Category

Robots

• Feb 03 2011
  Talking Piano by David Goligorsky
  Art, Code, Computers, Data Presentation, Engineering, Musician, Politics, Remix, Robots, Software

  [Ed. Note: I found this in the drafts folder... started this draft on February 8th, 2010 and now it's February 3rd, 2011.] I'm totally floored. (via today and tomorrow)
  
  
• Feb 27 2009
  Lockwasher by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Materials, Remix, Robots, sculpture

  [caption id="attachment1055" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Lockwasher"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1056" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Lockwasher"][/caption] Sculptural designs from Lockwasher (via ATG).
  
  
• Sep 29 2008
  Robotic Lawn-Mowing Sheep by David Goligorsky
  Associative Thought, Engineering, Pragmatism, Robots, video

  Check out this lumbering Styrofoam robotic remote-control lawnmower sheep from Carnegie Mellon: If you need more Carnegie Mellon robots, check out my recent post on the Keepon.
  
  
• Sep 14 2008
  BigDog, Quadruped Robot by Christian Eager
  Robots

  At the other end of the Uncanny Valley from Keepon is BigDog, developed by Boston Dynamics, with funding from DARPA. It can best be described as a pack animal: about a meter in length, it walks at 4mph, climbs slopes up to 35°, and carries loads up to 340 pounds. Oh, and it's creepy as all get-out.
  
  
• Sep 13 2008
  Keepon by David Goligorsky
  Academia, Aesthetics, Code, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, Interaction Design, Japan, Materials, Music, Product Design, Robots, Science, Software, video

  I subscribed to Ambidextrous, Stanford University's Journal of Design. The magazine is edited by the Stanford Design community and receives content from contributors around the world. It's a very well-done publication and I would recommend subscribing if you are a designer, engineer, scientist, anthropologist, interaction, UX, HCI, or really anything else because you're bound to find these articles worthwhile. Reading through issue nine, I was particularly impressed by a robot designed by Hideki Kozima in Kyoto and programmed at Carnegie Mellon by Marek Michalowski. It is known as Keepon (from Japanese kee for yellow and pon for bobbing). ...
  
  
• Jul 14 2008
  Must-Have Desk Accessory by David Goligorsky
  Associative Thought, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Robots, video

  Bunny Letter Opener:
  
  
• Jul 13 2008
  Smart Parking Making Inroads In SF by David Goligorsky
  Architecture, Code, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Interaction Design, Pragmatism, Robots, Software, Travel, Visualization

  Core77 pointed me to a NYT article about San Francisco's ambitious plan to install smart sensors in parking spots. With the proliferation of smartphones, the high price of gas, and the mounting road rage associated with city driving, these smart parking sensors are just in time. Here are the key elements of the program from the NYT piece: Drivers will be alerted to empty parking places either by displays on street signs, or by looking at maps on screens of their smartphones. They may even be able to pay for parking by cellphone, and add to the parking meter ...
  
  
• Nov 08 2007
  Weekend Fun With Robots by David Goligorsky
  Misplaced Thoughts, Robots

  What robot programmers do "outside" of work:
  
  

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