Roboexotica Celebrates its 15th Year
The number one destination for barbot enthusiasts is Roboexotica, a festival held every year in Vienna.
Robotics
Making a robot can be an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s the perfect combination of creativity, engineering and problem solving. However, if you’re just getting started in robotics, it can also be overwhelming. To make things easier for those who are just starting out, we’ve put together some tips and tricks to help makers bring robots to life! From the basics of assembling your robot to software implementation, these pointers will give you everything you need to get started on your robotic adventure!
One Small Step for a Humanoid…
Walt Disney famously said, “the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” That’s the journey some 65 teams in the Make-GE Robot Hack have undertaken. In just a few short weeks their small steps became a running stampede. The final Robot Hack is tomorrow.
Humanity: At the Core of Robotics Excitement
Join Gael Langevin, along with Greg Perry of My Robot Lab, and Chuck Fletcher, director of technology at the Wonderfactory, for another installment of Robot Hacks Wednesday, Nov. 13, 4pm as they talk about InMoov, from conception to reality.
The Robot Soul
Robots don’t need to kill us, they will still be here long after all humans are gone. They will own the world soon enough, and before that happens, they will have the amazing adventures we humans will never be physically capable of. So … let’s all make robots!
Mindstorms Slothbot Climbs Ladders
222Doc’s Lego Mindstorms robot climbs ladders the best possible way–very carefully!
MOSS: A Simple Magnetic Robotics Kit
MOSS: The Dynamic Robot Construction Kit is a modular robotics kit with magnetic connectors, enabling you to literally snap together a robot in seconds and control it with your smartphone.
Team Skeletonics Shows Their Stuff at Maker Faire Tokyo
Maker Faire Tokyo, which concluded Monday, was big a success. We’ll have a report from the event later today but in the meantime, check out this video of Project Skeletonics’ robot exoskeleton in action.
