If you thought people look funny running from crawling or large-eyed jumping robots, wait till you see the fury that is… a small, somewhat flat, not-all-that-scary automoton that launches itself atop buildings and large rock structures.
You may wake occasionally with night terrors of robots grappling your face, but that doesn’t mean there are not a few robots that can be helpful. Bruno Maisonnier of Aldebaran Robotics loves robots. For years he’s been developing technology in the area of personal robotics and since 2005, Aldebaran has been dedicated to delivering an onslaught of helpful robot companions for both entertainment and learning. The Nao is a 22 in tall bi-pedal machine with 25 degrees of motion, omni-directional walking, the ability to capture 30 image per second and respond accordingly to what it sees. We talk with Bruno about the Nao, the challenges and how it’s able to help people.
Instructables and Objet have joined forces to give you a challenge, the “Make it Real Challenge”. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to make a nice, user-friendly Instructable of how to make a virtual object a reality.
New technology enables a single workstation to simultaneously perform complex design, analysis, and visualization tasks.
There is but one word to describe the EvD Makerbot Absurd iPhone accessory design challenge. FREAKIN’ AWESOME. Not only were there over 180 entries, but over 180 entries that served up an iPhone biting eye-feast of unmatched proportion. There were so, SO many excellent entries, but we’ve narrowed it down and the winner is…