The Gadgeteer: Robotics to Drool Over
Science Fiction have inspired and intrigued millions of people to turn their Robotic fantasies into reality.
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Star Wars has created the R2-D2 craze and there are now many different versions built by different people.
Real R2-D2 robots that contain home theatre systems to robots that can obey voice commands.
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The Japanese have surely mastered the art of robotics.
The Kondo KHR-2HV Robot can play soccer, dance, do cartwheels, do exercises and walk like a human.
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Robots Inspired by Animals.
Many robotics researchers are now getting inspiration from nature. Robots that mimics different kinds of animal movements.
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Robots moved by brain power.
As absurd as this may sound, robots can now be moved by brain power. Electrical impulses created by the brain are translated into movement.
- Robot motion execution by moving your hand. The robotic hand replicated the movement of a human’s hand contained in a special glove.
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A robot dinosaur named Pleo.
This robotic dinosaur is amazingly lifelike.
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And then there is the humans trying to mimic the robots.
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7 Responses to “The Gadgeteer: Robotics to Drool Over”
On July 1, 2008 at 2:21 am
Great article, aptly named. I am drooling like a…. big drooly thing! Cheers Hein!
On July 1, 2008 at 10:21 am
Love the article, i like the hand robot one best, seen one of my friends one which he made. Very Cool!
On July 2, 2008 at 5:20 am
this is a very nice post,these are amazing display of human intellect and creativity, thanks
On July 2, 2008 at 8:30 am
I haven’t seen an article like this before, Hein. You are very creative. This was a really cool read!
On July 2, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Interesting article, I’ve never been interested in this particular field however your article has definetly caught my attention.
On July 6, 2008 at 2:31 am
Wonderful article!
On August 29, 2008 at 4:13 pm
It will be an amazing world when robots and andoids are commonplace!
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