The End Nears: Drone Programmed To Dodge Balls Thrown At It
Because what good is a killer drone if it can't dodge a projectile hurled from a member of the human resistance, this is a video from the...
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Atlas Humanoid Robot Demonstrating Autonomous Path Planning Across Narrow Terrain
This is a video demonstration of the walk plan algorithm developed by IHMC Robotics for Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot. Some more info while I crouch down...
Roomba Modded To Curse When It Runs Into Things
This is a video of the Roomba that Youtuber Michael Reeves modded to curse whenever it runs into something, then took to his local Target to do...
Robotic Arms Designed For Household Chores
This is a video demonstration of Blue, a pair of robotic arms developed by researchers at UC Berkeley that were designed for household chores. MAKE MY BED...
We've Come So Far: Water Bottle Flipping Robots
These are two videos of a bunch of surprisingly impressive water bottle flipping robots built by high school students and demonstrated at Japan's ROBOCON 2018. It's weird...
So It Begins: A Team Of 10 Boston Dynamics SpotMini Robotic Dogs Pull A Truck
This is a video from Boston Dynamics starring ten of their SpotMini robotic dogs towing a truck (1-degree uphill, truck in neutral) across the parking lot. According...
Toyota Demonstrates Their 'Nearly 100% Accurate' Basketball Shooting Robot
These are a couple video demonstrations of the Toyota Engineering Society's CUE 3 humanoid robot, a bot designed to shoot baskets with "nearly 100 percent accuracy." Some...
It's Miiiine!: Roomba Tries To Steal Ceramic Floor Tile
This is a video of a robotic vacuum sucking up an unattached ceramic floor tile and making a run for the bedroom, presumably so it can go...
Robotic Arm Beats 'I Am Not A Robot' Computer Captcha Test
Miss it. Miss it. Miss it. Gah! This is a video of a UR5 Universal Robot arm at Ara Institute of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand lying...
Questionable: Automated Robotic Car Valet At Airport
This is a video demonstration of the Stanley Robotics automated robotic car valet system in place at the Aéroports de Lyon in France as a proof on...
Boston Dynamics' Latest, A Giant Bird Inspired Box-Carrying Robot
This is a video from Boston Dynamics of Handle, a "mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics." Some more info while I imagine it's a giant drinking bird...
Highly Detailed Zombie And Monster And Yeti And Robot And Dinosaur Silicone Ice Pop Molds
These are the impressively detailed zombie, monster, yeti, robot and dinosaur silicone ice pop molds created by Tovolo and available on Amazon (~$11 - $16 depending on...
Sushi Robots Can Produce 2,400 Nigiri Rice Balls, 200 Rolls An Hour
This is a video demonstration of AUTEC's line of sushi making robots that can produce up to 2,400 nigiri rice balls and 200 cut rolls an hour....
Vacuum Powered Origami Inspired Robotic Hand That Can Pick Up Any Shape Object
This is a video demonstration of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab's 'Magic Ball' soft gripper robotic hand. It's unique design allows it to pick...
The End Nears: Robotic Leg Teaches Itself To Walk With No Human Programming
Because apparently living in the endtimes sounds far more exciting to roboticists than the beginning or middletimes, researchers at the University Of Southern California claim they've built...
Festo Unveils New 'Soft' Robotic Arm Powered By Air
This is a video demonstration of the modular BionicSoftArm developed by robotics manufacturer Festo. The 'soft' arm contains pneumatically powered 'muscles' and is designed to be more...
MIT's New Mini Cheetah Robot Can Perform Backflips, Ruin Your Day
This is a video demonstration of MIT's new Mini Cheetah headless quadruped robot: a smaller, 20-pound version of their non-mini Cheetah robot previously seen HERE and HERE...
Video Of Ford's Sweaty Robotic Butt That's Used To Test Car Seats
Because the company takes their Built Ford Tough motto seriously, this is a short video about Ford's 'Robutt' seat testing industrial robot. The sweaty robotic butt, which...