Usually, we issue a Virtual Machine (VM) with ROS preinstalled for each ROS release. This time, we decided to issue two VMs for ROS Indigo: a 32 bits version and a 64 bits one. Depending on the amount of resources you are willing to allocate to the virtual machine, you pick one version or the […]
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Getting Started with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) also known as Drones is among the hottest topics in robotics. These flying robots can have different shapes, but they often often look like RC planes or helicopters with one or more rotors (typically four with quad-rotors or quadcopters). The difference with RC aircrafts is that UAVs exhibit at least some […]
Neato Botvac 85 vs. Roomba 880
Update: Checkout our review of BotVac Connected the latest robotic vacuum from Neato Robotics and how it compares to the Roomba 980 by iRobot. Neato revealed no less than four new robotic vacuums: the Botvac series. Sounds cool. But, let’s see how they actually compare to the market leader: Roomba. In this review, we compare […]
Giant Robot Slippers with Sound
Fathers’ day is really close and you still don’t have a gift yet for your robot fan? Here is a cool one. Buy him these giant robot slippers for approximatively $45. Beside the robotic look these slippers do also make sound. The video below shows that it can be really funny. Characteristics: • Adults – One […]
PiBot: The Raspberry Pi-Based Robot
Give the maker community a board with computing power and IO ports and you’ll get a robot not before too long. This already happened in the Arduino community. We eventually got the Arduino Robot which even has its own competition now. The Raspberry Pi community is walking down the same path with many projects related […]
First Trailer of the Big Hero 6 Movie by Disney
This movie is the first 3D animation by Disney adapted from a Marvel’s comics since its acquisition in 2009. The story is about a young roboticists Hiro who fights a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the city of San Fransokyo. He joins forces with his home made robot Baymax. The trailer (see video below) […]
Jimmy the 3D Printed Open Source Humanoid Robot Alternative to Nao
There is no doubt that the future of robotics is 3D printing and open-source license for both software and hardware. Such robots are already a reality as we had already reported. This group of alternatives to Nao the humanoid from Aldebaran Robotics has grown a little more bigger with advent of Jimmy (see Videos 1, […]
A Robot Walks into a Bar (Movie)
In his novels, Asimov had already explored a variety of ways to interpret his three laws of robotics. Still, Alex Rivera manages to explore yet another interesting way of understanding the first law. In the great short movie “A Robot Walks into a Bar”, the main character is a robotic bartender who struggles with the […]
Playmate Robot
Remember the cool robotic teddy bear from the AI movie, this is exactly the kind of robot that every child and so many grown ups would like to have. Many roboticists professional or hobbyists work to make this dream come true, and build a robotic playful friend. Here are some cool videos featuring robots and […]
A.I. the Movie with So Many Cool Robots
The Artificial Intelligence (A. I.) movie is a project initially started by Stanly Kubrick and eventually finished by Steven Spielberg after Kubrick’s death. Based very loosely on “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss, this movie plot relates the adventures of David, the first “mecha” (i.e. a robot) designed to experience love. He “is […]