Origami Folding Robot
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The World's First Origami Folding Robot
The World's First Origami Folding Robot
05/14/2004 07:24 PMRobot Origami
Robot Origami
05/25/2004 11:37 AM 
New Scientist
reports on the graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University we've
linked to previously who built a robot that can make simple origami
constructions. The work is aimed at developing robotic systems that
can manipulate various materials encountered in daily life. From
researcher
Devin
Balkcom's site:
"Why origami? Origami is a fresh challenge for the
field of robotic manipulation. Paper is flexible; robots are
best at manipulating rigid things. Even if we model origami as
an articulated rigid body (by building our origami out of really stiff
cardboard with hinges along creases), it still has a complicated
mechanical structure." Link
"
Dexterous Robot Conquers Art of
Origami"
"
Dexterous Robot Conquers Art of
Origami"
05/26/2004 09:00 AMKiller origami
Killer origami
12/17/2003 11:53 PM
Amazing gallery of spectacular origami.
Link
(
Thanks, Kate!)
T-shirt origami
T-shirt origami
05/14/2004 03:26 PMVideo clip lets you marvel at this perfect way to fold a T-Shirt. It
looks so good I almost think they videotaped someone unfolding a shirt
and played it backwards.
Link (Thanks,
Ric!)Origami Cameras
Origami Cameras
06/28/2004 06:57 AM
These
fully-functional paper cameras from IDNProShop are fantastic. I wonder
if they take real film or if you have to fold that up, too?
(Thanks, Naoya!)
Read [IDNWorld]
Related
Wired's NextFest Gadget Concepts [Gizmodo]
Insect Origami
Insect Origami
09/23/2004 05:17 AM
David Pescovitz:
These origami insects and
arthropods are incredibly beautiful. This 5" Acrocinus longimanus
(Harlequin beetle) was folded from a single uncut square of paper.
Master origami artist (and "origami mathematician") Robert Lang
explains how it's done in a series of books.
Link
Downloadable Origami Motorcycles
Downloadable Origami Motorcycles
12/19/2003 11:30 AMComputational Origami and David Huffman
Computational Origami and David Huffman
06/22/2004 09:00 AMOrigami mini-iPod from rip-off artists
CDW
Origami mini-iPod from rip-off artists
CDW
01/23/2004 04:14 PM
From CDW comes an origami mini-iPod. A lot lamer than the other
origami iPod, which is unsurprising, given that CDW are a bunch of
rip-off artists (I once ordered an iPod from them, got a confirmation,
and then got a phone-call telling me they were sold out the iPod at
the price they'd confirmed, but could sell me one for $200 more).
760K PDF Link
mine: paper dragon w/ origami dollar
bill wings
mine: paper dragon w/ origami dollar
bill wings
06/24/2004 08:03 AM
Show us your computer mascot!
>> flash, engaging music folding laundry
folding laundry
12/07/2003 09:49 PM After viewing this
incredible
video (.wmv) from China I am folding laundry like a pro (via
Linkfilter)
Folding money
Folding money
08/22/2004 11:17 PMUSA Today Aug 23 2004 3:14AM GMT
AudioTechnica Folding Speakers
AudioTechnica Folding Speakers
04/11/2005 11:02 AM
AudioTechnica's "AT-SP222" folding speakers may not blow
your pants off, but they are the first folding speaker offering from
the company. At 4,200 yen, they're available in black, light blue,
pink, red, and silver. The battery life is pretty nice as well —
16 hours from two AAAs.
Audi
oTechnica folding active speakers [AV Watch]
Sinclair's Folding A-Bike
Sinclair's Folding A-Bike
07/08/2004 08:44 AM
Sir Clive
Sinclair, inventor of the pocket calculator and the nigh-on-legendary
Sinclair personal computer, has unveiled a new, folding bicycle design
he's calling the 'A-Bike.' To be launched in 2005, the 12-pound bike
can be folded and unfolded in around 20 seconds and rides on tiny,
air-filled tires. The idea is (if it weren't obvious) to provide a
cheapish alternative to full-sized bikes that can be folded up and
taken with you wherever you go, although the $300 price is
considerable more than it would cost to purchase a capable, if basic,
street bicycle and chain. Still, I am intrigued. Portable urban
transportation is one of my new pet pastimes, and the A-bike would be
much easier to recharge than the electric scooters I've been eyeing
(they sell pizza almost everywhere). (Thanks, Tim!)
Read - Clive Sinclair peddles
world's smallest folding bike [Yahoo (Reuters)]
Related
AirScooter II Personal Flyer [Gizmodo]
Sinclai
r's C6 [Gizmodo]
Folding Proteins at Home
Folding Proteins at Home
04/09/2004 04:10 PMAs part of a groundbreaking distributed computing experiment, Noah
Johnson and half a million other people are donating their spare
computer capacity so Stanford University scientists can remotely
simulate protein folding, an essential biochemical process that
controls vital body functions. [Mar 29]
Folding@home Applet for KDE 1.0.0-rc1
Folding@home Applet for KDE 1.0.0-rc1
08/02/2004 03:11 AMA Folding@home panel applet for KDE.
Folding@Home Netboot Server
Folding@Home Netboot Server
04/03/2005 09:50 PMNew version: 1.0, "gotcha"
Ergonomic shirt folding video
Ergonomic shirt folding video
12/08/2003 01:08 PMThis is an amazing (Japanese? Korean?) video showing an ergonomic
method for folding shirts that exploits the unique topology of a
hollow fabric vessel to allow for neat-as-a-neurotic folds that look
like they came off a Gaparista's folding-board.
6.3MB WMV
LinkPanasonic's Folding Electric Bike
Panasonic's Folding Electric Bike
03/23/2005 04:53 AM
Panasonic has introduced a "folding" electric
bicycle. Called the "Off Time," the bike can be folded to fit inside
of a car's trunk, go with you on the train, or stashed under your bed
for when you need to make a quick getaway. Its lithium-ion battery can
drive for about two and a half hours, but I presume that even if it
runs out, you can still pedal it like a normal bike.
Press Release [Panasonic]
Shifting time and folding space
Shifting time and folding space
02/01/2005 08:52 PM
Yesterday I drove to a meeting in another state. On the way there and
back, my car radio was tuned to no regular broadcast but instead to
the pirate radio station in my briefcase. Its components: a $20 Belkin
FM transmitter, a $90 Creative Nomad MuVo MP3 player, and
do-it-yourself programming. As I drove to my destination, I listened
to Shai
Agassi's talk at the Accelerating Change Conference, courtesy of
ITConversations.com. On
the way back, I listened to an audio interview I'd done the day
before, reviewing which parts I might want to use in a podcast or
weave into an article.
When I got home, I dialed in to a conference call, fired up a WebEx
session, and conducted another interview -- in this case, one that
featured a demonstration of a software product. I made an audio/video
recording of that demo, and, as soon as I get a chance to edit it down
to the most interesting parts, I'll share it with you on my blog.
At the end of the day, it struck me that time-shifted content and
space-folding telepresence are becoming complementary.
...
Martin Geddes, who blogs thoughtfully at telepocalypse.net about
telecommunications and IT, recently asked an
important question: "How do telecom and transport substitute [for] or
complement one another?"
Geddes argues that although trillions of dollars ride on the answers,
we mostly don't have a clue. It's a fascinating essay that I won't try
to summarize, but one key point -- the distinction between "travel for
sense of presence" and "travel for information exchange" -- is
relevant here.
As Geddes notes, we're only now approaching the point at which telecom
can sustain credible telepresence. Last weekend, my DSL was upgraded
from 384Kbps to 3Mbps, and I can take it to 7Mbps if necessary. At
what point does the link carry enough emotional bandwidth to begin
displacing travel for sense of presence? I'm not holding my breath.
Apple's iChat AV was cool before, and it'll be cooler now, but it's
not going to replace face-to-face meetings any time soon.
Meanwhile, three megabits per second sure makes travel for information
exchange seem sillier than it already did. Coupled with podcasting, it
makes the two kinds of travel nicely complementary. The podcasting
model is partly based on the assumption that TiVo-izing your audio
content should be a scheduled process. Now that I can download hours
of audio in mere seconds, I just grab what I need on the fly.
Shifting time, folding space, juggling atoms and bits -- is this how
we want to live and work? Yes! [Full story at InfoWorld.com]
...Geometric Paper Folding: Dr. David
Huffman
Geometric Paper Folding: Dr. David
Huffman
06/23/2004 07:43 AMGeometricPaper Folding: Dr. David Huffman .. ‡†‡§Œ ©§Œ .. folded forms
.. SGI
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Sage Folding@Home Stats System
Sage Folding@Home Stats System
04/13/2005 10:18 PMPartial Sage 0.02 backend sources, version 4, released
New Folding Bluetooth Keyboard Coming
for iPAQs
New Folding Bluetooth Keyboard Coming
for iPAQs
06/22/2004 12:17 PMBrightHand Jun 22 2004 3:12PM GMT
Bluetooth folding keyboard enters the
wild
Bluetooth folding keyboard enters the
wild
06/21/2004 04:39 AMPDA cool - at a price
Folding@Home Grapher 0.1.0 (Development
branch)
Folding@Home Grapher 0.1.0 (Development
branch)
06/24/2005 07:16 PM
Folding@Home Grapher is a program to graph and
analyze Folding@Home team statistics over time.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This version was updated to parse the current
top-100 Web page.
Code Browser - Folding Text Editor
Code Browser - Folding Text Editor
07/04/2004 12:25 PMCode Browser 0.9 released
Folding@home Project Sees First Success
Folding@home Project Sees First Success
10/25/2002 11:38 PMScientists report first distributed computing success. Part of that
was due to the usage of Googles Toolbar to perform distributed
computing tasks.
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
12/18/2003 12:58 PMIt took years for researchers to figure out how to make a robot be
able to stand and walk on two legs. In fact, it's so complicated,
that some researchers are giving up on that idea and
using
Segway balancing technology on their robots instead of legs.
However, the folks at Sony seem to have taken the concept of the
upright walking robot one step further: they've figured out
how to make a
robot run. That's right, it actually leaves the ground at
points while jogging along. It apparently needs a bit of a walking
start to get up to speed, and even at running speed, it's more of a
slow jog - where it's feet barely leave the ground. Still, it's a
start, and with some more work, they believe they can really make the
robot run.
Site Update: Folding, Photos, Tunes, and
News
Site Update: Folding, Photos, Tunes, and
News
11/16/2003 11:37 AM
- MacRumors Folding @ Home Team is currently the 25th overall ranked
team and remains the #1 Mac Folding team. If you want to help, see
our FAQ or vi...
VantagePoint Software Chosen for Folding
Carton Plants
VantagePoint Software Chosen for Folding
Carton Plants
04/30/2004 05:39 PMBC Technology Apr 30 2004 10:21PM GMT
Mozillazine Folding@Home Team Reaches
Top 200, Launches Blog
Mozillazine Folding@Home Team Reaches
Top 200, Launches Blog
04/01/2005 07:52 PMSite Update: Folding, SETI@Home,
GarageBand Forum
Site Update: Folding, SETI@Home,
GarageBand Forum
01/10/2004 06:49 PM
- MacRumors SETI @ Home Team is going strong and looking for new
members. If you would like to help, see our SETI FAQ or visit our
Distributed Comput...
Clive Sinclair peddles world's smallest
folding bike (Reuters)
Clive Sinclair peddles world's smallest
folding bike (Reuters)
07/08/2004 04:04 AMReuters - Zipped into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella. Unfolded,
it plies the streets like any other bicycle.
"I, Robot "
"I, Robot "
07/18/2004 09:48 PM"I Robot Now"
"I Robot Now"
12/23/2003 03:23 PMI, Robot
I, Robot
07/17/2004 07:52 AMIRrobotMovie.com [Release Date 2004-07-16] .. that upcoming Will Smith
movie .. new film version of I, Robot .. back to fiction .. website ..
movie .. Robot
irobotmovie.com
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Run, robot, run
Run, robot, run
12/18/2003 01:05 PMZDNet Dec 18 2003 12:12PM ET
Wow Robot KHR-1
Wow Robot KHR-1
07/07/2004 08:04 AM<
img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/khr01.jpg"
alt="khr01.jpg image" width="141" height="250" class="borderyes"
border="0" align="right" vspace="5" hspace="15"/>I don't know
everything about this $1,450 'KHR-1' kit from Korean firm Wow Robot,
but just from watching the video I can put together that this little
humanoid bot can kick (soccer-style), shuffle step, pick itself up off
the floor, and assume any number of badass fighting poses. All 17
different joints are powered by a single motor, and there is even
software to pre-script the movements on your computer and play them
back again and again. Probably a little out of most casual robotics
fans' price range, but for those that really like contributing to our
species' ultimate destruction, you know, on the side, the Wow
Robot is a lot of cybernetic doom for not a lot of cash. (Thanks,
Soonkack!)
<
b>Read - Product Page (Korean) [WowRobot]
Related
AgBots: Robots On the Farm [Gizmodo]
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Robot Toys - Robosapien Dance Machine
Released as Open Source Software
Robot Toys - Robosapien Dance Machine
Released as Open Source Software
03/14/2005 05:06 PMMany Robosapien owners are looking for a way to get more out of the
greatest consumer robot of the new millennium. The Robosapien Dance
Machine software, released as a free open source program on
SourceForge, is a powerful tool for creating your own videos, comedy
sketches, and complex performances with your favorite robot. [PRWEB
Mar 7, 2005]
A Talking Robot that Sounds Human
A Talking Robot that Sounds Human
04/13/2005 11:17 AMRoland Piquepaille writes,
"The
Takanishi Laboratory, at Waseda University, Japan, is home for many
robotic projects, including a flutist robot. Today,
let's look at a talking robot, the Waseda
Talker No. 4, or WT-4. This anthropomorphic talking robot was built
to better understand how the human vocal mechanism creates speech. The
WT-4 has 19 degrees of freedom (DOF) for lungs, vocal cords, tongue,
lips, teeth, nasal cavity and soft palate. With its vocal cords, it
can
produce Japanese vowels that sound similar to human ones. The next
version, the WT-5, will have even more sophisticated vocal cords."
For more on the WT-4 and WT-5 robots see Roland's latest blog entry.
KiRo: Robot Foosball Player
KiRo: Robot Foosball Player
09/05/2004 11:09 AMRoboticists at the University of Freiburg in Germany have perfected
a robotic foosball table that allows a human to play against the
machine. The intelligent software within the table has two
modes; "reactive mode", in which it simple whacks the ball as hard and
often as possible, and "strategic mode" in which the
software does look-aheads based on the dynamics of the ball. The
software never cheats by spinning and yet is able to score as often as
once every 36 seconds. The university is licensing the technology to a
gaming company, so you may soon be seeing a robot foosball table in a
bar
or club near you. For more information see the KiRo
website or read the research presentation, KiRo
- The Table Soccer Robot (PDF format).
Robotics News - First Robot Rap Video in
History
Robotics News - First Robot Rap Video in
History
02/01/2005 08:46 PMPeople have growing concerns and questions regarding the recent wave
of new robotic advances. Do robots have thoughts and feelings? Do
they dream? More importantly, do they leave the seat up when going to
the restroom? [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]
Video of Western Canadian Robot Games
Video of Western Canadian Robot Games
06/19/2004 04:40 PMThe 2004
Western Canadian Robot Games took place last month and Dave Hrynkiw
has sent us links to video clips of the action.
He says,
"Not only is it online, it's in freakin' great quality!
Most
of the segments
are over 30meg in size, and they show the highlights of the 2004 games
in
Calgary. Yeah, yeah, you get to see me get thoroughly defeated in
mini-sumo, but there's _other_ worthwhile stuff to see...". So
take
a look and see the opening
ceremonies (MPEG 37MB), the Dark
Force Challenge (MPEG 35MB), full
size sumo (MPEG 71MB), line
followers (MPEG 30MB), Minesweeper
(MPEG 51MB), mini
sumo (MPEG 55MB), Mission
Mars (MPEG 94MB), and the all-important sponsors
(MPEG 96MB) of the event.
GadgetMadness.com Interviews Robosapien
Toy Robot Creator, Mark W. Tilden
GadgetMadness.com Interviews Robosapien
Toy Robot Creator, Mark W. Tilden
12/17/2004 06:40 PMGadgetMadness.com interviews Robosapien toy robot creator, Mark W.
Tilden. [PRWEB Nov 30, 2004]
Go Digital Honda's humanoid robot Asimo,
teaching PCs to see and fashion video on
your mobile
Go Digital Honda's humanoid robot Asimo,
teaching PCs to see and fashion video on
your mobile
02/16/2004 12:08 PMBBC Feb 16 2004 3:23PM GMT
Read My Lips: Read My Lips Proudly
Presents the 89th Edition of the
Carnival of the Vanities
Read My Lips: Read My Lips Proudly
Presents the 89th Edition of the
Carnival of the Vanities
06/03/2004 06:36 AMRead My Lips: Read My Lips Proudly Presents the 89th Edition of the
Carnival of the Vanities
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Go Digital 1500 GMT Honda's humanoid
robot Asimo, teaching PCs to see and
fashion video on your mobile
Go Digital 1500 GMT Honda's humanoid
robot Asimo, teaching PCs to see and
fashion video on your mobile
02/16/2004 05:26 AMBBC Feb 16 2004 9:48AM GMT
"A futurist robot polices the chaotic
streets of a developping nation in this
spec/commecial video"
"A futurist robot polices the chaotic
streets of a developping nation in this
spec/commecial video"
05/01/2004 09:06 AM""MUST WATCH: Video of Honda's new ASIMO
robot running! Funniest thing I've ever
seen...stupid robots...""
""MUST WATCH: Video of Honda's new ASIMO
robot running! Funniest thing I've ever
seen...stupid robots...""
12/22/2004 01:31 AMUnderwater Robot Keeps Divers Safe,
Captures Detailed Video During Caribbean
Refinery Inspection - ROV Assists
Completing the Mission with Minimum
Additional Cost
Underwater Robot Keeps Divers Safe,
Captures Detailed Video During Caribbean
Refinery Inspection - ROV Assists
Completing the Mission with Minimum
Additional Cost
04/19/2005 03:52 AMOcean and Coastal Consultants, Inc. (OCC – (
http://www.ocean-coastal.com/ ) of Trumbull, CT is a recognized
industry leader in civil, structural, coastal, and geotechnical
engineering for waterfront structures. When tasked with inspecting an
offloading pier at a Caribbean Refinery early this year, they started
with standard Engineer-Diver techniques. However, due to safety
concerns, making use of the Engineer-Divers was not possible. [PRWEB
Apr 19, 2005]
Is there a ROBOT OVERLORD in your
future?
Is there a ROBOT OVERLORD in your
future?
02/12/2004 02:16 PM
ETCon gets weirder and weirder by the moment... [larg
er version]
Read the comments
The future is arriving, one robot at a
time
The future is arriving, one robot at a
time
07/25/2004 06:04 AMBoston Globe Jul 25 2004 9:27AM GMT
video of talking dogs
video of talking dogs
06/30/2004 05:51 PMthis is why the good lord gave us weblogs
"Clip of that George Bush speech snafu
everyone is talking about"
"Clip of that George Bush speech snafu
everyone is talking about"
08/09/2004 02:38 PMLoic Le Meur Blog: Video clip of my rant
on the Future of Business in Europe
panel at the World Economic Forum
Loic Le Meur Blog: Video clip of my rant
on the Future of Business in Europe
panel at the World Economic Forum
05/02/2004 05:40 AMLoic's rant at the European WEF meeting ..
Video
loiclemeur.com/english/2004/05/video_clip_of_m.html
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