ROBOTS DREAMS

Beer pouring robot instructional video (Video)

Important operating instructions: Always wear protective gear when operating your beer pouring robot!

Additional caution: Never run the risk of getting a RWI (Roboting While Intoxicated) citation…

Imagination+wheelchair+cake_cover=snow blowing robot

Take an old motorized wheelchair base, some electronics, remote control, a cheap plastic cake cover dome, plus a lot of imagination and dedication and the result is a snow blowing robot. :)

Snow blowing robot

[From the Robots Dreams iPhone]

Robot Artist Festival in Takamatsu scheduled

There’s what looks like a totally awesome Robot Artist Festival scheduled for February 21^st in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. The event is generating a tremendous amount of interest in the area and the organizers reported that the first block of 800 tickets quickly sold out.

In addition to robot demonstrations, a robotic petting zoo, and exhibitions of robot artist works, the day’s agenda includes major presentations by leading experts on virtual reality (Dr. Sidney Fels ? ArtiSynth), play robot factory, robot speech and drawing, and anime robots.

Wish GoRobotics Happy Birthday, and Win Prizes!

One of our favorite robot blogs, GoRobotics, is 10 years old and to celebrate the happy occasion they’ve lined up some great sponsors like SuperDroid Robots, Apress, Pololu, and Trossen Robotics.

Each one of the companies has ponied up some great prizes that will be given away in a random drawing. The January ‘contest’ closes right at the end of the month, US Eastern Standard Time, and there are already 44 entries, so hurry on over and toss your hat, or your favorite robot, in the ring.

Innovati Robotinno humanoid on deck (Video)

The postman rang the doorbell with a delivery this morning. Within a few minutes we had the package open, the new innovati Robotinno humanoid robot powered up, and started streaming video of it terrorizing one of our dogs, Maxie.