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By RB1 & filed under Entertainment.
F.A.T. played a practical joke on Manhattan residents recently by creating a fake Google driverless / autonomous car and “autonomously” roaming the streets. They displayed terrible driving skills (even staged some accidents), and acted as offensively as they could. See the very funny resulting video below. If you want to make your own, they even shared the […]
By RB1 & filed under Domestic, RobotShop, Vacuum.
We are happy to announce the availability of the Ecovacs product line at RobotShop. This innovative manufacturer currently produces three different robots: the Atmobot, the Deebot and the WinBot. Atmobot is an air-purifying robot that roams the house seeking pollutants in the air and eliminating them. This is a very unique robot and the only one of […]
By RB1 & filed under RobotShop.
Dongbu Robotics released the Hovis Genie, a new humanoid robot. This platform is built on the Hovis Eco biped platform but the legs have been replaced by a holonomic omniwheel drive system and an additional smart device holder in the chest. The resulting robot is very stable, versatile and has lots of possibilities for interactivity and advanced development. See the […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Nothing says “I love you” better than a robot, right? That’s exactly what Jason thought when he proposed to his girlfriend Christina. Did she say “Yes!”?. Watch the video below to find out. We believe there are many cheesy ways of proposing but we are particularly fond of the ones which use robots. Have you ever used robots to […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment, Hobbyist.
Cubiebot, a little robot made from hobbyist robot parts and cardboard is directing and filming its own documentary. As a matter of fact, many of these filmmaker robots are on the loose interviewing humans about their relationships with other robots. As shown in the video below, these cute robots capture the attention of the participants and invite them to […]
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 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 […]
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