Robotics

Overheard – New BigDog video

Boston Dynamics has released a new video of BigDog, their military transport quadruped.  This is one robot you want to keep an eye on -- very cool.  According to Boston Dynamics PR:

BigDog is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on...

Overheard – Roadable aircraft, meet George Jetson!

Glenn Pew has posted an interesting video on the first test flight for the Transition, the "flying car" that's currently causing a blogswarm.   As a kid, I spent my summers at the Experimental Aircraft Association (

Overheard: American market soft on robots

If iRobot had made a 4-foot-tall Roomba with a face and a hand to hold a vacuum hose, the...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend April 25, 2008  12:52 PM Video: Robot demonstrates face recognition Posted by: Margaret Rouse biometrics, face recognition, Robotics, Security [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/B_jllEvrOZQ" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Kind of cool!       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 17, 2007  2:27 PM Overheard: Robots take over distribution centers at Walgreens and Staples Posted by: Margaret Rouse Distribution Lists, Robotics, Robots, Supply Chain Management, Technology The scene is a constant swirl of activity, like a ballroom dance, with dozens of robots and pods in motion...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 8, 2007  2:24 AM Contest: Degrees of freedom Posted by: Margaret Rouse contest, ROBOT, Robotics How many degrees of freedom (DOFs) does the flute-playing robot from Waseda University have? Leave your answer in the comments and I'll send somebody with the right answer a TechTarget shirt. Check back Friday,...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 8, 2007  1:47 AM Overheard: Six degrees of freedom Posted by: Margaret Rouse ROBOT, Robotics, Technology Typical industrial robots feature a 6-axis configuration, or six degrees of freedom. Toyota's trumpet-playing robot has 29 degrees of freedom. [kml_flashembed...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 3, 2007  10:33 PM Overheard: It’s very cool — military transport Posted by: Margaret Rouse military technology, ROBOT, Robotics, Technology [kml_flashembed movie="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=5349770802105160028" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] Watch what happens when the guy kicks this thing. BigDog, as this robot is known, is powered by a gasoline engine. That's the buzzing you...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend November 3, 2007  2:46 PM Overheard: Robot goats will save the planet Posted by: Margaret Rouse ROBOT, Robotics, Technology       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend 12NEXT About This Blog Overheard in the tech blogosphere is like an impressionist painting about information technology. Close up, it’s just a bunch of colorful quotes. Take a step back and look at all the posts together — and you begin to see a picture. >> READ MORE ABOUT THIS BLOG Browse This Blog’s Tags Agile development, Amazon, apology, Apple, Cisco, Cloud computing, Compliance, CRM, Data Center, Encryption, Google, government IT, Green computing, Hardware, horoscopes, IBM, Internet, Linux, Malware, Marketing, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Nanotechnology, Networking, Open source, predictions, Privacy, Programming, Project management, quiz, risk management, Robotics, SaaS, Security, Servers, SOA, Social networking, Spam, Storage, Sun, Technology, Telecom, Tour, Video, Virtualization, Web 2.0, What is IT?, Wireless, writing for business Archives February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 December 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 February 2007 Blog Roll Our Favorite Technology Quotations Technology Quotes Quotations for Technical Writing Our latest discovery Paul Gillin's blog - Social Media and the Open Enterprise Wool Gathering I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson Contagious Curiosity Endless Knots ITKE Community Blog Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Data Strategy Mactoids All virtual Help Subscribe to Alerts RSS feed of Overheard in the tech blogosphere hidden modal window Community Blog | About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Terms of Use | DMCA Policy TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organization's IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines. All Rights Reserved, Copyright 1999-2013, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Policy Questions and Answers Index 1 | Questions and Answers Index 2 | IT Topics Index 1 | IT Topics Index 2 | Blogs Index | Blogs Tags