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 Coleman Benson & filed under Competitions, Entertainment.
Bots High Remember BattleBots? The TV show where two remote controlled robots would enter a weaponized arena and fight it out for 3 minutes or until one stopped moving. The name “Bots High” is a combination of “Robots” and “High School”. Well, even though the show ended, the competitions have continued. More so, there’s a […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Competitions, Humanoids.
We reported on the DARPA Humanoid Challenge before, but now we finally have a video that shows what would be the ideal winner of the contest, as imagined by the Universities behind the HUBO humanoid robot. Of course this is just an animation showing a perfect scenario, but as far as what is publicly known, […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Competitions, Humanoids, Rescue, Research.
As we reported before, DARPA issued its latest challenge where they will require a humanoid robot to complete a series of tasks (worthy of an action movie) which include driving a car, breaking down a wall, and using tools – all with the goal of “saving the day” during a mock industrial accident. The challenge officially started today, […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Competitions, Entertainment.
The 2012 Robot Film Festival took place last weekend (on July 14th) in New York. The festival opened with a per-screening of the upcoming movie Robot & Frank, winner of the Sundance Film Festival. The festival features a myriad of short films featuring robots of all kinds, and they are all available in their site for everybody’s enjoyment. Take […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Competitions, Industry.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military, issued a new challenge to all roboticists of the world to create a new generation of Rescue robot. The winners could get a 2M$ reward. This challenge goes beyond […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Cloud Robotics, Competitions.
In just 10 days the first Global Cloud Robotics Hackathon will take place. Join the 200 people already registered for a full weekend of hacking and connecting robots to the cloud. If you are not aware yet of what this hackathon is all about, see our previous coverage. If you are attending or planing to attend, you […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Competitions, Industry.
On the weekend of March 2nd to March 4th, a Global Cloud Robotics Hackathon will be held in several cities around the world. This initiative is born in Montreal, Canada where the main event will be held but other cities are challenged to participate and to show off their robot hacking skills. What is a […]
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