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One of the main resources on Christmas Island is phosphate. Phosphate mining on this place had been started since 1897 until present. Perhaps this prospect of phosphate mining became the main reason of Accuweight to offer their industrial robots to Christmas Island. It was robot model Fuji-Ace EC-201 with 1600 cycles per hour that being offered. This robot model has a high speed in palletizing bags of phosphates into sling ropes in shipping load…
It seems that everything is possible for Japanese. While other countries in the world were trying to create best way of powering their underwater robot the Japanese already worked on their smaller under water robot that powered with hydrogen. This underwater robot designed in a fish shape with the fuel cell inside the transparent body. Osaka City University’s academics were the designer of this robot fish. Their hydrogen-powered robot fish hydro…
This robot model named RL2000 and this robot is recommended for users who have up to 1500-2000m2 green grassed landscape. This robot is a fully automatic lawnmower that cut the grass for you. This robot is a real helpful device to be used on your garden, what the users need to do just set the weekly schedule for this robot and it will depart from its station and do all the lawn daily. When it has finished its job, it will return to its base to…
e competitor of her old sister but comes to complete the improvement of the Actroid robot. This robot created as a narrator, and as a girl in this job she has already a beautiful appearance and expressions. She is more like a model than a narrator in her appearance. But the difference is that she can do job as host and guide. With her new appearance she can use a t-shirt now. …
This article is about the Actroid DER by “Doukoku” Kokoro Company Ltd.. This product is created with features in the ability in expressions that close enough to the real human expressions. This Actroid DER designed to create the human-like robot, with all the natural expressions and keep the functionality just like human being. This robot presence can be looked from the nice smile that is uniquely and trademark of this type. She makes a smooth…
The DJ Robot by Toyota is a continuously collective project by the Toyota in making the robot that assists the human activities. The robot developed to show kindness and intelligence. This robot was under development in Toyota when this robot predicted to shown up in Toyota Group Pavilion. This robot made in expressing the Japanese spirit of harmony and hospitality. This DJ Robot designed in wheeled rolling model with 1.000mm of height and 45k…
Japan optimistically planned to send humanoid robot to the moon. More than just optimistically Japan also planned to build a robot base on the moon by 2020. According to report by the prime minister’s office, draft paper that has been produced by the Japanese panel shown that humanoid robot had been planned to survey the moon by 2015. The moon base will be built in the South Pole and uses solar panels to supply power. According to the boar…
Quasi is a 12 years old robot that likes to make friend with children. This robot can make a conversation with children. This robot has been travel around the world for exhibition. Just like 12 years old child Quasi like to tell about what he feels and teach something. Quasi 2.0 is a second generation of the first model Quasi 1.0. The different is that the second generation is more portable than the previous model. The mechanical system has be…
rums. They acts with moving their artificial lips, using their arms, hands, and fingers in playing the tools just like what human used to do. There are two types of Music Playing Robot by Toyota, they are the 2 legged walking model (Trumpet) and wheeled rolling model (Tuba, Trombone, Horn, and Drums). Toyota Robot Overview [youtube qyPAIpXm-nU]…
Kawasaki, as the heavy industries, creates the new Kawasaki’s palletizing robot product that is launched on July 15, 2011. This medium-sized Kawasaki’s palletizing robot named “RD80N”. RD80N is the conventional model of “FD50N” that has the further evolution of superior performance, speed, repeatability the vertical articulated robot for up to 80kg load capacity. Besides, “RD80N” has been increased in every single aspect than the previous mode…
NASA and the California Space Authority organized the 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge. Moonraker was one of the robots that join the competition. This robot was developed in Paul’s Robotic in Worchester Polytechnic Institute. This competition was held in order to create the innovation on aerospace technical industry.
November 28-December 1, 2007 at the IREX, Tokyo, TOSY unveiled their ping pong player robot, TOPIO Ping Pong. This robot attracted people attentions in this exhibition. Not only that this robot could play ping pong but also this robot came from Vietnam. This robot was designed in two years and need to be upgraded to reach the perfect accuracy in return the ball. This robot is able to play ping pong with human player. Even though need to be upgraded this robot already amazed the viewers with its ability in returning the ball,
A 37 year old Canadian Named Rob Spences regain vision of his right eye in unusual way. He tried to replace his prosthetic right eye with a battery powered video camera and a transmitter. This camera will record everything he sees in a digital video. Kosta Grammatis, John Polanski, Martin Ling, Phil Bowen and camera provider OmniVision were helping Rob in finishing this distinctive idea. It was never been done before and the basic idea of all this incredible idea was to see world in different perspective!
Tyler Jackson gleaned pieces of recycled wooded blocks and crabs over years. He is not a scavenger, but he know well how to change those crabs into a better useful stuff or even more change it into work of art. The results are wooden robots and exoskeleton robots from wood. They could not make a real movement to show their function, they are sculpture made of wooden that show cool poses. It was said to be one of thousands way to change or reduce carbon food print into a better useful stuff.
Bellow are some photos that collected from flickr that has unique characteristic. Its rare and distinctive design of doorbells. The robotic design gives a real distinctive touch on the appearance of these doorbells. Its unique with the way how the artist creates these doorbells. The eyebrows, ears, mouths, and eyes is a simple but classy. Real unique and representative to represent buildings.
A human-size robot that capable of manipulating a pool cue just like people does was designed by students of TUM (Technische Universitat Munchen). Thomas Nierhoff, Omiros Kourakos, and Sandra Hirche were students who responsible for this robot playing pool. To get this robot be able to play pool like human Thomas used dual 7-DOF arms supported with camera above the table to track balls locations. The robot was able to track the balls positions, plan its shots, and decide which ball it should take. Thomas Nierhoff’s pool robot could manage which ball is easier to be taken with percentage of goal 80% and ready to be your rival in pool.
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