Tag Archives: Robots

Sand Flea!

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tom Carpenter

Robots do the craziest things.  Like jumping thirty feet onto a building.  When the robot apocolypse comes, there will be nowhere to hide! Read more about it at io9.  

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More Fun with Quadrotors

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Tom Carpenter

More quadrotor fun and with ALL the math.  Vijay Kumar explains how they work and what the possibilities are for their use.  As for me, I’m putting them in my latest novel.  Swarm! Note: The video is seventeen minutes long, … Continue reading →

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Quadrotor Swarm!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Tom Carpenter

I wonder if I’m the only one that has visions of Phantasm when they watch this video.  The technology is fascinating, but there’s something about the eerie way they move together that creeps me out.

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Rollin’ Justin Robot

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

The robot apocalypse needs to get its act straight.  Being amused by juggling robots is a really slow way to die.

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Control the Humanoid Robot by Kinect

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Crazy good translation of human movement into the robot.  I wonder if that movement memory can be retained by the robot so they can learn to do complicated actions without reams of upfront programming.

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Genetic Robots + 3D Printing = Robot Apocalypse?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Robots can now be made without a human designer using genetic algorithms that come up with the optimal shape depending on the task terrain.  The robot is then printed out with a 3D printer and assembled at ball and joint … Continue reading →

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Robots Need Augmented Reality Too

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

The object recognition portion of augmented reality is a little like that hand-held label printer that you got when you were a kid and then went crazy putting tags on everything in your room.  Did you really need to put … Continue reading →

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