January 12, 2008

Fun with Robotic Arms

  Some of these systems look so dangerous. I wonder what it would take for one of these systems to glitch and malfunction. A slight error is all it would take to kill someone! Kuka makes robots mainly for industrial use and their site is great since they document many of their installs. For example have a look at the LegoLand RoboCoaster.    

Name the Thing Contest - 35

Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a multi tool that should help you hack your latest project. This contest will run for this weekend only (January 12 – 13, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the