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Heartland Robotics To Build Low-Cost ($5,000) Mobile Manipulators?

Dec 6, 2010 Heartland Robotics, the stealthy robotics startup founded by iRobot co-founder and robotics legend Rod Brooks, was in the news again last week after closing a $20M financing round.

DLR Biped Robot Leverages LWR Arms -- Eventually Justin's Legs?

Aug 5, 2010 PlasticPals just pointed out DLR's 10-month effort to build a biped robot -- an effort that yielded a 1-meter, 50kg walking robot (video below). Mechanically, each leg has six degrees of freedom. A DLR / Kuka Light-Weight Robot (LWR) arm segment comprises the upper-leg, and a custom lower-leg segment connects to the foot through a six-axis force-torque sensor.

Low-Cost Depth Cameras (aka Ranging Cameras or RGB-D Cameras) to Emerge in 2010?

Mar 28, 2010 Depth cameras go by many names: ranging camera, flash lidar, time-of-flight (ToF) camera, and RGB-D camera.

New SICK Laser Rangefinder (LMS 100) Designed to Compete with Hokuyo (UTM-30LX)?

Mar 3, 2009 I've been meaning to mention this for some time now... SICK has released a "new" laser rangefinder, the LMS 100. This laser rangefinder seems to be a departure from the classic "coffee-pot" look of yore (i.e. SICK LMS 291). In fact, it's form-factor and specifications are quite similar to the

iBOT Discontinued -- Unfortunate for the Disabled but Perhaps a Budding Robotics Opportunity?

Feb 11, 2009 As of January 2009, the iBOT powered-wheelchair will be discontinued.