SCHAFT has a demo of its bipedal robots achieving smooth walking and climbing stairs with what looks like a very stable platform. Cute!
Category Archives: Robotics
Aldebaran Romeo walking
This seems to be the first video showing Aldebaran’s full-sized humanoid actually walking. The software platform is partially shared with the two other models, Nao and Pepper. That could allow for easy deployment of existing apps to the bigger robot when it’s ready.
BB-8 could be the toy of the year
Star Wars’ new BB-8 droid is real and could be the robotic Christmas toy of 2015. Apparently based on technology from Sphero, let’s hope its designer comes up with a retail version.
Tesla mouse
If your car is half a robot, half a server, why not add a USB mouse and floppy drive?
Caterpillar’s autonomous mining trucks
While most of us are limited to swapping backup tapes remotely, Caterpillar has bigger toys. These trucks are already in use, probably helped by the fact that they are on private property.