Parkour robot can leap ledges in a single bound
UPenn researchers presented the acrobatic feats of their robot today at a conference on robotics and automation. Read more »
Make your own rat-cell robot with a 3D printer!
photo: The University of Illinois
If you take a 3D printer, fill it with hydrogel, add a few cardiac rat cells and a novel design, you’d get this University of Illinois bio-bot, a self-propelled robot that is about a quarter of an inch long and may be the future of engineering. Read more »
Meet Baxter, the “huggable” robot for your grandma
photo: Barb Darrow
Sure, Baxter the Robot can pack boxes or maybe even assemble furniture. But he — er, it — may one day help senior citizens stay in their homes longer. Rethink Robotics’ Baxter made his public debut Wednesday at EMtech 2012 at MIT. Read more »
Introducing robots that tilt solar panels
New venture-backed startup QBotix has unveiled its unusual solar technology: robots that tilt solar panels to follow the sun. Read more »
How awesome is this combo: An underwater solar robot
An underwater swimming solar robot FTW! Courtesy of AeroVironment. Read more »
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an MIT self-guided robot
MIT grad students studying Robust Robotics designed a plane that can operate in tight spots — avoiding pillars and low ceilings — without a GPS or outside help. The plane uses an on-board laser range finder and inertial sensors to fly right. Read more »
How startup life is different when you’re building stuff, not apps
Walk into the offices of most technology startups, and you’ll see lots of open space, lots of desks and lots of programmers hacking away at code. Walk into the office of a startup that’s creating physical products, and it’s a different experience. Read more »
Oh look, there’s now an app store for robots!
There’s a new app store available for millions of devices, but it’s not built for iOS, Android, or Windows Phone handsets. As of Tuesday, the newest app store is for robots, and the first four apps are compatible with the estimated 6 million iRobot Roomba Vacuums. Read more »
Web Work Sci-Fi: Floating Avatars for Telecommuters
Here on WebWorkerDaily we regularly cover new collaboration tech, from virtual phone systems to multiuser video chat apps. All of these offer incremental improvements on the tech available to web workers, but what radical new tech tools might be in the distant future of remote collaboration? Read more »
