Apr 23

Designers Take To Blogging – 2013 Electrolux Design Lab

Posted in: Adrian Perez Zapata, automated, Mab

One of the biggest draws about this year’s Electrolux Design Lab competition is that they are giving a chance to explain their ideas and improvise on them through their personalized blogs. For example, the picture here seems to be vague and imaginative, but when you read the blog created by designer Adrian Perez Zapata, then you really get to understand why he thought of creating an automated cleaning system, consisting of hundreds of micro-robots.

Mab is a self-cleaning system consisting of 908 robots, which clean the surface of a floor with a drop touching and trapping the dirt particles on the floor. Another great designer blog to explore is the AirBee by Jiří Krišica. Jiří goes into intricate details regarding his concept and validates his thinking. To Vote and read through all the designer blogs head here.

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Jan 11

iRobot Ava

Posted in: automated

An app-based robotics platform integrates mobile connectivity, gestures and independent automation

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While scoping out the developments at CES in Las Vegas, we were delighted to meet Ava, a new mobile robotics platform prototype from the minds over at iRobot. Most will recognize iRobot’s past work on the low-profile automated robotic cleaners Roomba and Scooba. While Ava may lack her siblings’ sleek looks, she shines with potential as the world’s first app-ready robot. Standing between three and five feet tall, the independently mobile robot looks vaguely anthropomorphic as she patiently awaits instruction from her designers.

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Set to debut in the healthcare sector with InTouch Health, Ava is designed to imitate and interact with people in a life-like manner. She accepts voice, gesture and touch commands, even offering gesture responses through nods and shakes of her tablet head. Moving at a steady three miles per hour, the robot uses laser, sonar and 3D imaging sensors to accomplish completely autonomous navigation. Ava independently averts people and other obstacles, getting from A to B with graceful ease.

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The inclusion of a tablet-based interface, along with information available through wireless connectivity, makes Ava readily incorporable into health and other sectors that already use these technologies extensively. iRobot engineers see Ava following users into homes, offices and retail locations in the near future. See a video of Ava in action as she tours a trailer at The Verge.


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Feb 23

iPong

Posted in: automated, pingpong, recreation

Ping pong robot offers superb versatility to improve your game
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Playing with yourself isn’t always socially acceptable but the new and improved iPong from Joola is a great way to practice your ping pong even when you don’t have a partner. The cylindrical ping pong robot has a super slim design and a simple mechanism, allowing setup in under a minute so you can start practicing right away.

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Perfect for anyone wanting to hone their skills or just enjoy a challenging solo game, the iPong is capable of holding 110 balls and delivering up to 70 balls per minute. It has three different adjustable spin types as well controllable speed and frequency settings. Design for use by beginners or pros, this pong machine will help you keep your wrists in shape with true and consistent shots.

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The iPong fits all standard table tennis tables and is available on Amazon for $149.95.

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