n-rd » Electronics http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Tue, 10 May 2011 15:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Factory Made With Lego Robots http://blog.n-rd.com/2011/04/21/factory-made-with-lego-robots/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2011/04/21/factory-made-with-lego-robots/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:07:21 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=319 This guys builds a quad delta robot arm system that can “pick and place” items from an assembly line.  He does this all from Lego.  Awesome work.

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I just thought this seemed like one of those ideas that when you hear it, it really makes sense. Although maybe they could put some research dollars into improving the fuel efficiency of those Ford Explorers.

YouTube – Ford’s Inflatable Safety Belts

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EEVblog Exploding Capacitors in High Speed Electronics Engineering Video Blog Podcast

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Make: Online : Teddy bear robotic nurse

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Tilted Twister

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Make: Online : ASIMO avoids moving obstacles

At this rate the robot is going to get mad that humans keep moving it’s blue dot around. Poor little guy, he just wants to stand on his dot.

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Their work looks like so much fun.

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