Makerbot Turns Out Clean Robot Parts (Video)

Michael Overstreet posted two videos featuring a Sumobot chassis created using the Makerbot 3D printer, and the results look really professional. For a complex, relatively large, part taken right out of the Makerbot, Michael’s chassis is surprisingly good, even without any additional clean-up, sanding, or other finishing processes.

And the Makerbot cranking out the Sumobot chassis:

Posted by Lem on Mar 28, 2010 in Design, Videos | 0 comments

PICAXE MicroMouse Kit Assembly (Video)

For readers that are really interesting in micromouse robots and would like to see how an expert like Yuki Nakagawa of RT Corp assembles one, we’ve attached a UStream feed from RT featuring the PICAXE MicroMouse kit. It starts off a bit slow, but stick with it. Things start to get interesting after a few minutes.

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Posted by Lem on Mar 27, 2010 in MicroMouse, Videos | 0 comments

"We Build Fun" Florida Robotics (Video)

Florida Robotics believes “Nothing can entertain or draw a crowd like a Robot”, especially one from Florida Robotics.

Posted by Lem on Mar 27, 2010 in Misc., Music, Videos | 0 comments

"Robot, Say Ahhh!" Robot Helps Produce Better Dentists

Dental patient robot at Showa University.

This is the 3^rd generation of dental training robots developed to give students a more realistic experience. The system was jointly developed by Tmsuk and the Showa University Department of Orthodonics, School of Dentistry.

The robotic training system has been used to perform the OSCE objective clinical examination, and studies utilizing 88 students support its effectiveness.

While earlier dental robots were more simplistic, the latest generation incorporates extensive and realistic movement of the eye, eyelid, jaw, tongue, and neck while simulating real world situations like physiological responses such as gag reflex.

The instructor/examiner can trigger unexpected, yet realistic, responses like sudden sneezes, coughing, head bobbing, and saliva secretion. The robot can be setup to automatically trigger a vomit reflex when the dentist inadvertently touches the robots uvula sensor. 

Posted by Lem on Mar 26, 2010 in Weird Robots | 0 comments

Collectible Mini R/C Robots Under $10 (Video)

Senario unveiled their new line of collectible mini R/C Zibits robots at the 2010 Toy Fair and is in the process of rolling them out in stores now. The cute little robots come in 12 different designs and have a list price of $9.99.

We took one of the Zibits for a test drive and liked what we saw.

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Posted by Lem on Mar 26, 2010 in Design, Videos, Weird Robots | 1 comment