Rollin' Justin Robot Catches Balls Tossed in its Direction
New controllers from DLR allow Rollin' Justin to catch balls tossed in its direction. Learn more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Rapid Robot Prototyping using ROS
I love ROS (ros.org). It makes rapid prototyping for robots so much easier. Starting from just a basic ROS install to (good) tracking of AR tags using a Kinect depth camera... Install Kinect Drivers: 15 minutes (half of which was PCL overlay compilation) Install ar_pose: 20 minutes (tracks AR tags, but doesn't give good pose units in 3D) Install ar_kinect: 35 minutes (uses kinect depth data to give better ar tag pose estimates; 7 minutes to contact and receive reply from authors about framerate issues) So in less than 90 minutes, I now have good pose tracking of AR tags. In this video, you can see the estimated ARtag positions using ar_pose (green) and ar_kinect (blue). Works great! I love ROS...
Crazy jumping off the hizook
our boy jumping in the pool. He didn't like the water at first, but hey, a cute girl will get him in every time!
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KUKA OmniMove Base and Titan Robot Arm
Kuka combined the "worlds strongest robot" with an omnidirectional base. Would make for a killer BattleBot. Learn more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Justin Humanoid Robot with DLR III arms and DLR II hands
This robot sports two DLR-III lightweight arms and two DLR-II hands. This makes it a powerful research platform for bi-manual manipulation. Find out more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Steerable RC Vibrobot
Created by Naghi Sotoudeh, this steerable vibrobot (similar to a bristlebot) is remote controlled with a basic infrared transmitter (eg. TV remote). Learn more at Hizook.com [1] or Naghi's homepage [2]. [1] www.hizook.com [2] www.azarsayan.com
Geosystems Situational Awareness Mast (aka Zippermast) on iRobot Packbot
The situational awareness mast (or Zippermast) from Geosystems Inc. is a telescoping linear actuator that can vertically translate a robot's sensor suite for better visibility. In this video, a Zippermast is affixed to an I-Robot Packbot. For more details, see Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Helicopter Grasping
Compliant grasping on a helicopter from Yale's Grab Lab. Learn more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Troody the Robotic Dinosaur
Troody is a 16 DOF autonomously powered and controlled biped robot built to resemble a Troodon, a small carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous. For more information, see Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
My Robot Nation: Build Custom Robot Figurines
Building a robot figurine via My Robot Nation. Learn more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
Festo Air Ray Robot
"Air Ray" Dirigible robot from Festo. Find out more at Hizook.com -- www.hizook.com
DLR's Agile Justin plays catch with Rollin' Justin
DLR has developed a new robot named Agile Justin that is capable of tossing a baseball. This seemed like a natural compliment to Rollin' Justin's ability to catch a baseball, so they teamed them up for a friendly game of "catch." Learn more at: www.hizook.com www.robotic.dlr.de If you're interested in more information about Rollin' Justin catching baseballs, check out this related YouTube video and blog article: www.youtube.com www.hizook.com
