We recently presented our Open Source Snow Plow Robot project to Boca Bearings Innovation Competition and it has been selected and you can now vote for it! It’s a caterpillar robot based on Arduino Uno, remotely controlled through a Play Station 2 wireless controllers. The robot is a miniature version of a true snowplow, caterpillar tracks, with blade and light projector…
InnoTechnix produced MandleBot, a highly appreciated robotic arm used with teaching/educational or maker’s purposes. Now, InnoTechnix is planning to launch by the end of August a new Kickstarter campaing to develop and build an improved version of the manufacturing robot dedicated to education. The robot will be bundled with a specific control software, Robotic Studio,…
DARPA 2015 challenge is ended with a great result for Korea and US. First place won by Team KAIST, then IHMC and TARTAN. Kudos to all teams anyway, for the great improvements shown in robots skills since last year. Also for the first time, an italian team from IIT (italian institute for technology) took place…
The DRC is a competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. It was designed to be extremely difficult. Participating teams, representing some of the most advanced robotics research and development organizations in the world, are collaborating and innovating on a…
Incredible research done at Stanford, a new generation of micro-robots (named MicroTugs) has been designed following the tricky principles exploited by ants and geckos, allowing them to do the incredible. If the same “strength” would be applied to a human being, he could climb a skyscraper lifting up an elephant! This work demonstrates a new…
Less than 20 days to go yet, and this project has been already funded. PLEN is a humanoid tiny open source robot born aiming at, according to team’s vision: Our aim is to open up the relationship between humans and technology through printable and open-source robot kit, ”PLEN2”. We do not believe that robots should…
Directly from Kickstrter, an amusing project on open source modular robotics: GroBotz are modular robots that are controlled with a multi-platform App. You can quickly and easily build fun inventions with the snap together faces, modules and other components. With GroBotz you can build robots, games, toys, cars, musical instruments and countless other designs. GroBotz…
Create your own 3d printed robot with Pi Tank open source robot, using Raspberry Pi and Microsoft Kinect: Among other applications for 3D printing that have truly taken off into industries of their own – robotics – and more specifically, open source robotics, are among the most popular. Unsurprisingly, 3D printing fits perfectly into open…
Ringo project has been funded 400% on Kickstarter already, and still 11 days to go! Ringo is a super cute pet robot bug based on the Arduino UNO and packed with goodies including an accelerometer, gyroscope, 6 awesome RGB LEDs (NeoPixel lights), music chirper, and more. Everything you need to bring to life a real…
Ubuntu is coming to drones, robots and smart homes. The smallest version of the Ubuntu operating system, Snappy Ubuntu Core, is now opening up to smart devices and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Builders of drones, robots and smart-home kit will be able to develop, simulate and run their devices using the software, with…
In 2007 former Wired Magazine Editor Chris Anderson built a Lego mindstorms robot with his kids in an effort to get them interested in science. Two years later he founded 3DRobotics, now the largest personal drone company in North America. On a recent keynote, he declared interesting concepts about drones and open source: “Drones aren’t…
Last 10th of February, 3D Robotics launched on Play Store their app to control copter and plane drones, Droidplanner: “3D Robotics, the largest U.S.-based drone manufacturer, announced the launch of its open-source Tower flight control app for drone copters and planes on Android phones and tablets. The app gives users a few new ways to…
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