3D-printed XXL pergola at the Venice Biennale
The Croatian pavilion at the Venice Biennale exhibit a 57-square-meter pergola inspired by the formation of clouds. One of the most imposing structures to date 3D-printed by robots.
# robotique
OpenCat, the DIY pet robot for cat lovers
Not a week goes by without a new announcement by the tech giants regarding our robotic future. OpenCat was born from the imagination of a single maker, who is working hard on its open source debut.
The first robot citizen is a citizen of… Saudi Arabia
On October 25, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the humanoid robot Sophia. Will this AI have more rights than the Saudi women?
World first in robotic surgery in Amiens
Before operating on a child suffering from severe scoliosis with help from a robotized arm, the surgeons from the Amiens CHU trained on a 3D printed spine.
Start running, the cyborg tortoises lie in waiting
Tortoises ridden by robots that guide them is the experience of a team of Korean researchers. A first step towards biobots?
Point, click and your robot arm is programed
Programing an assistant robot has never been as simple, thanks to the software developed by a team from Georgia Tech University that offers a point and click interface.
In the skin of a cardboard cyborg
Who hasn’t dreamed of having a cyborg-like augmented arm or hand? This tutorial shows you how to do it yourself. But not just any cyborg… a cardboard cyborg that won’t cost you an arm and a hand.
Sign language animatronics still in its infancy
A prototype designed during a hackathon at McGill university in Quebec translates into speech signs with hands printed in 3D.
Zaven Paré: “Without narration, the robot has no point”
Plastic artist, designer of poetical automated creatures, Zaven Paré, precursor of the actor-robot, has been involved with robots for more than 20 years. Interview.
With “Fear And Love”, the Design Museum questions our future
For its reopening, one had to hit hard. Therefore, it is on fear, love, hope and doubt that the first exhibition of the Design Museum in London relied on. Quite a program.
Zooids: who are these cute robots?
French researcher Mathieu Le Goc’s mini-robots, a new form of manipulable interface, charmed the Web. Explanations.
In pursuit of the fishbots at Yamamoto Lab
We ventured into Yamamoto Lab at Nagasaki University, pioneer of the biomimetic fish robots. Professor Ikuo Yamamoto’s marine-inspired mechatronics have won awards. And set records.
I spent a night at the robot hotel in Nagasaki
In Nagasaki, robots are much more than stand-ins for the future. At the Henn na Hotel, even the concierge and bellhop are robots.
Japanese team Hakuto aims for the Moon
By the end of 2017, robots made by makers will be exploring the Moon, the culmination of the Google Lunar Xprize. Japanese team Hakuto is busy working on its final prototype.
WYHIWYS 6: We are the Robots
The glitcher artist Damien Bourniquel has created for Makery the WYHIWYS (What You Hear Is What You See) series, a mash-up of Youtube videos, this time dedicated to robots.
Peter William Holden’s batty hat work
The artist Peter William Holden reveals the cogs of “Critical mass”, his latest robotic installation combining engineering of illusion and art of body movement.
Apérobot, the DiY robolution around a drink
Every month, the Caliban association organises Apérobots, DiY robotic meetings in a Parisian bar. Makery met Waldo there, a robot designed at the Electrolab.