Crabfu has designed yet another Swashbot, called Swashbot3. It's still a three-legged robot based on R/C helicopter eccpm swash control, but this Swashbot has a more organic design. Check out the video here and photos here. (Thanks, I-Wei!)
Raytheon and Sarcos' robotics have built an exo-skeleton that gives soldiers super strength and endurance. It will be interesting to see if this actually goes anywhere.
Check out this robot Humvee that transforms into a full-function biped. I love how convincing the auto mode is on this one. It's more of an artistic detail than a technical one, but most of the other transforming robots I've seen just look like a folded up robot with wheels.
The WD-2 robot, which can morph into any human face, was created by researchers at Tokyo University.
It is a malleable face mask with rear projection. The mask changes shape to match a face, then the projector handles all the details of appearance and expression. The robot face has "17 facial points, for a total of 56 degrees of freedom" and is made with a "highly elastic and rigid material called Septom, with bits of steel wool mixed in for added strength."
HUBO-FX1 is the human-riding robot having 12 DOF. The development concept is that the robot can walk naturally with carrying a person or a load of 100kg, so the lower body takes after legs of human and the upper body takes after a chair.
One of the long term plans for the FX1 is to have it carry its power source and be able to climb stairs with its human occupant.
It seems like it could be a pretty empowering technology for the disabled. Heck, I'd feel pretty empowered driving it... especially if it could be painted yellow and equipped with some big fork lift arms, suitable for fighting aliens.
iRobot is now selling programmable robots called iRobot Create in which hobbyists, hackers and the like can choose from 6 different packages that suit their specific needs.
The robots come fully assembled and are operational right out of the box. You can check out the specs of the basic iRobot Create Programmable Robot here.
PLEN is a desktop hobby robot made in Japan that can balance on a proportional skateboard and rollerskate on its own. It has 18 joints which are controlled remotely by a Bluetooth phone and keeps a charge up to 25 minutes at a time.
The site is in Japanese, but the videos of PLEN in action are a must-see. Even if you can't afford the over $2000 price tag, you can still gawk at it and drool. (Go to the site and click on Gallery to view the videos.)
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