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Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini
SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. SpotMini is one of the quietest robots we have ever built. It has …
Piano Tiles 2 Robot
How to set the Piano Tiles 2 record? Build a robot: Overhead iPhone 6+ processes video of the iPad screen at 120 fps. iPhone tracks tile speed and sends timing info via MIDI over USB through the camera connection kit. Teensy 3.2 receives tile data and sends step/direction to stepper drivers, which smash the tiles …
Atlas, The Next Generation
Boston Dynamics is at it again with new version of Atlas. It’s great to see how much it has evolved when compared to the original Atlas, announced back in 2013 (which itself was an updated version of Petman, announced back in 2011) A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It …
Building a rope bridge with flying machines
Miniature Origami Robot Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades
At ICRA 2015 in Seattle yesterday, researchers from MIT demonstrated an untethered miniature origami robot that self-folds, walks, swims, and degrades: from a flat sheet with a magnet on it, their robot folds itself up in just a few seconds, is immediately ready to zip around on land or water driven by magnetic fields, and …
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Jumping Cheetah
In a leap for robotic development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously. “I, For One, Welcome Our New …” MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump …
Cyclon.js – JavaScript Robotics
JavaScript Robotics, By Your Command. Next generation robotics framework with support for 36 different platforms Take the Leap Motion for example. Install Cyclon.js using npm, and then use this little tad of code to start interacting via the Leap Motion: var Cylon = require(‘cylon’); Cylon.robot({ connections: { leapmotion: { adaptor: ‘leapmotion’ } }, devices: { …