Archive for May, 2010

IRobot Stock Price Jump

IRobot posted amazing first-quarter revenue, driving the stock price up 30% in one day to a new 52-week high. The new stock price is hovering right at $20 per share, up 96% from its late-July low of $10.21 per share. I’m glad too see such a positive turn around, though it is somewhat bittersweet — I had been considering a purchase of IRBT shares ever since a prescient analysis by "Robot Stock News" in early December, but lacked funds to make the plunge. I guess meager graduate student salaries are not conducive to investing.

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WowWee FemiSapien Humanoid Robot

  • RS Femisapien has three main function modes, each corresponding to a different head position
  • In Attentive Mode, RS Femisapien interacts directly with you
  • RS Femisapien features responsive 4-way joystick hands
  • Acts as your own personal back-up singer with her Shoop feature; sing aloud or play music
  • Comes loaded with 36 functions and 20 interactive routines, so you will constantly be entertained
  • Each hand can be moved forward, backward, inward or outward to initiate various actions
  • She will slow pose, be your back-up singer, introduce herself, dance with you, and even blow kisses
  • There are also 59 hidden functions to explore
  • Tilt her head in the desired direction and her function mode will change
  • When in range, within 3/1 m, of any sound source, she will move her hips and arms to the music and sing a back-up tune

Product Description
Meet Femisapien, the latest in the line of sophisticated, walking, talking, personality-packed robots from WowWee. Her advanced design and AI allows her to move independently in distinctly fluid ways. Intelligent and interactive, Femisapien speaks her own language of emotive sounds –?and responds to your gestures, touch and sound?with her own! She can even interact with and control other WowWee robots. Requires?six?”AA” batteries, not included. Measures?8.2″L x?12…. More >>

WowWee FemiSapien Humanoid Robot

Robotiq Adaptive Gripper

Robotiq is a new Canadian startup spun-out of the Laval University Robotics Lab and founded by Samuel Bouchard, Vincent Duchaine and Jean-Philippe Jobin. Their first product is a very cool looking three-fingered robot hand called the "Adaptive Gripper." It is comprised of three under-actuated fingers, two of which can change their position and orientation to support a variety of grasp configurations — very similar in principle to the Barrett Hand and Schunk SDH Hand. The Adaptive Gripper’s prominent finger linkages lead to a rather beautiful mechanical motion, as seen in the grasping videos (below). I would imagine the mechanical linkages also offer additional robustness compared to under-actuated cable-driven competitors and cost advantages over fully-actuated competitors. Unfortunately, its price is still an unknown — perhaps someone attending ICRA 2010 in Alaska can stop by their booth and inquire…?

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iRobot Scooba 350 Floor-Washing Robot

  • Floor-washing robot cleans sealed hardwood, tile, and linoleum floors
  • Can handle up to 500 square feet on a single battery charge
  • Uses water, water and vinegar, or Clorox Scooba cleaning solution
  • Preps, washes, scrubs, and dries; cliff sensor; 1 virtual wall included
  • Measures 14-3/4 by 14-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches; 1-year warranty

Product Description
iRobot’s award-winning floor washing robot preps, washes, scrubs and dries up to 500 square feet in a single cleaning cycle. The Scooba 350 uses only clean solution to wash sealed hardwood, tile and linoleum floors. Scooba cleans hard-to-reach places like under cabinet edges, tables and chairs. Uses clean tap water, water and vinegar or deep cleaning, fresh scented Clorox® Scooba Cleaning Solution. 4-stage cleaning process preps washes scrubs dries. Preps – picks u… More >>

iRobot Scooba 350 Floor-Washing Robot

WowWee Robotic DragonFly – Green

  • Radio Controlled Flying Dragonfly Robot/ Green Color
  • Capable of Maneuvering in Tight Spaces Flaps its Wings like a Real Insect
  • Takes off from Any Surface and Glides Silently for Soft Landings
  • Its Eyes Alert You of the Status by Blinking Pulsing or Shining Clear and Brig
  • 0.10 Lbs (WxLxH) 3.40″ x 16.50″ x 12.30″

Product Description
WOW WEE Dragonfly Flying Robot/ Green. FlyTech Dragonfly is the worlds first radio controlled flying insect. With its ultra light, dual wing design and high flex, crash resistant structure, the dragonfly is an easy to fly aeronautical marvel. Use the dragonfly indoors or outdoors, controlling its speed, direction and height with the 2 channel digital proportional remote…. More >>

WowWee Robotic DragonFly – Green

iRobot 530 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, White

  • Vacuuming robot picks up dirt and debris with the touch of a button
  • Easy-to-empty bagless dustbin; fine-filtration system traps allergens
  • Anti-tangle technology; gentle-touch bumper system; built-in cliff sensors
  • Self-charging Home Base, 2 Virtual Walls, an extra filter, and more included
  • Measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Description
With dramatically improved navigation, cleaning coverage, vacuum pickup, and particle filtration, the Roomba 530 vacuuming robot picks up amazing amounts of dirt and debris with the simple touch of a button. The powerful unit features innovative spinning side brushes that grab dirt and dust from corners and along wall edges, as well as two high-speed, counter-rotating brushes that pick up pet hair, cat litter, food crumbs, and other debris from floors. The vacuum su… More >>

iRobot 530 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, White

  • Hands-free pool-cleaning robot for above-ground pools
  • Systematically vacuum cleans from floor to waterline in 60 to 90 minutes
  • Reusable fine filter bag removes large and small debris down to 2 microns
  • Includes 40-foot floating cable with swivel cord detangler and a transformer
  • Measures 20 by 18-2/5 by 11-2/3 inches; 1-year warranty

Product Description
The iRobot Verro 100 is a hands-free way to clean your above ground pool in 60-90 minutes with the push of a button. A powerful vacuum deep cleaning pores, cracks and seams. The self-contained filtration system picks up and traps leaves, hair, sand, silt, debris, dust, algae and particles as small as 2 microns reducing run time of pool filtration system. Circulates pool water; improving distribution of chemical and temperature. Just drop it in and let it go to work!… More >>

iRobot Verro 100 Pool-Cleaning Robot for Above-Ground Pools

Meka Robotics G1 Gripper

On Thursday, Meka Robotics uploaded a video showing off their latest "coming soon" product, the G1 robot gripper. While the price and specs are still unknown, the patent-pending parallel-jaw design with independent finger actuation looks interesting — a great addition to their product lineup. Be sure to check out the video embedded below.Â

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OWI 6-in-1 Educational Solar Kit

  • Another high quality Solar Education kit from OWI
  • Building these projects teach the benefits of solar energy while having fun
  • build six different working models including an airboat, windmill, puppy and two different planes
  • Only one project can be completed at a time
  • OWI is the premier line of educational electronics and robotics kits

Product Description
The 6-In-1 Educational Solar — Robotic Kit is an excellent beginner building kit designed to teach how solar power is used to drive a small motor. Children use the 21 snap together parts (no tools required) to build six different working models including an airboat, car, windmill, puppy, and two different airplanes. Solar building kits teach children the benefits of solar energy, while they create a toy that is both fun to play with and requires no batteries. Educa… More >>

OWI 6-in-1 Educational Solar Kit

SCREATURE Interactive Dinosaur

  • Lifelike and realistic with ferocious sounds
  • Screature uses an infrared sensor to sense and attack his prey with your help
  • If you can control Screature, he will respond loyally to your petting, but if you pet him in the wrong place, Screature attacks
  • Set him in room guard mode and Screature will guard all your stuff
  • Screature a mean little predator with a big appetite

Product Description
SCREATURE Interactive Dinosaur: Can you master Screature, or will you be his prey? Lifelike and realistic with ferocious sounds, Screature uses an infrared sensor to sense and attack his prey with your help. If you can control Screature, he will respond loyally to your petting, but if you pet him in the wrong place, Screature attacks. Set him in room guard mode and Screature will guard all your stuff. Screature a mean little predator with a big appetite…. More >>

SCREATURE Interactive Dinosaur

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