LEGO BUILD - Junkbot
Friday, August 31st, 2001LEGO BUILD - Junkbot (with thanks to our robotfriend piratefriend monkeyfriend old friend jeflash.)
Archive for August, 2001
Carnegie-Mellon’s Hyperion
Thursday, August 23rd, 2001This Carnegie-Mellon robot, Hyperion, is a sun-synchronous robot. It negotiaties planetary terrain by tracking the movement of the sun. It does this to remain exposed to the sunlight for a maximum, possibly continuous amount of time. Meaning it can explore greater distances and for longer durations of time. No more just poking around the landing site. Pretty nice site too. Hey! I’m back on the blog train.
Posted by Brian Kaas/XPLANE
Researchers develop receptionist robot
Friday, August 10th, 2001Researchers develop receptionist robot: “Japanese researchers have developed a robot capable of recognizing human voices even in a noisy, crowded room and suited for use as a receptionist or a guide at a convention site, a major business daily said on Saturday.”
