Saturday, October 31, 2020

Happy Halloween 2020 from R.U.S.

 Happy Halloween 2020 from Robotics Under the Stole! 













and not strictly robotic, but shared with love... 

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

How it's Made

 In my opinion, Parallax, Inc. makes the finest, most beautiful boards in the industry. This is amazing.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

From the Forbidden Planet Aisle at Walmart

 

Today, we stopped a Walmart to get some groceries for our son. There it was - The Walmart Christmas sales catalog! As I made a quick look through, "what to my wondering eyes should appear?" THIS!

UPDATE: Snagged one on the Forbidden Planet aisle at our local store! It is worth every penny. Great sound and lights, walks, talks, and wiggles. Even the box is really cool. Photos and video below...




Scantily clad Anne Francis,1950's alien women, and Leslie Nielson BEWARE!


Order yours - click here.

UPDATE: Sending one of these to my roboticist pal, Carol Lynn Hazlett - Trick or Treat!

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Intel's OpenBot

Intel's OpenBot wants to make robots out of smartphones. Read about it here at IEEE Spectrum.


If you’d like an OpenBot of your own, you don’t need to know all that much about robotics hardware or software. Just click on the link.

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Poimo Portable Inflatable E-bike

Here’s an update on the Poimo portable inflatable mobility project we wrote about a little while ago; while not strictly robotics, it seems like it holds some promise for rapidly developing different soft structures that robotics might find useful.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020