Robotics on TFTS

Thanks to the boffins at the Bristol Robotics Lab and the University of Sheffield, who have jointly developed the SCRATCHbot (which, incidentally, stands for Spatial Cognition and Representation through Active TouCh), those trapped in burning buildings could soon see themselves …

Whether we like it or not (or chose to admit it) we often find ourselves projecting our own interests on our children in the hope that they’ll develop interests in a similar vain to our own and, if you’re a …

Fashion and catwalk models the world over were (not) said to be (not) quaking in their boots high heels today (think of those frown lines, darlings) following the demonstration of a new humanoid robot, known merely, and somewhat seductively, as …

WowWee, who are no strangers either to the site or TFTS Towers, have detailed a new model in their ever expanding range of robotic devices in the form of the WowWee Spyball which serves as a robotic webcam (more of …

Trossen Robotic’s MechRC Humanoid Robot, which comes pre-assembled – or what Trossen Robotic’s bill as being as being ‘ready-to-walk’ - and which boasts 17 separate servos resulting in the MechRC being capable of enacting over one hundred pre-loaded actions out …

The Japanese robotics company HPI have announced their latest robot kit, following on from the G-ROBOTS GR-001, the G-Dog which utilises the same components as the aforementioned robot and which is set to retail for around €550.

As of this Friday, if you happen to live in Japan you’ll be able to rent robotic Hybrid Assistive Limbs (HALs) – in particular, robotic assistive legs – from a Tokyo based company called Cyberdyne which have been designed to …

Whilst Erector’s Spykee robot was scheduled to have been released back last October, only subsequently to put in a no-show, the good news for those looking to get their hands on the Erector Spykee Wi-Fi Spy Robot is that it’s …

For those of you into building Mindstorms NXT robots – which is far removed from mere childs play – you may be interested to know that Lego have now released two Mindstorms NXT accessories in the form of a Mindstorms …

Following on from our post concerning Steve Moore’s AirRemote iPhone application that serves to allow your iPhone to control everything from AV equipment to being the central control unit of a complete home automation setup, UC Berkeley has just announced …

Boston Dynamics have released new, remarkable video footage of their robotic quadruped ‘pack mule’ in action showing just how far developed this DARPA funded robot’s sense of balance has developed – even to the extent that it can maintain its …