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Robot Monday: Robot Jox fight scene

Jeffrey Barke — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:23:22 +0000

Achilles vs Alexander in the first big fight scene in Robot Jox, a movie I haven't seen (yet!). I guess it's a 1990 film about two giant robots that fight in an arena.

Best YouTube comment, by Mysanthropyc: This film is a documentary, by the way. This really happened. This is how we won the Cold War.

Source: YouTube

Robot Monday: Worst robot evar! Box from Logan Run’s

Jeffrey Barke — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:08 +0000

Fish, plankton, sea-greens and protein from the sea. … Overwhelming, am I not? Are you too startled? Am I too removed from your ken? … Box … Box … Box…

Iconic, but Box from Logan's Run is still the lamest robot/cyborg ever!

More on Box at Jeff's Robots, including an mp3 of Box's introductory speech!

Source: YouTube.

Robot Monday: Dancing Sony robots

Jeffrey Barke — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:57:38 +0000

I don't know anything about these robots other than that everyone says they move "really smoothly and quickly for machines." And they do!

Source: YouTube

sudo make me a sandwich robot

Jeffrey Barke — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:14:55 +0000

We all know that life would be better if we could make a sandwich by typing sudo make me a sandwich on the command line of a computer. Adam Cecchetti and Bre Pettis made that dream come to life last weekend.

From http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2009/2/27/sudo-make-me-a-sandwich-robot.html

Robot Monday: Zippermast on iRobot PackBot

Jeffrey Barke — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:47:26 +0000

The situational awareness mast (or Zippermast) from Geosystems Inc. is a telescoping linear actuator that can vertically translate a robot's sensor suite for better visibility. In this video, a Zippermast is affixed to an iRobot Packbot. For more details, see Hizook.com.

From YouTube via Trend Hunter.

Robot Monday: WE THE ROBOTS

Jeffrey Barke — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:54:22 +0000

"Stomach Pain." 2 January 2009:

WE THE ROBOTS is a comic strip published approximately weekly by Chris Harding.

Source: WE THE ROBOTS.

Robot Monday: Walking robot has radio controls!

Jeffrey Barke — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:48:49 +0000

Controlled by a radio installed in a truck, a 400-pound robot can walk under its own power. The mechanical man, built by Reat Younger of Springfield, Mo., stands over six feet tall and weighs 400 pounds. Younger was intrigued by a robot he saw in a motion picture when he was a boy and started building his own automaton while he was in high school. He now is working on plans to make the robot walk through a complicated system of transmitters, receivers and relays.

Source: Modern Mechanix. Original published in Popular Mechanics, Oct 1948.

Robot Monday: Push-up bot

Jeffrey Barke — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:31:34 +0000

As MAKE says, "This may be the most disturbing robot video I've seen this year." For more creepy robots, check out the comments on the original MAKE post.

Source: MAKE: Blog and YouTube

Robot Monday: Motoman SDA10

Jeffrey Barke — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:14:36 +0000

Motoman SDA10, an industrial robot manufactured by Yaskawa Electric, demonstrating its ability to cook okonomiyaki at the International Next-Generation Robot Fair happening in Osaka.

As a chef, the Motoman relies on speech recognition technology to take verbal orders from customers. Using standard kitchen utensils, the robot mixes the okonomiyaki batter, pours it onto the iron grill, forms it into a round pancake-like disk, flips it, puts it on a plate when done, and applies condiments.

Source: Pink Tentacle via Rocketboom

Robot Monday: Popsicle stick robotic arm

Jeffrey Barke — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:46:01 +0000

Bre Pettis needed to prototype his Cherrytron 2000 robotic arm that he's making for Roboexotica, so he teamed up with Eric Skiff to make one. Adam Cecchetti also had a hand in the original design work.

To learn more about the popsicle stick robotic arm, get the design files, and to vote on the popsicle stick aesthetic vs. acrylic parts, visit Bre's blog.

Source: Bre Pettis and Vimeo