Some years ago, the folks at MIT Media Lab were working on an electronic pooch that was designed to help you stick to your diet. Wirelessly hooked up to your pedometer, your digital daily food diary and your digital bathroom scales, the dog would keep track of your progress. When you ask it, “How am […]
Project: OpenROV It’s a project that would make MacGyver proud: a do-it-yourself underwater exploration vehicle. OpenROV stands for Open Remotely Operated Vehicle, and it is an open-source, underwater robot. Founded by Eric Stackpole, David Lang, and Matteo Borri, OpenROV was originally designed to explore an underwater cave. Following a very successful Kickstarter campaign, the project […]
There’s no doubt that we’ve made significant advances in robotics in recent decades. Perhaps the best known example of this is the Honda ASIMO, a humanoid robot that can walk, crouch, run at up to 9 kph, and even hop on one foot. The RoboCup initiative has even more ambitious plans in mind for robotic […]