Cubli – The balancing cube
This is why you should study classic mechanics and control theory:
Offroad Gocart
For the vehicle enthusiast there now exists an electrical offroad gocart with four wheel drive that sure looks to be a lot of fun in bumpy terrain. The current price tag of 79 500 SEK are in parity with what…
Neural engineering for dummies
To get started with neural engineering without paying for really expensive equipment the company Backyard brains have provided a simple solution. Their starter kit and instruction videos enables anyone to setup and remote control a cockroach, among other things. Combined…
Swarm technology
Professor Vijay Kumar and his team have come quite far in the field of swarm control. With their tiny quadrocopters they take the cooperation of technology to a new level. Some of his research is available from www.roboticsproceedings.org on subjects…
From BigDog to Cheetah
The robotics company Boston Dynamics have recently broken the land speed record for walking robots with their new four legged Cheetah, which looks like an advanced version of their previous model BigDog. Reaching 29 km/h on a running track the…
Human exoskeleton suits
The once futuristic Iron Mans robotic suite from Marvel is no longer just fiction. Development has in this area finally caught up with science fiction thanks to the complete robotic exoskeleton for humans, XO2, developed by the company Raytheon. And…
Templates in NX
Due to the shortage of comprehensive online information on the mechanics behind the templates for the 3D cad software NX Unigraphics, this is an attempt to at least increase the number of explanatory efforts available in the marshes of the…
German engineering in the sky
By studying the flight of seagulls the German automation company Festo has managed to create a birdlike robot, SmartBird, that is powered by wing strokes rather than propellers. A cleaver piece of engineering that uses lightweight materials to make this…
Modern vinyl concept
The korean Rhea Jeong has come up with an interesting concept for a vinyl player: a hovering one. He calls it the Void LP player. The red ball is the motorized record player with the speaker and all built in,…
Constructed for a purpose
When something is created it always has a purpose, no matter how insignificant it may seem.