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Welcome to Robotic Books. We have one hundred websites devoted to the field of robotics. One of the emerging mega-paradigm changers along with biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, robot technologies will have a profound effect on all aspects of life on earth.

Briefly, a robot is an automatically guided machine, able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent  or agency of its own. Robots started in the industrial assembly line, and are now moving into homes as sweepers, lawnmowers, healthcare assistants, and companions. For a complete listing of our robot websites – please visit www.DomainNesteggs.com.

Thanks for visiting RoboticBooks.com.   :-)            :-)        Robotic Books is your website for the best in robotic books, with robot videos, robot articles, and everyday conversational chatter about robots in general.  We’ll soon have an e-commerce section featuring robotic books – accessible from the top menu. Enjoy!

A robot that flies like a bird

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www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly — but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives www.facebook.com

Shoot Many Robots Co-Op – #7 – Ninja With A Mini-Gun!

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Shoot Many Robots Co-Op: #7 – Ninja With A Mini-Gun! /w Venom Gaming (Read More!) Want more Venom Gaming? Links below! ▶ Join Venom Gaming on Facebook! – www.facebook.com ▶ Check out Venom’s Livestream! – www.twitch.tv =-=-=-= Tell me what you think in the comments below. Don’t forget to “Like” and Subscribe to the Channel to get more!
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Wireless Arduino Powered Chess

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Our goal is to allow people to connect and play board games with each other from anywhere in the world. By combing a physical board with modern technology, we hope to bring a more interpersonal experience that is not achieved through a computer screen. See our other videos for a look inside the system and how moves such as castling and en passant are handled.

The Sarcos Robot

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Benjamin Stephens is a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is originally from Oklahoma, but received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. His PhD research focuses on the control of humanoid robot balance and push recovery for force-controlled robots. He is interested in the use of real-time optimal control for robust control of very complex systems. Using his knowledge and experience, he hopes to make legged/humanoid robots more capable of operating in rough and uncertain environments. He also believes this work will lead to the creation of new intelligent assistive devices such as prosthetics and exoskeletons. To learn more about Ben’s research and see other videos of the Sarcos Robot in action visit his personal webpage: www.cs.cmu.edu
Video Rating: 4 / 5

The Hubos Come Together

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Four of Drexel’s HUBO robots perform the Beatles’ “Come Together” in a demonstration that combines cutting-edge engineering technology and research with creative expression, produced by the Music & Entertainment Technology Laboratory (MET-lab). The HUBOs are operating autonomously (not human-controlled). Their movements are directed by student-developed software to perform the gestures necessary to produce the appropriate notes and beats as dictated by a musical score. Every sound in the video was performed by the robots. MET-lab student Matthew Prockup created the musical arrangement for drum kit and three “Hubophones”, novel percussion instruments designed and constructed by the lab for this performance. HUBO was designed and developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Technology (KAIST) Hubo Lab (Dr. Jun Ho Oh, Director). Drexel Engineering kicked-off National Engineers Week by unveiling seven HUBO humanoids at an unprecedented showcase event on February 20, 2012. Their presence at Drexel is part of a large collaborative project with KAIST and seven other US universities with the goal of rapidly advancing humanoids research. More information: drexel.edu
Video Rating: 4 / 5

UC Berkeley Leaping Lizard & Robot

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University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers studied how lizards leap successfully even when they slip and stumble. The lizards swing their tails upward to prevent them from pitching head-over-heels into a rock. After the team added a tail to a robotic car named Tailbot, they discovered that robots and lizards must actively adjust the angle of their tails just right to remain upright. This video shows, in normal and slow-motion, an Agama lizard after a leap from a surface with good traction versus a slippery surface, showing how the lizard uses its tail to prevent forward pitch, and Tailbot, a wheeled robot with a tail, taking a nose-dive off a cliff with a passive tail, but able to maintain its orientation with an actively controlled tail. Video courtesy of CiBER/UC Berkeley. For full story: newscenter.berkeley.edu
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DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots

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This video shows a demonstration of the “Cheetah” robot galloping at speeds of up to 18 miles per hour (mph), setting a new land speed record for legged robots. The previous record was 13.1 mph, set in 1989. The robot’s movements are patterned after those of fast-running animals in nature. The robot increases its stride and running speed by flexing and un-flexing its back on each step, much as an actual cheetah does. The current version of the Cheetah robot runs on a laboratory treadmill where it is powered by an off-board hydraulic pump, and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center of the treadmill. Testing of a free-running prototype is planned for later this year. While the M3 program conducts basic research and is not focused on specific military missions, the technology it aims to develop could have a wide range of potential military applications. The DARPA M3 performer for Cheetah is Boston Dynamics of Waltham, Mass. Read more about DARPA’s M3 program at www.darpa.mil