Category: Robotics

Robotics

  • A New Step Forward for 3D Printed Fashion?

    3D printed fashion is not new at this point. Printed accessories, jewelery, and even dresses have been showing up at Maker Faires, 3D Printing shows,…

  • Ten years and rolling

    Ten years ago today the Mars Rover Opportunity bounced its way on to the surface of Mars, at the start of a three month mission.…

  • What is a Maker?

    They call themselves “Makers.” As far as I can tell, up until a few years ago, the verb “to make” was an everyday garden-variety word…

  • What’s Virtual Is Real

    Google is known for engaging broadly across a range of seemingly unrelated projects. Whether glasses or driverless cars or even same-day delivery, it’s as if…

  • FIRST Follow-up

    On Monday we talked about the Seattle-area FIRST robotics team from Liberty High School in the Issaquah district. We now have some video of their…

  • Intelligent Devices Lack Social Graces

    My bathroom scales clearly knew it was my birthday – the display that shows my age and other stats when I step on had advanced…

  • We Won’t Call You; Just Call Us

    One of the challenges with sensors is that, at their most fundamental level, all they do is provide some value reflecting whatever it is they’re…

  • Cubestormer II

    For the next few months, your job is to create a robot that can solve Rubik’s Cube.  Really fast.  Here is your paycheck.  Oh, and…