Posts Tagged Sensors
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Qbo: Artificial Intelligence at Home
Another open-source platform is currently on the rise. The Corpora, is opening up its doors to robot enthusiasts and developers alike to make enhancements to their Qbo robot. Qbo, is an artificial intelligent robot purposely built for home use. Initially, the creator (name not revealed yet) p...
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Japanese robo-suit promises superpowers for greying farmers
Professor Shigeki Toyama and his team developed the power-enhancing suit at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.The metal-and-plastic exoskeleton has eight electric motors that amplify the strength of the wearer's arms and legs. It responds to commands through a voice-recognition ...
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TINYWAVE Bipedal Hobby Robot Now Available
TINYWAVE was developed by Jeon chang-hoon, Chamipon of ROBO-ONE KOREA and Tomio Sugiura, famous for robot builder of ROBO-ONE GP Robot, Dynamyzer. The constructed products are made from SUGIURA MACHINE DESIGN OFFICE. TINYWAVE is a 33cm (13″) tall bipedal hobby robot weighing 1.45kg (inclu...
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Segway RMP bots used for sniper target practice
These target bots from Marathon Robotics, have Segway RMP bases with half-mannequins on top that respond to being shot by toppling over. The robots are programmed to wander around randomly, and when one goes down, the rest scatter. This unique system was designed in conjunction with the Australi...
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Big Dog – The Most Advanced Rough-Terrain Robot On Earth
Big Dog is a rough-terrain robot specially designed to run, walk, climb and carry heavy loads. It is powered by an engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. Big Dog’s size is about 3feet long, 2.5feet tall and weighs around 240lbs. It has four distinct legs that are like an animal’s a...
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Emotional Robot FEELIX Has Empathy
A robot that can distinguish human emotions was developed by the European Feelix Growing project. The overall aim of this project is the interdisciplinary investigation of socially situated development from a global or integrated viewpoint. It is said that robots are incorporated in human’s e...
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Earthquake Detecting Robot Developed by Indian Student
The earthquake detecting robot performs a useful purpose and looks fierce while doing so. The devastating earthquake that struck his native State, and the recent earthquake in Haiti prompted Hiren Patel and a group of student from J T Engineering College in Gujarat, India, to develop a robot that...
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Japan Exposed Their Supermodel Robot HRP-4C
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology brought to the public their latest supermodel robot, HRP-4C. HRP-4C may be not as graceful as Cindy Crawford but this talking and walking girlbot can do the catwalk with some other models. HRP-4C which cost about $2 ...
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Boston Dynamics Big Dog: A Multi-Terrain Robot
Does it freak you out? Don't mind looking for the head, it's probably placed somewhere covered by the heavy loads on it's back. Big Dog is an amazing runner. You have to watch the video to see how a magnificent runner it is, even in difficult terrains. Big Dog is Boston Dynamics' rough-terrain ro...
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Unmanned Robo-Forklift Keeps Humans Out of Danger
Forklifts and other industrial mobile transport systems rely on humans to operate manually. The operators would normally maneuver these machines to load pallets of supplies and materials. Similarly, forklifts are used in loading supplies and materials in a war zone which always put the lives operato...
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What is the effect of different sensor sizes?
Medic123456789 asked: I see cameras advertised as full frame sensors. I understand that there is a difference in sizes and that most digital cameras have smaller than full frame sensors and that this causes an issue with focal magnification. What I don't understand is why it matters? What's the r...