Ballu is a cool robot presented by Dennis Hong from UCLA’s RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) at the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots. BALLU is the acrorym for Buoyancy Assisted…
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Nintendo Switch is Nitendo’s new Home Gaming System with Portable Mode
In an introductory video released today , Nintendo provided the first glimpse of its new home gaming system and revealed that it is called Nintendo Switch. In addition to providing single and…
Anki’s Cozmo is a Smart, Playful, and Adorable Toy Robot. Cozmo Robot is now available in Amazon
San Francisco-based company Anki has started selling its palm-sized robot named Cozmo. It will be available for $180. Cozmo is charming, a bit mischievous, and unpredictable. He recognizes and remembers you. He…
Roboats – MIT to Test Self-driving Boats in Amsterdam
As self-driving cars hit the road, autonomous boats are entering Amsterdam’s canals. The ‘roboat’ project — a research collaboration between MIT and AMS, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions — seeks…
Safe Swarm Robotics: Team of Robots Learns to Work Together, Without Colliding
When roboticists create behaviors for teams of robots, they first build algorithms that focus on the intended task. Then they wrap safety behaviors around those primary algorithms to keep the machines from…