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By main roboticist via TechCrunch 4 months 2 weeks ago

Makerbot Announces Upgraded Experimental 3D Printer (Video)

At CES 2013, the company announced an improvement to the Replicator 2, called the Replicator 2X, that is made to work with ABS plastic rather than the rigid, organic PLA. This new version is for experimenters who are looking to print in more materials. Also discussed were the new Thingiverse API and the Customizer feature that now allows to edit right in the browser itself.

grishinrobotics.com internet-connected light switch

By main roboticist via Gizmag 4 months 2 weeks ago

Internet-Connected Light Switch Announced at CES 2013

The company Belkin has broadened its line of WeMo home automation products with a light switch that allows household lighting to be controlled remotely over the internet. This new WeMo Light Switch was announced at CES 2013, where Belkin also revealed that existing WeMo devices, such as the WeMo Baby, will be getting Android compatibility after earlier being compatible only with iOS devices.

grishinrobotics.com BeeWi Smart Toys

By main roboticist via Mashable 4 months 2 weeks ago

BeeWi`s Smart Toys Introduced at CES 2013 (video)

This new line of pocket-size RC toys included new fighting helicopters, wi-fi controlled four-wheelers (the ScaraBee) that come with cameras, and soccer-playing robots (the KickBee). All of these toys are controlled by an iOS or Android devices through the BeeWi Control Pad App. The company will introduce a set of iOS and Android device controlled Mini Coopers and a Fiat 500 toy later this year.

grishinrobotics.com ShareKey Smartphone App

By main roboticist via Gizmag 4 months 2 weeks ago

The ShareKey Smartphone App Can Replace Your House Keys

Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (Germany) has developed a system called ShareKey. This is an Android app that connects with smart door locks via NFC to open and close them simply by waving the phone near the lock. The phone must be physically close to the door lock for ShareKey to work - this makes it harder for hackers to intercept the signal.

grishinrobotics.com The Home Phone

By main roboticist via Kickstarter 4 months 2 weeks ago

The First Ever Smart Home Phone

The Home phone by UrbanHello has just been launched on Kickstarter and simultaneously awarded the "Innovations Award" at the 2013 International CES. Its inventors note that this simple and smart device is a completely new generation of home phone. Each unit will be supplied with its own base station for connection to a landline or any advanced internet gateway with the CAT-iq standard.

grishinrobotics.com Plant Link

By main roboticist via Kickstarter 4 months 2 weeks ago

Plant Link Won`t Let Your Plants Thirst

Plant Link is a system that monitors the water needs of your lawn, garden, or house plants. The Link alerts you when they need to be watered and can even water them for you. The Link is placed on your plant's soil or right on your lawn, since they can work both indoors and outdoors. Each Link is made to be paired with one plant (or lawn area) because each plant has different watering needs.

By main roboticist via 3D Systems 4 months 2 weeks ago

3D Systems is Set on Acquiring Geomagic

3D Systems announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to obtain Geomagic, Inc., a leading global provider of 3D authoring solutions including design and scan software tools, which are used to create 3D content and inspect products throughout the whole design and manufacturing process. Geomagic's software tools together with 3D Systems' portfolio strengthens its 3D authoring platform.

grishinrobotics.com Tagstand

By main roboticist via TechCrunch 4 months 2 weeks ago

Tagstand Partners With Mobile Accessories Maker TYLT

Tagstand, the Y Combinator-backed startup hoping to take NFC (Near field communication) mainstream, announced a partnership with mobile accessories maker TYLT. This involves three new products (manufactured by TYLT), which use Tagstand’s NFC technology: TUNZ, a portable Bluetooth speaker; CAPIO, a smartphone mount for the car; and TAGZ, which are NFC stickers you can program and put anywhere.

grishinrobotics.com Samsung robot vacuum cleaner

By main roboticist via CNet 4 months 2 weeks ago

Samsung Reveals a New Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

This robotic vacuum cleaner called "Smart Tango Corner Clean" features an upgraded dust removal capability for corners. Unlike the previous versions of robotic vacuum cleaners with fixed side brushes, Smart Tango Corner Clean has "pop-out brushes" that allow the vacuum cleaner to easily access corners and other difficult areas. Samsung will disclose more details during a company event at CES 2013.

grishinrobotics.com Smart Cars

By main roboticist via Wired 4 months 2 weeks ago

Connected Vehicles Are Leading the Automotive Industry

"Connected vehicles" are cars that access, consume, create, direct, and share digital information between businesses, people, infrastructures, and things. Those "things" include other vehicles - this is where the Internet of Things becomes the Internet of Cars. As these vehicles become more connected, they will enter fully our lives, becoming self-aware, contextual, and finally, autonomous.

By main roboticist via IEEE Spectrum 4 months 2 weeks ago

Robot Videos of This Week
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/video-friday-3485624

By main roboticist via The Wall Street Journal 4 months 2 weeks ago

Toyota and Audi Will Exhibit Driverless Cars at CES 2013

Toyota Motor Corp. and Audi will be showing autonomous-driving features at the International CES, signaling an effort to raise the technology's profile among consumers. Audi will be demonstrating autonomous vehicle capabilities, including a feature that allows a car to park itself. Toyota's prototype vehicle has a radar and camera that detects other vehicles, road lane lines, and traffic signals.

grishinrobotics.com iRobot Mirra 530 Pool Cleaning Robot

By main roboticist via Boston Herald 4 months 2 weeks ago

iRobot Introduces The Mirra 530 Pool Cleaning Robot

The Mirra 530 Pool Cleaning Robot is the newest product from the company that invented the Roomba vacuum cleaner.The Mirra, which is to be displayed among robots at next week's CES in Las Vegas, chooses the best cleaning cycle and cleans pools in one to three hours. "We want to provide our customers with the opportunity to enjoy life more and let the robots do the work for them" notes the company.

grishinrobotics.com 3D Printed Lamp

By main roboticist via 3D Printing Industry 4 months 3 weeks ago

A 3D Printed Lamp Powers Itself

The nylon polymer lamp is suspended by a spindle - its weight and form contribute to the angular momentum vector as it spins along its axis of rotation. It is affected by environmental changes such as temperature and/or air currents that rotate the light along its path of velocity. The light has a motion sensor diode (in between both 3D printed sections) that powers the battery and lights the LED.

grishinrobotics.com Roboy

By main roboticist via Gizmag 4 months 3 weeks ago

Roboy Team`s Goal is to Build a Robot Toddler in Nine Months

The University of Zurich’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is building a robot toddler called Roboy. Using "soft robotics" technology that copies the human body, the 1.2 meter (3 ft, 11 in) tall humanoid robot will possibly make people more comfortable with service robots in day-to-day situations. Currently, Roboy is more of a research project than an engineering enterprise.

grishinrobotics.com Connected Devices

By main roboticist via PRWeb 4 months 3 weeks ago

More than 400 Million Devices Are Connected in U.S. Homes

There are 425 million devices connected to the Internet in U.S. homes, notes a new Connected Intelligence report from global information company, The NPD Group. While computers are still the primary connected device, strong consumer retail sales in developing categories such as tablets and smartphones are also impacting traditional computer’s share of Internet connected devices.

By main roboticist via Kickstarter 4 months 3 weeks ago

ViKi LCD - a LCD Control Interface for Your 3D Printer

The ViKi LCD is a sleek LCD control interface for your 3D printer and other micro controller projects. ViKi stands for Visual Kinetic control Interface. ViKi LCD is a versatile LCD Control interface that allows your 3D printer to operate without a PC, is always connected, and provides visual indication of things like temperature and peripheral activity.

grishinrobotics.com 3D printed materials

By main roboticist via Betterprinter 4 months 3 weeks ago

Materials That Can be 3D Printed at Home

There are lots of materials available for home 3D printing use. For example, the material ABS is short for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. It is rigid and durable for household items, Lego bricks and even acid containers and its property varies with temperature. ABS curls a lot when it cools down, so a heated bed is needed for keeping the first layer warm while printing.

By main roboticist via IEEE Spectrum 4 months 3 weeks ago

Japanese Security Firm Will Rent Surveillance Drones

The security company plans to rent out a private drone that takes off when intruder alarms are tripped and records footage of break-ins as they happen. The helicopter-like device is equipped with a small surveillance camera. The machine with four sets of rotors is based on a model provided by Germany's Ascending Technologies and equipped with Secom-developed software, camera and other devices.

grishinrobotics.com HEX Air Robot project

By main roboticist via 3Ders 4 months 3 weeks ago

HEX Air Robot is Built on a 3D Printer

Startup AngelEyes in China is working on a HEX Air Robot project: an open source robotic aircraft with 3D printed parts. HEX Air Robot is a portable robotic multi-rotors copter based on open source code. It has many features such as autonomous pilot and pre programmed air maneuvers, obstacle avoidance, trajectory movement, etc. It can also track the target and film with an airborne camera.

grishinrobotics.com Dyson Robot vacuum cleaner

By main roboticist via IEEE Spectrum 4 months 3 weeks ago

Dyson Continues to Develop a Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Toby Saville, an engineer at Dyson, notes: "Robot vacuum cleaners have been of interest to Dyson... It is a very key project for James [founder of the Dyson company] and I think he does believe that for a vacuum cleaner, robotics can be a very important element. Over that time, there has been a lot of evolution in robotics technology as well so perhaps we have got close to market a few times".

By main roboticist via Forbes 4 months 3 weeks ago

What to Expect at the 2013 International CES

Key trends that will be at CES 2013 are smart cars (self-driving/autonomous vehicles, connected cars, and electric vehicles), and seven companies are expected to exhibit 3D printers at CES 2013, showing the potential benefits of the technology for many different industries and users. Also, more than 200 companies are expected to exhibit digital heath technologies at the show.

grishinrobotics.com This year in robotics

By main roboticist via Robohub 4 months 3 weeks ago

This Year`s Success Stories in Robotics

The past year was a turning moment for robotics. From defense to exploration, startups to legislation, there were products, laws, and investments that moved robotics out of the lab and into our lives. Baxter brought manufacturing robotics to small businesses, driverless car legislation becomes law, maker and start-up culture pushes robotics, DIY drones gain popularity, and more.

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By main roboticist via Forbes 4 months 4 weeks ago

Crowdfunded Drones Will Protect Endangered Species

To preserve white rhinos (there are only 7 left worldwide) and other endangered species, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy has turned to Indiegogo to raise $35,000 for autonomous unmanned drones that will help rangers monitor the huge area and notify if there are poachers around. The drones are equipped with cameras and animals will be tracked by the drones through their radio frequency ID (RFID) tags.

grishinrobotics.com 3D printing

By main roboticist via VentureBeat 4 months 4 weeks ago

2012 - the Year of 3D Printing Expansion

3D printing has greatly spread its influence in mainstream culture this past year. Makerbot continues to successfully grow, Shapeways opened up a 3D printing factory in Queens, New York, Staples is offering a program where customers can upload their 3D designs and have them printed right in the office megastore, and even 3D printed sex toys are capturing the interest of designers.

grishinrobotics.com Holiday Robots

By main roboticist via IEEE Spectrum 4 months 4 weeks ago

Robots Wish You a Happy Holiday
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/video-monday-happy-winterval-from-ieee-spectrum-automaton?utm_source

grishinrobotics.com Global Robot Market

By main roboticist via PRWeb 4 months 4 weeks ago

Global Robots Market Forecasts $20.2B by 2016

In this research report the product types covered are industrial robots and service robots. Through 2016 and beyond, service robots will lead growth as lowering costs and increasing sophistication of robot technology and software make these products available to a wider range of consumers. The US will remain the leading robot market, while China will become the second largest market by 2016.

grishinrobotics.com 3D printing in 2013

By main roboticist via ZDNet 4 months 4 weeks ago

What the Technology Field Will Bring Us in 2013

The field of 3D printing will begin to dramatically rise in 2013. Other technology predictions are that "Augmented reality will become reality with Google Glass", "Apple TV could revitalize slumping television market", "hacktivism will hit a new level", "Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) will soar in the workplace", "Tech giants will shift to China, other BRIC countries for recovery" etc.

By main roboticist via 3Ders 5 months 12 hours ago

Wall Street Looks Closer at the 3D Printing Industry (video)

CNBC's Mad Money show investment guru Jim Cramer discusses in a video two industry leaders: 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) in order to understand which one is a better investment. This is because Cramer has recently received many questions about 3D printing, to which he answered: "I bet in a decade, as these devices become cheaper, we'll start seeing them all over the place".

grishinrobotics.com Blossoming 3D printed lamp

By main roboticist via Thingiverse 5 months 23 hours ago

3D Print Your Own Blossoming Lamp for a Holiday Gift

A 3D printed blossoming lamp that Thingiverse user Emmett Lalish designed and printed for this season consists of two parts - lampshades and a stand. Emmett notes: "This lampshade consists of 14 interlocking pieces printed at once. When you pull up on the top, the blossom opens, allowing more light out." Emmett provided two design free for download on Thingiverse: Lamp Opaque and Lamp Translucent.

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