As awesome robot projects go, this DIY transforming 'bot takes some beating. Apparently created for a robotics class by "Kevmag 2000", the roughly 12-inch high robot can go from a motorized truck to an upright, walking 'bot in seconds.
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DIY Transformer Robot [Video]
French MacBook transformer video
I've no doubt this video will be all over the place before long (if it isn't already) but we're suckers for transforming tech here at SlashGear. Apparently created for the French postal service, to publicize their new home printing service for shipping labels, it shows a MacBook option that, while cool, could get expensive after a while.
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Hina coffee-making robot stars in hit video
If you ever needed proof that the Japanese love their robots, then the viewing figures for this video of Hina should convince you. Already racking up over 100,000 views in just 24 hours, the clip shows Hina making a cup of coffee - including measuring out the beans, grinding them, adding the water and even pouring it.
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AndRovio: remote control Rovio from your Android phone
If the thought of remotely controlling you Rovio robot webcam from a cellphone is appealing, but you don't have a BlackBerry, then AndRovio may be the solution. Poignant Projects' app runs on Android devices, and allows full control of Rovio including live webcam viewing, camera position control and snapshots.
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Chiara Robot with WiFi b/g, articulated claw & Pico-ITX brain [Video]
Autonomous, intelligent robots are great, but when they look like classic Transformers characters they're even better. The handiwork of Mellon University's Tekkotsu lab, the Chiara Robot has six independent legs, a claw arm with six degrees of freedom, and a combination of webcam and IR rangefinder for spotting objects and obstacles. Even better, this is no simple lab project: the Chiara Robot will actually be manufactured and sold by RoPro Design.
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RoBe:Do launch Three: new netbook-based robot
Robotics platform manufacturer RoBe:Do Robotics have added a third model to their range of netbook-powered 'bots, the Three. As with the previous two platforms, the Three is a modular chassis which uses a USB-connected motor controller; the buyer slaps their laptop or netbook onto the deck, and it acts as the Three's brain.
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Pleo IP bought by Jetta; manufacturing to resume
Intellectual property for the Pleo robotic dinosaur was tipped to be hot stuff when creator company Ugobe filed for bankruptcy, and that seems to have turned out to be true. Jetta Company Ltd have acquired not only the IP and assets from Ugobe's bankruptcy sale on May 21st, but since they're already the company responsible for physically manufacturing Pleo they're apparently set to resume production imminently.
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Autonomous DIY robot based on cheap MAKE Controller
It seems like DIY robots are gaining momentum, as more low-cost and straightforward controllers become available. Latest is this wireless-equipped model, based on the MAKE Controller and using a Logitech wireless ethernet bridge actually intended to get an Xbox console online.
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iPod touch used for DIY robot’s brain
"If I only had a brain" sang the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, and while we're not suggesting the film would've tied up one of its plotlines a whole lot quicker had Steve Jobs & co been around, using an iPod touch as a brain doesn't seem to have done this little Japanese robot any harm. Named Robochan by its creator, it's a combination of the Kondo KHR-2HV robot kit and Apple's touchscreen PMP.
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Panasonic Fukitorimushi floor-cleaning inchworm robot [Video]
Given how much people like to anthropomorphize their robots, what sort of lovable personality could you assign to an autonomous floor-cleaning inchworm? Designed by Panasonic, the Fukitorimushi ("wipe-up bug") drags itself across floors, wiping up dust and dirt with its nanocloth underbelly.
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WowWee Rovio taught to play soccer
With the weather picking up, there's nothing like stepping outside and kicking a ball around with some friends. Or so I hear; I'm too busy inside glued to my laptop. But a team of Rovio robots over at NYU decided to have a kickabout, their student trainers coming up with software that allows the WowWee 'bots to recognize a bright yellow tennis ball and shovel it toward the red goal.
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Surveyor SRV-1 WiFi webcam robot
If WowWee's Rovio whet your appetite for a remote-controlled WiFi webcam robot, but it's just too big to surreptitiously scurry around your office, then how about the Surveyor SRV-1 Mobile Robot. Small enough to fit into a (relatively meaty) palm, the SRV-1 connects via WiFi b/g and can beam back video from its 1.3-megapixel camera.
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