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I Am Concept Video by Tronic Studio
Tronic recently created a great concept video showing reprogrammable matter. The video is described, “The title comes from the animals’ declaration of who they are. Each animal says, “I AM the elephant” and “I AM the horse” and it’s through language that they are reinforcing their physicality and their place in the world.”
1 Comment »Soft Morphing Blob by iRobot
I was recently at thefirst architecture robotics conference in Orlando and discussing “jamming” prototypes with Cornell phd students. The prototypes I saw were about the size of a quarter and looked quite structural. iRobot is currently developing a soft ball robot that can inflate and move via the “jamming” phenomena. iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. More info can be viewed on the IEEE website.
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Amazing SpiderBot Prototype by Dr. Amir Shapiro
An interesting video from the Ben Gurion University Deparment of Mechanical Engineering Robotics Lab. It shows an “underconstrained cable suspended robot capable of maneuvering from one stance space to another by clinging to new contact points.” The robot actually shoots “webs” like Spiderman that adhere to surfaces and allow the robot to move around while suspended. There’s not a lot of information to be found but what we do know is that the researchers are interested in motion planning. Among the researchers credited in the video are Dr. Amir Shapiro, Alon Capua, Yoav Tov, and Nati Michaeli.
No Comments »NanoRobots Making Pseudo Human Skin/Flesh
Interesting NanoRobots that make Human Skin and Flesh. Live demonstrations evidencing synthetic skin and pseudo human flesh produced by bionanotechnology: http://www.mogulus.com/Morgellons_Bro… and www.quantumpowerbroadcast.com
1 Comment »Nanobots Interacting with Bacteria
Amazing nanorobots interacting with bacteria. Read more about this project on the website. Other information and great projects can be found on the website for the Laboratoire de Nanorobotique.
No Comments »Sarcos Suit
Raytheon Company’s research facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, is developing a robotic suit for the soldier of tomorrow. The exoskeleton is essentially a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance and agility. Reminiscent of super heroes depicted in comic books and Hollywood movies, the bleeding edge technology effectively blurs the lines between science fiction and reality. So much so, that Popular Science magazine recently likened Raytheon’s exoskeleton to the “Iron Man”® depicted in the blockbuster movie of the same name. via Raytheon’s website
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