At RobotShop, we’re lucky enough to see hexapod robots every day, but sometimes there are some hexapods which are more impressive than others. We recently discovered “Mantis”, a 2.8m tall, two ton hexapod vehicle created by Micromagic Systems. The project took four years to create, and as you can see in the video below, the […]
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By Carlos Asmat & filed under Cloud Robotics, Competitions, RobotShop.
The Global Cloud Robotics Hackathon 2013 is currently taking place. The hacking marathon where participants compete to create the best cloud monitoring robotic application started on April 6th and will be ending on the 14th of the same month. So far 29 teams from all around the world are hard at work as shown on the hackathon […]
By Mario Tremblay & filed under Cloud Robotics, Industry, RobotShop.
Cloud robotics is proving to be the most natural and efficient way to create and manage modern robotics technology. Robots are no longer limited to their physical, onboard components, instead, they are able to access an ever-broadening array of Internet resources. Last year, I gave an interview with RoboticsTrends.com on the state of cloud robotics today and […]
By RB1 & filed under Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Festo, the german automation company, recently unveiled its latest creation: BionicOpter, a robotic dragonfly. This new robot emulates the complex flight technique of a dragonfly and is capable of high manoeuvrability as shown in the video below. Once again, Festo uses biomimicry to create quite an elegant and capable robot. This robot uses a rather clever design and features a very ingenious mechanism, […]
By Mario Tremblay & filed under Industry.
According to Alexa, the leading provider of global web metrics, RobotShop and iRobot have been head to head for a while in terms of web traffic. The graph below (courtesy of Alexa) shows RobotShop in blue and iRobot in red, specifically for the US market: We all know iRobot as the leading manufacturer of domestic robots, largely […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Cloud Robotics, RobotShop.
MyRobots.com is introducing Alerts! Effective immediately, you can now define alerts for all your robots so they can react to their environment and signal you if there is anything worth your attention. What is an alert? In MyRobots.com terms, an alert is a message sent once a certain condition is reached by your robot’s sensors. […]
By RB1 & filed under Robotic News, RobotShop.
We are launching RobotShop’s 3D Printing service. The goal is to make it possible for roboticists to order the custom parts they need to make their robots along with their other robotic components. See the full press release, or the transcription below for further information. RobotShop Announces its Global 3D Printing Service RobotShop.com, the world’s leading robot store announces today […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment.
Dmitry Itskov, a Russian mogul, recently launched the “2045 Initiative“. His main goal is to promote the development of technology aimed at achieving immortality. As shown in the image above, the project has very ambitious milestones that can be arguably a bit too optimistic. The initiative expects to be able to produce an android (humanoid robot with […]
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