Posted on May 18, 2007 at 2:40 PM in round-ups
Note: The below is an archived entry from Earthling, formerly EarthLink's official blog. The blog itself has been decommissioned and is no longer updated, and comments are trackbacks are no longer accepted.
Owing in small part to the impressive results of Helio's recent human-bot collaboration on the Ocean, I've ratcheted up my watch on all things robot. I'm now following blogs like Robots Dreams and Robot Gossip, and keeping my eye on some Google blog searches. Here are some highlights of the collected goodies I keep in the myFavorites tag robotstuff:
- Clocky Robot Alarm Clock - "Almost immediately after the alarm sounds, Clocky springs into action. His wheels drive him forward and back until he inevitably falls off your nightstand and begins freewheeling through your bedroom, until you manage to snag him and shut off the alarm. Watch your toes!"
- Glowbots Change Their Look Based On Interactions - "When the GlowBot is reintroduced to its robot colleauges, it starts to mingle with them and share its new pattern. The other robots are affected by it and start to evolve their own patterns and share them with their neighbors in turn. To observers, the effect is like sowing a seed that spreads among the robot population as they move around.“
- Retired Robots - Where MIT robotics projects go to hang out and play Wii for the rest of their robotic lives.
- Robot Army To Descend On NYC - "...artist Javier Tellez will unleash his army of minitature robots for a parade down NYC city streets. If that weren't already enough, our toy robot overlords will be holding placards written in collaboration with inmates of mental hospitals."
- Robots And Monsters: A Charitable Menagerie - "RobotsAndMonsters.org is a charitable art project which matches goodwill and charitable giving with custom-made commissioned cartoon and pop art. Giving just a little bit gets an original drawing of a robot or a monster of your specification sent to your door.." Count me in.
- Can Animatronics Make PowerPoint Interesting? - "On May 18, buildup Co., Ltd. unveiled the Tamanoi Vinegar Robot, the world’s first robot designed to make presentations about vinegar." The promotional video does look a lot more fun than PowerPoint.