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January/February 2010
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The DARwin 4 humanoid created at RoMeLa for Robocup autonomous team soccer competition. Photo provided courtesy of Dr. Dennis Hong, RoMeLa, Virginia Tech.
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November/December 2009
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Jaemi Hubo is a 51-inch tall humanoid currently residing at Drexel University’s Autonomous Systems Laboratories (DASL) in Philadelphia. Created by the (South) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist), the robot is at DASL as part of a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation. See Richard Silverman’s fascinating story on this humanoid on page 36. Photo by Roy Gross.
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September/October 2009
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Raytheon’s exoskeleton is a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance and agility. Find out more in Future Bytes, page 90. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Company, www.raytheon.com.
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July/August 2009
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Robby the Robot has been a symbol of robotic intelligence for decades. See Machine Intelligence by Dr. Jim Gouge, page 54, for one hobbyist’s vision of the future of artificial intelligence in robotics. This replica was created by Fred Barton Productions and shot by Cynthia Ehlinger of the Bruce Museum.
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May/June 2009
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QA from Anybots.com is a telepresence robot that presages the future of virtual travel and global interactive communication via the Web.
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March/April 2009
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Perhaps the best-loved movie robot in history, R2D2 has delighted millions since it appeared in the first “Star Wars” movie in 1977. Hasbro’s interactive R2D2 responds to voice commands and ably captures this complex character’s personality and quirks.
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Scarab, a robot designed at Carnegie Mellon University for lunar prospecting, is seen on trial runs in June 2008 at Moses Lake in Washington state. The four-wheeled robot will trek to different sites on the moon using a Canadian-built drill to obtain a one-meter geologic core at each site. See Jim Oberg’s “Robot Moon Fleet on the Horizon”. |
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November/December
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RoboBuilder is an actuator-based robot kit that can be a biped or a quadruped. Its smart servos feature PID motion control, and options include distance detection, sound detection, a speaker system and much more. See Del Schier's review of this refined, competitively priced robot from Trossen Robotics starting on page 42.
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September/October
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The U.S. Army’s Multipurpose Logistics Vehicle (MULE).
Illustration rendered by Francis X. Govers III. |
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July/August
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Mike’s Toy House reproduction of
“Mr. Atomic,” which was originally manufactured in Japan in 1962. Suggesting a space capsule with its controls, this robot reflects the history of technology, as do many in our roundup of classic robots.
Photo by Cynthia Ehlinger, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.
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Spring
2008
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Futaba RBT-1:
The fastest humanoid yet!
Photo by Walter Sidas. |
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Winter
2007
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The TOMY i-SOBOT—a fully functional humanoid with 17 degrees of freedom and an expected street price of $299—balances on one foot while waving and making a comment.
Photo by Lem Fugitt. |
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Fall
2007
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The RS Media from WowWee tracks an object to its left.
Photo by Walter Sidas. |
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Summer 2007
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The VECNA Battle-Field Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) marks a new era in robotics in which life-size humanoids will save lives by searching for and rescuing people. Learn more in the magazine. Photo by Walter Sidas. |
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Spring
2007
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CrustCrawler Nomad HDATS - 3DOF hexapod experimenter's and teaching platform. Photo by Walter Sidas. |
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Winter 2006
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The Robotis Bioloid stands tall. This capable humanoid, marketed by Trossen Robotics, features networked, intelligent servos, see page 26. Photo by Walter Sidas. |
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Fall
2006
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Hitec Robotics new ROBONOVA-1 robot is the most advanced Robo-One category offering we have seen yet. It has a generous suite of extra I/O’s for expansion and hacking. |
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Summer 2006
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Paul Teutul Jr. of Orange County Choppers holds the Lynxmotion Johnny 5 robot.
Photo by Walter sidas. |
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Spring
2006
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Hitec Robotics new ROBONOVA-1 robot is the most advanced Robo-One category offering we have seen yet. It has a generous suite of extra I/O’s for expansion and hacking. |
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Winter 2005
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(left to right) Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters,” Grant Imahara, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman with a model PackBot they created using the new VEX™ Robotics Design System. |
