monkeys, computers, ukuleles, robots, games. What's not to like?

28 Mar 11 Flying Robot Bird shits SD cards

well, actually it doesnt.. But its still pretty bloody cool

This bionic technology-bearer, which is inspired by the herring gull, can start, fly and land autonomously — with no additional drive mechanism. Its wings not only beat up and down, but also twist at specific angles. This is made possible by an active articulated torsional drive unit, which in combination with a complex control system attains an unprecedented level of efficiency in flight operation. Festo has thus succeeded for the first time in creating an energy-efficient technical adaptation of this model from nature.

Filed in Robots with 0 Comments

08 Dec 09 8th Day of Xmas: 2 Insanely accurate motion controlled robotss

Tags: Robots

04 Dec 09 4th Day of Xmas: 1 Robot Tweeting

Tags: Computers, robot, twitter

Filed in Computers, Robots with 0 Comments

01 Dec 09 1st Day of Xmas: 10 Robots Dancing

Tags: dancing, Robots

Filed in Robots with 0 Comments

25 Nov 09 Dance of the bots

The Nutcracker performed by Dancing Kiva Order Fulfillment Robots

Tags: dancing, Robots

Filed in Robots with 0 Comments

20 Nov 09 Robot Fairy ‘Lovies’ in Shakespeare play

Check this out..

Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent.

Amy Hopper, the play’s director, cast one autonomous, military-grade flying robot and five smaller remote control devices as fairies in Shakespeare’s comedy. “To see them flying, spinning and bouncing through the air just adds to the magic and mystery of the world Shakespeare created,” she explained.

I must admit that i find this short clip AMAZING, especially the point where the ‘fairy’ lands on the actresses hand.

I for one welcome our new robot fairy ‘lovies’

Link via Gizmodo

Tags: Robots, Tiny Robots

Filed in Robots with 0 Comments

11 Nov 09 Roomba Pac-Man

Clever chaps make their own version of Pac-man using Roomba vacuum cleaners, computers, paper & sticky tape.

visit the project website here – http://pacman.elstonj.com/

Tags: Computers, Games, pac man, Robots

Filed in Computers, Games, Robots with 0 Comments

09 Nov 09 Giant Robot FTW t-shirt

Cool T-shirt today from Teefury. For those who havent heard of them before, Teefury sell excellent, strictly time-limited runs of t-shirts for only $9. But the catch is that you only have 24 hours to buy – once they’re gone, they’re gone forever!!

Keep checking the site for new shirts – http://www.teefury.com/

Tags: Giant Robots, Robots, tshirt

Filed in Robots with 0 Comments

28 Oct 09 Food moving robots extravaganza!!

Many years ago when I was a student, I worked in a Pie Factory during the summer. One of the mind numbingly tedious tasks I had to do for 12 hours a day was taking pies off one conveyor belt, and putting them on to another, where some other poor bloke would pack them. At the time i remember thinking – “Surely there are robots who could do this kind of shit job?”

Well apparently, these days there are!!

First up, POPPADUMS!!!

(those badboys are fragile, so thats no mean feat!)