robotics
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Engineer Turns Mini Fridge Into a SLAM-Guided Tank Robot You'd Have to Chase for a Cold Drink Engineer Dorian Todd has built a self-driving mini fridge on tank treads that can autonomously chase or flee a person and reward them with a cold drink if caught. The project replaces the fridge's standard base with a tracked drivetrain powered by Repeat Robotics Ultra Mark II brushless gear motors designed for 12 lb combat robots. Todd 3D scanned both the metal tread assembly and the… |
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Quaddle Is an Open-Source Desk Robot That Can Move Omnidirectionally With Just 4 Servos Petoi, the team behind the open-source Bittle and Nybble quadruped kits, has opened early access for its next robot, Quaddle. The company describes it as a four-servo quadruped capable of walking, strafing sideways, and spinning in place, a claim that stands out mainly because of how few actuators it uses to pull it off.
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US Slams the Door on Chinese Humanoid Robots Over National Security and Backdoor Risks The Federal Communications Commission added humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28, 2026, blocking new equipment authorizations for these device categories going forward. The move effectively halts new imports of foreign-made robots that mimic human or animal movement, along with grid-connected inverters used to link solar panels,… |
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Phantom Twist: The Spinning Drone That Hides in Plain Sight Northwestern University engineers have unveiled Phantom Twist, a groundbreaking low-visibility UAV that exploits human visual perception to hide in plain sight. The drone spins its entire body at up to 25 rotations per second using a single motor and counter-rotating propeller system. Unlike traditional quadcopters with stationary bodies, Phantom Twist has no fixed… |
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We Built an ESP32 Wall Climbing Beetle Robot We can see wall-climbing robots from hobby-level to serious problem-solving ones that are used for inspection, surveillance, cleaning, etc. When we generally talk about robots, a robot can be a firefighting robot, a human-following robot, a self-balancing robot or can be of any type that has some specific features or solves a specific kind of problem. If we talk… |
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SpaceX Launches DARPA's Decade-Long Robotic Arm Project to Service Satellites in Orbit SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and three Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 21. The spacecraft is now making its way to geostationary orbit, where the servicing campaign will begin in the coming weeks. The MRV is equipped with two 10-foot robotic arms built under the Robotic Servicing of… |
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Building a Machine Vision-Based Robotic Assembly System Using MechArm 270 and Jetson Nano Industrial automation has revolutionized manufacturing by making production faster, more accurate, and highly consistent. Modern robotic assembly systems combine robotic arms, machine vision, motion control, and embedded control electronics to automate repetitive tasks with minimal human intervention. While these systems are widely used in industries, the same… |
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BrainCo Debuts Brain-to-Robot AI Platform and Data Collection Solution at WAIC 2026 BrainCo, a brain-computer interface company, unveiled a Brain-Controlled Robot AI Platform at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, 2026, according to the company. The platform allows users to direct a robot through neural signals picked up by a lightweight EEG headset, with AI algorithms decoding the signals to identify motor or control intent before… |
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MIT Develops a Robotic Bird That Can Fly, Dive, and Swim We've seen drones that fly and underwater robots that swim, but combining both into a single machine has remained a major engineering challenge. Researchers at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have now developed a bio-inspired robotic bird capable of flying through the air, diving into water, swimming beneath the surface, and taking off again. Inspired by… |
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Hot Wheels Meets Embedded Engineering: Inside a 1:64 Scale FPV RC Drift Car A Hot Wheels car has been transformed into a fully functional FPV RC drift platform by YouTuber Pro Know, proving that serious embedded engineering can exist even at a 1:64 scale. The project replaces the toy’s original internals with an ESP-based microcontroller running custom firmware, paired with a purpose-built PCB that integrates control logic, power… |
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Meet Saras 2.0, the Claude-Driven Robot What happens when you give Claude a real robot body and let it control everything.This article highlights Saras 2.0, an AI based robot, built by Tech with Anant. It’s an upgraded version of his previous Saras 1.0 He designed the Saras 2.0 hardware fully in Autodesk Fusion. Powered by a pi4, the bumper holds the TOF sensor and camera and front panel holds a 7inch hdmi… |
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How to Build an Interactive Robotic Arm using PIC Microcontroller? Robotic arms are widely used in industrial automation, research, and educational projects. Building and controlling one is a great way to learn the fundamentals of embedded systems, motion control, and robotics. In this project, we will design and build a 4-degree-of-freedom (4-DOF) robotic arm controlled… |
