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iRobot's Soft Morphing Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Steps
MAKE Magazine —
Wow! iRobot's soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished.... via jwz.
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iRobot Makes First Version of T-1000 or Number Six—We Will All Die Anyway [Robots]
Gizmodo —
Gizmodo's bullpen five minutes ago. Me: "Holy f*ck. Check this." Matt: "We're all dead." Me: "We're so f*cked." Wilson: "Soft robotics. That's a scary phrase." Jason: "You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots." Wilson: "Now, jamming skin... That is sexy. Jammable slurry. Wow, a little hot under the collar here. This really is nuts." It is really nuts indeed: A shape-shifting robot blob that can squeeze through cracks. Sounds familiar? Of course it does. But clearly, this iRobot and Darpa researchers don't read or watch any Sci-Fi material whatsoever. ...
iRobot demonstrates soft, deformable Robot concept
Ubergizmo —
A presentation from iRobot shows a primitive, but working, concept of soft and deformable robot. The deformable shell not only allows the robot to change shape and size, but it can also be used as a "muscle" to initiate motion. Check out the video.
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iRobot readies shape-shifting ChemBot for military chores
Gizmo Watch —
We’ve been subjects to numerous surprises from iRobot. If you follow the developments in the robotic world, you’d know what I mean by that. At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) just recently, iRobot again surprised us with this slimy-little shape shifting robot they have done for DARPA.
Living deftly the ChemBot we’d been hearing of for long, iRobot has managed this as a soft, mobile robot that can maneuver soft terrains with same efficiency as it can navigate through the small openings. DRAPA need this for the military so it has to be up there for all rescue moves. For this shape shifting trait the engineers have ...
Morphing robot demonstrated at IROS
Hack a Day —
A morphing robot was demonstrated at the IROS conference this week. This orb has no rigid structure but uses some type of “inflation” system for locomotion. This robot concept is offered up by the iRobot company as part of a DARPA initiative they’re working on. The “inflation” is really a substance in the skin that can be ...
Soft mobile morphing robots
Boing Boing —
iRobot is developing a soft mobile morphing robots, designed to crawl through tiny holes and cracks.
Researchers from iRobot and the University of Chicago discussed their palm-sized soft robot, known as a chemical robot, or chembot, at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems yesterday. It's "the first demonstration of a completely soft, mobile robot using jamming as an enabling technology," they write in a paper presented at the conference.
The concept of "jamming skin enabled locomotion" is explained quite nicely in the video. The polymer used for the bot's ...
Shapeshifting Robot Peeps from Under the Door
Wired: Gadget Lab —
Remember B.O.B, the shape-shifting blob from Monsters vs. Aliens? B.O.B may soon have a real-life counterpart.
Robotics company iRobot has developed a soft robot that can roll around and change its shape so it can move through small spaces, such as holes and under the doors, as easily as it can on flat ground.
The robot called chembot or chemical robot was shown last week at a conference on intelligent robots and systems.
iRobot is no stranger to creating practical yet interesting automatons. iRobot has sold more than 5 million robotic vacuum cleaners and mops, known as the Roomba and the Scooba. ...
Linkpost | 10.19.2009
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Guest review: Scan it, save on it with RedLaser | Main October 19, 2009 Linkpost | 10.19.2009 • Motorola Droid hands on! - Thin and fast, with a slider keyboard and big touchscreen, Boy Genius Report says the Droid may finally be a real Android challenger for the iPhone. • Plastic Logic Shows Off a (Quick) Look at its Kindle Killer: Meet the Que - It's very thin, wireless, about the size of a sheet of paper and touch-enabled. Full details coming at CES. • Coming Soon: A Mozilla App for the iPhone - Mozilla's CEO says one is coming, but won't provide details on what it is. Will Apple approve something that might compete with Safari? • ...
Pentagon unveils new 'blob' robot
The Raw Feed —
The Pentagon has unveiled a new robot that's most a blob of goo. Called the "chemical robot," or ChemBot, it moves by changing its shape, by inflating and deflating different areas. Researchers say the research could lead to robots that can seep through cracks, and help rescue people trapped in collapsed buildings. ...
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