Robot Mouth

Is it me, or do they have the vowel sounds down. Now if they can just get the sounds that are made with the lips and tongue down. Won't be long and they will have this thing singing.

Clothes Folding Robot

Notes from YouTube; Project was led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard working with Professor Pieter Abbeel. The video is shown at 50X speed. More details can be found in the paper at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pabbeel/papers/Maitin-ShepardCusumano-TownerLeiAbbeel_ICRA2010.pdf

Robot SmackDown Video

Notes from YouTube; A compilation of 2 hours of video filmed at Robo-One 2010 in Kawasaki, Japan.

WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi Robotic WebCam

WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic WebCam

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Product Description - WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic WebCam Access your home from anywhere in the world with the Rovio Robotic WebCam! Rovio detects your computer settings for you and guides you though the process. Let Rovio roam freely and see its point of view directly on your PC using its Wi-Fi remote controlled webcam. Interactive audio and video will stream from Rovio directly to your PC. See and hear exactly what Rovio sees and hears, on your screen, anywhere in the world. Store location points so that Rovio can navigate itself around the home, without you having to control each step. Rovio will always have power, even when you are not there to recharge it. At the touch of a button you can send Rovio back to the recharge base using its self-docking capabilities, even if you are not at home! Specifications WiFi connectivity/ 802.11g/ also works with 802.11b devices Rechargable batteries included One recharge station LED illumination 3x wheel motors 3x omni-directional wheels 1x camera motor 1x VGA CMOS sensor 1x speaker 1x built-in microphone System Requirements PC compatible computer with a minimum Pentium 3 processor or equivalent Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems 256MB of RAM USB Wireless Access Point device connected to PC High speed internet connection Internet Explorer 6 or higher required for two way audio feature

Shimon the Improvising Robot Marimba Player

Notes from YouTube;

Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology new robotic head for Shimon the marimba playing robot. Nodding @ 67 BPM

Robot design and programming:
Guy Hoffman
http://www.guyhoffman.com/

Robot design and construction:
Roberto Aimi, Alium Labs
http://www.aliumlabs.com/

The Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology:
http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/
Director: Gil Weinberg

Notes from YouTube;

ZOOZbeat Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg will jam live from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 emerging technologies conference in Yokohama, Japan December 16-19, 2009 with Shimon; a perceptual and improvisational autonomous robotic marimba player he created at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.

Robot Rangoli

Neat little implimentation of an artistic robot. I love the robot that comes after and cleans up.



Notes from YouTube: This iRobot Create application uses inkjet printer parts to draw bitmap patterns on the floor with various colored powders. It is based on an Indian tradition where colorful decorative artwork is created in front of houses and places of worship.

Wiimote+Roomba=Wiimba !

A possible future for vacuums. If vacuum cleaners do not go the full robot rout, there may be a future for them as remote control devices. Check out this video, for an example.

Robot Ball Thrower for Your Dog.

You have to love it when people come up with cool gadgets. We all should have a robot ball throwing machine like the one shown here. I mean I don't even have a dog but I want one of these.

Jerry needs no help playing with his ball.