While the name Anna Konda, might sound like something of a corny joke, what it does is very, very cool. This three-meter long, 75-kg robot, comes equipped with a spray system for extinguishing fires in places that may be impossible or very dangerous for human firefighters to venture into. What’s more, the Anna Konda is [...]
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[ September 30th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Anna Konda - A Firefighting Snake Robot
Deep Green, a Pool Playing Robot With Professional Aspirations
Deep Green is a pool playing robot that is the work of researchers at Queen’s University. It makes use of a Global Vision system to see balls on the table, a Local Vision system to select the right shot and a pneumatic actuator to make a shot from 3-12 m/s.
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City Foundry Bots, Retro, Cool and Rather Pricey
The robots sold by City Foundry don’t move or actually do anything; they will just sit wherever you put them gathering dust. I do have to say, however, that there was something about them that made me want to own one. That was, at least, until I saw the price. But they do look good.
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Crab Fu’s R/C Putter Bot Looks Like Hours of Indoor Fun
Crab Fu’s creations first came to my attention a little while ago, but this is the first time I have started to monitor them closely. The Putter Bot is a seriously cool R/C creation, that could only possibly be any cooler if it hunted down the balls and shot by itself. I could see myself [...]
NXT Rubics Cube Solving Robot
I couldn’t solve a Rubik’s Cube to save my life, but I could probably build a robot that could do the job for me. The following Lego project is interesting because everything is done onboard, none of the processing is outsourced; which means battery power rather than cables. How does it work?
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