077.R62.LittleDog’ Robot
LittleDog’ Robot. The Last Time we Saw the “LittleDog”, we Called him “Cute”. Now, here he is Nearly a Year Later and as you Can See, DARPA’s Experimental Robot Dog, Has Gotten a Lot More Graceful, Even Over the Rockiest of Terrain. Now, we Can Justifiably Call him Something between Uncanny and Scary. Most of […]
076.R61.Jumping robot
Jumping robot. Jumping and Rolling Robot Can Handle Any Terrain. Rhodri Armour, a PhD student from the University of Bath, has invented a robot that he hopes will be a model for future space exploration and land surveying robots. Called the Jollbot, it’s a spherical robot that rolls over smooth terrain and jumps “like a […]
075.R60.Micro air vehicle
Micro air vehicle. A video camera with wings is the way this little Micro Air Vehicle has been described (although no wings are in sight). It is set to become a part of some soldiers kit bags to help them do a little recon before heading into battle. >link
074.R59.Grasshoppers
Jumping Micro-robot Inspired By Grasshoppers. Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL are unveiling a novel, grasshopper-inspired jumping robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation May 21 in Pasadena, California. >link >video >video
071.R58.Omni whell
Omni wheels or poly wheels, similar to mecanum wheels, are wheels with small discs around the circumference which are perpendicular to the rolling direction. The effect is that the wheel will roll with full force, but will also slide laterally with great ease. These wheels are often employed in holonomic drive systems. A platform employing […]
070.R57. BuckyBalls
BuckyBalls es un divertido juego magnético formado por 216 pequeñas bolas de metal. Con estas bolitas, podrás realizar toda clase de formas, rompecabezas y objetos que se te ocurran. Lo sencillo del planteamiento del juego y cantidad de posibilidades que ofrece. >link >youtube
069.R56. Micro robot magnético volador
Los investigadores de la Universidad de Waterloo, en Ontario, han creado un micro robot que es capaz de volar mediante la utilización de campos magnéticos. Gracias a un arreglo de electroimanes, el pequeño dispositivo de solo un gramo de peso es capaz de moverse en cualquier dirección y girar sobre los tres ejes espaciales. >link
068.R55. Lazer SuperSkin
Skin biomimicry applied to helmet design. With over 80% of fatal motorcycle accidents due to head trauma, rotational head injury is currently seen as the greatest cause of brain damage or death for motorcyclists involved in road accidents. Manufactured by Lazer Designs and designed by U.K.-based Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), a new helmet design promises […]
067.R54. Robot biomimicry
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley are convinced they are offering a breakthrough in robot design. Their study of living organisms has offered insights which they’ve adapted to the world’s first robotic cockroach, or, Robo Roach. Graham discovers how the ingenuity of nature may help develop technology that could finally bring about the robot […]
066.R53. Sharkskin Inspired Material
Biomimicry in Medicine: Sharkskin-Inspired Material Stops Bacterial Breakouts. Image via PopSci Sharklet Technologies, a Florida-based biotech company, has figured out a way to capitalize on shark skin – specifically on the way parasites and bacteria can’t stick to sharks. >link
065.R52. Cockroach
…These researchers have used biomimicry of the cockroach, one of nature’s most successful species, to design and build sprawl-legged robots that can move very quickly (up to five body-lengths per second). In addition, these robots are very good at manoeuvring in changing terrain, and can continue forward motion when encountering hip-height obstacles or uphill and […]
064.R51. Stickybot
Este robot escalador es la última versión de StickyBot de Stanford, pesa tres cientos gramos y puede subir un cristal a cuatro centÃmetros por segundo. Es impresionante como el robot suelta sus dedos del pie similar a como lo hacen las verdaderas salamandras. Uno de los problemas más grandes para los desarrolladores, ha sido tratar […]
