Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Well the good news is that they have finally reached an agreement in Washington D.C. I am not referring to the immature debate about the debt, but the NFL players/owners announcement today. Football is back and so is Cleatus the Robot… A bit of history, the Robot we see every week on Fox was named “Cleatus” by a … Read more
The crowd yells, “U-S-A… U-S-A”, but it is not Abby Wambach on the field playing Japan, its Abby Wam-BOT! This past week in Istanbul, we saw a glimpse of the future of robotic soccer. The world’s most popular sport is experiencing the greatest advancement since its founding in 1004 BCE in Japan. RoboCup is a worldwide research effort to bring about robotic … Read more
This weekend brought a lot of critical news stories, least of which was the birth of lucky #7 Beckham (that’s her middle name). Hollywood is blooming with bigger broods and new rat packs everyday. The hottest show on MTV celebrates pregnancy for teens who are just learning the birds and the bees, which beckons … Read more
You bet. No other sport has been so affected by Robotics as Tennis. Sharapova is the ultimate player poised to win her second Wimbledon, but could not do it without her balls… Since the 1990s, Tennis underwent a major transformation with new racket technology, training techniques and ball speed. In walks S.A.M. the “Sports Action Machine” which … Read more