki, featured presentations by the creators of Aerobattler MON(*)Star, Kinopy, Hammerhead, KENTA, and Automo 06 (Wakka)....
Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
Looks like Dr. GIY isn’t the only one with a dancing robot. RobotGrrl91 has her MANOI AT-01 humanoid robot dancing autonomously in response to the drum beats of Yankadi music. The occasion was the Clarkson University Spring 2010 Activities Fair.
Posted by Lem on March 7th, 2010
Robots_Dreams_ROBO-ONE_technical_conference-300 Originally uploaded by Robots-Dreams. While it wasn't part of the official presentation schedule, Sugiura's Tiny Wave humanoid drew a lot of attention, especially when it donned Gundam headgear.
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