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And whilst I exercise my iRobot fan-boy status, here’s an iRobot promo video. Awesome robotic fun - I am so in the wrong job ;-)
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I like this.
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At Maker Faire UK I wanted to have an exhibit anyone could interact with. So I took along my robots and modified one of the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) Visual Programming Language (VPL) examples to allow both speech and Xbox controller...
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While working all hours to build my multi-touch table and program my robots for Maker Faire UK, I managed to film some of my activity. I finally got to finish editing it Sunday night after the faire and published it today. YouTube has squashed by glorious...
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Announced at CES the Wowwee Spyball. A wifi connected robot that can wander your home taking pictures and video as required. Awesome!!! Read more and see other cool CES gadget announcements on MSN. WowWee Spyball - Events - CES 2009 | Consumer...
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Expansys have the Wowwee Rovio for sale at £221 +vat on their uk site: http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=175811&partner=uknews If you are after that off the shelve telepresence robotic solution this is a good option. I have half an expectation...
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An interesting article in the International Herald Tribune on the ambition of Taiwan to capture 7% of the $18 billion robotics market place. I find this very exciting. I've worked with a few Taiwanese companies over the years. Their 'can do'...
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I am a committed geek. And on top of that (or is it a mandatory element?) a robotics hobbyist and Star Wars fan. So guess how excited I am to find this little blog post at Geek Dad! Yes you can make paper models of your favourite droids or other Star...
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Getting children into science and technology is one of the big challenges facing UK education today. Getting kids into programming is even harder. Or it used to be. Yesterday I met up with Jane Braybrook and Peter Kibble of Q4 Technologies. Jane (a Teacher...
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I'm taking part in the Microsoft Windows Embedded European Tour - doing the Turin and Stockholm gigs later this month :-) I shall be presenting the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio session and including as many demos as possible. A1-DW is to heavy...
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Aldebaran have provided a CTP of the Nao simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio's soccer simulation. Find more details here .
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This week I attended the Architect Insight Conference in the UK. The conference is for leading software architects to share the latest implementation strategies. I was exhibiting my Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio(MSRDS) work accompanied by Lib-b...
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Marc Mercuri gives Tina Wood the details and the demo of the RoboChamps challenge: RoboChamps: My robot is bigger than your robot
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Here is a view of the Amazed challenge maze. Note the traps complete with 'laser' triggers :-) It seems such a scaring place to seen my little CoroBot into!!
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Yes!!! Robochamps.com is now live. The first of the RoboChamp challenges has been released along with the availability of the web site. The AMAZED challenge places you in control of a CoroBot from CoroWare. The maze is not just a normal maze - it is filled...