Wot u do!

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 ;-)

I like this.

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 control of them. Note to product teams: shorter product...

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 16:9 to 4:3 so I'll have to sort that (publishing...

  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 Electronics Show 2009 | MSN Tech & Gadgets

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 to be using A1-DW for tele-presence this weekend...

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' attitude and the ability to proto-type electronic...

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 Wars craft. All you need is paper, glue, tape and...

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) and Peter (a .net developer) have built an...

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 to travel - so with a bit of luck I'll be...