Make: Believe // The Fenn Robot (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:Ian Danforth introduce the Fenn, the living (robotic) embodiment of an alien creature from a children's book he has written. He created the robot to engaged with children and adults with a forward facing camera, various sensors, and soon, touch sensitive skin. Ian and the Fenn will be at Maker Faire Bay Area May 18-19, 2013.
By MAKE
Make: Believe // Images in Motion: Puppetry to 3D Printing (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:Kamela Portuges and Lee Armstrong have been making puppets and performing together for over 25 years. Armstrong, who'd gotten her big puppetry break on Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, met talented sculptor Portuges at a puppet festival; the two soon combined their talents to create their Sonoma, Calif., studio, Images in Motion. Since then, they've been steadily producing TV shows, commercials, and live performances, as well as lending their expertise to major studios and toy companies. Perhaps most memorably, you may have seen their marionettes in the movie Being John Malkovich; director Spike Jonze sought Portuges specifically after seeing the line of celebrity toys she'd sculpted. Watch Portuges and Armstrong's puppets in motion, learn how they keep the ancient art of puppetry current with an infusion of 3D printing technology, then visit the Make: Believe page for effects tutorials and even more ways to blur the line between dreams and reality. ++++++++ Tune in to MAKE's series about the people who bring fantasy to life. We spotlight miniature-making, sculpting, molding, figure-modding, latex mask-making, and much more with tutorials, interviews, reviews, and good stories. http://www.makezine.com/go/believe
By MAKE
SOINN artificial brain can now use the internet to learn new things #DigInfo (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:A group at Tokyo Institute of Technology, led by Dr. Osamu Hasegawa, has succeeded in making further advances with SOINN, their machine learning algorithm, which can now use the internet to learn how to perform new tasks. The system, which is under development as an artificial brain for autonomous mental development robots, is currently being used to learn about objects in photos using image searches on the internet. It can also take aspects of other known objects and combine them to make guesses about objects it doesn't yet recognize. (http://www.diginfo.tv/v/13-0032-r-en.php) 25/4/2013 Tokyo Institute of Technology DigInfo TV - http://www.diginfo.tv Robot That Can Learn, Think And Act By Itself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2TTslf_YM)
By Diginfonews
Dunebot eyes-on | Engadget (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:Subscribe To Engadget Today: http://bit.ly/YA7pDT Watch More Engadget Video Here: http://goo.gl/mMdoa Cornell University may be the host of the Cornell Cup competition, but that doesn't mean it can't bring its own robots to join in on the fun. This year, students brought along a few bots, dubbed dunebots, outfitted with all-terrain wheels and equipped with laser tag turrets. Read our full eyes-on with the Dunebot here: http://goo.gl/rbMBv Engadget provides the web's best consumer electronics & gadgets coverage. Launched in 2004 by former Gizmodo editor and co-founder Peter Rojas, Engadget now covers the latest mobile devices, computers, TVs, laptops, personal electronics, hardware, tablets, and cameras. Engadget's video property is a part of the AOL On Network. Get More Engadget: Read: http://engt.co/YZHYeP Like: http://on.fb.me/YZI4mL Follow: http://bit.ly/YFfj0L
By engadget
Grinder Robot Simulator in Visual Python (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:This is a short clip showing my new robot simulator, written in visual python. The Inverse Kinematics calculations from my main robot python program are fed into the simulator, showing me what the robot's legs will do while the code runs, meaning I don't need to be running the robot to develop and debug the code. Read more about Grinder at www.gotrobots.com/grinder/ - the simulator code is up at www.gotrobots.com/grinder/simulator/
By Nick Donaldson
iRobot’s Robust Robotic Hand (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:Robot hand developed by iRobot as part of DARPA's ARM program. Learn more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/irobot-smashes-its-new-robotic-hand-with-baseball-bat
By spectrummag
Will 3D Printing Change the World? | Off Book | PBS (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:Much attention has been paid to 3D Printing lately, with new companies developing cheaper and more efficient consumer models that have wowed the tech community. They herald 3D Printing as a revolutionary and disruptive technology, but how will these printers truly affect our society? Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based. From at-home repairs to new businesses, from medical to ecological developments, 3D Printing has an undeniably wide range of possibilities which could profoundly change our world. This video includes copyright material from http://www.explainingthefuture.com You can learn more about 3D printing on the ExplainingTheFuture channel at http://www.youtube.com/explainingthefuture Featuring: Sam Cervantes, CEO of Solidoodle http://www.solidoodle.com/ Carine Carmy, Shapeways http://www.shapeways.com/ Michael Weinberg, Public Knowledge http://www.publicknowledge.org/ Joseph Flaherty, WIRED.com http://www.wired.com/ 3D Printing Footage Sources: 1) Mashable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTPu3zR9HM 2) Mitchell Leben, BusyBotz 3D Printing http://www.youtube.com/user/BusyBotz http://www.busybotz.com 3) BromptonWorld - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxjLpu2BvY 4) stratasysfdm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoZ2BgPVtA0 5) Lisa281977 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbwezHQtAc 6) CNETTV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3NGzO_pPQY 7) Glenn Langton - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c84vkL7qbU
Melanie Gonick, MITNews - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nFyuxGEhzY
9) Fred Hagemeister - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etw4XUmIn9s
10) SketchySam123 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhULZQaT-Hs
11) ExplainingTheFuture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-E6vRfnijw AND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D749wZSlb0
12) Maureen Kerr - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjEa_4VpB7I
13) 3dprintingsystems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EWWt93Fxls
14) soscomponents - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCkU3ifAgkA
15) ObjetGeometries - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67cev_zcXJw AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmDz7Q9_h6c
16) John Ecker, GeoDroidJohn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNM53qLQCk
17) Guus Eldering - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JXWgm7_mI
18) Mishkin Berteig - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81qKk3S8KA
19) T3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-4rt_6wDo
20) cacmcrew - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyBJnzg-ik
21) Vik Olliver - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auKLBw5P9bQ
22) pp3dp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl0F2BZuuII
23) Amanda Ghassaei - https://vimeo.com/56017345
24) Jon Bondy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXJFibjAkgA
25) Globetechnology (NAPSTER DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSpzW8bkkPc
26) UnivPennsylvania - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHFlwJQIkE
27) appworld7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd2Nq0fDjQ8
28) TEDtalksDirector - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SfRgg9botI
29) Choc Edge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FUq_2IU2Uo AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDEdGhE2dUk
30) Diginfonews - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUsCPO7poY8
31) VPROBacklight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC7vrwbksrw
32) FunTheoryVideos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aghzpO_UZE
33) onshoulders - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqhq5p6cKpM
34) mrmatz408 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU3KAo3aXWs
Music:
CMA,"Chasing Dreams" - http://soundcloud.com/ezx-dubstep/cma-chasing-dreams-full
Sacred, "Speed of Light" - http://soundcloud.com/sacred989/speed-of-light
AudioPad, "Grafit - Be Free", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxwfeVdgG_Y&list=UUw-i0xtpZQN7Rtx8qcj9rpw&index=11
Dexter Britain, "Beyond The Finish Line", http://soundcloud.com/dexterbritain/beyond-the-finish-line
Sacred, "Flying High" - http://soundcloud.com/sacred989/flying-high
et_, "3.0" - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/765218/3.0
Binarpilot, "Goof" - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/7586/goof
AKAJULES, "Back" - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/120961/back
More Off Book:
Our video on The Art of Illustration http://youtu.be/ZPQ-8Kty8X4
Our short documentary on The Rise of Competitive Gaming & E-Sports http://youtu.be/GpO76SkpaWQ
We took a look at What's The Deal With Internet Comedy? http://youtu.be/LhmhbjuL2HQ
We Celebrated The Art of Creative Coding http://youtu.be/eBV14-3LT-g
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Grant Imahara gets a taco by copter at RoboGames 2013 (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:**VIEWER WARNING: A number of Taco Bell Doritos Locos tacos WERE harmed in the making of this video (many eaten, a few "chopped").** The guys at Mad Lab Industries are at it again, now with a Pro Level Hex-copter custom built platform. This time they didn't add legs or anything like that this time... They decided to make Taco-slinging Copter. After a few quick ideas and a Lexan graciously donated by a nearby booth, Mad Lab Industries team quickly modified the Camera system on their Grasshopper Hexacopter with a delivery tray. Then we started dropping tacos on unsuspecting attendees at RoboGames 2013! Luckily, Grant Imahara managed to take a break from judging the event so he could try an airborne taco. He was not disappointed. ---------- http://madlabindustries.com/ https://twitter.com/MLICopters https://www.facebook.com/MadLabIndustries
By MadLabIndustries
Robocup German Open 2013: Semi-Finals, NaoTeam HTWK vs SPQR 2nd Half (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:NaoTeam HTWK in red SPQR in blue
By naoteamhtwk
Robots teach communication to kids with autism (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:The learning tools, made by French company Aldebaran Robotics, are being used to teach children with autism about the subtleties of human communication and emotion and to bring them out of their shells in the classroom. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
By AldebaranRobotics
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