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A Review of the Best Robots of 2008
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1-13-2009 10:25 AM
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Robot innovation continued its relentless advances during 2008. In this post we would like to showcase some of our favorite robots and robot videos of the last year or so. This review is heavily slanted to consumer robots and research robots.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/742bdd2a-abd7-45b0-9825-2aa3116a9a18/91BBBF7D-0BD9-4BF3-B0F4-064449B9C194/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/" href="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">singularityhub.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Soccer:</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><P>Check out this impressive video of the 12th <A href="http://www.kondo-robot.com/EN/" linkindex="10" set="yes">Kondo Cup</A> Robotic Soccer competition:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bn2y3Z0pUh4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672954" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Humanoid:</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><P>Earlier we <A href="http://singularityhub.com/2008/07/22/nao-robot-the-next-generation-in-commercial-robots/" linkindex="11" set="yes">reviewed</A> the nao robot from <A href="http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/eng/" linkindex="12">Aldebaran Robotics</A> here at the hub and this robot is just totally awesome. The nao robot is the official robot for this year’s <A href="http://www.robocup.org/" linkindex="13" set="yes">robocup</A> in China:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2STTNYNF4lk&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672958" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/">The <A href="http://www.isobotrobot.com/eng/index.html" linkindex="14" set="yes">I-Sobot</A> is an incredible humanoid robot. This is one of the smallest bipedal robots out there, with a height of only 6.5 inches and a weight of only 12 ounces.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HNU8VqJv9iI&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672962" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Self Assembly</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><P>The <A href="http://www.isi.edu/robots/superbot.htm" linkindex="15" set="yes">ISI Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory</A> at USC has a fantastic robot called the Superbot that is capable of numerous modes of motion and is made of several autonomous units that can be manually assembled or sometimes automatically self assembled. Excellent videos below:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fLQvjpc1wj0&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672967" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Rugged Terrain</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHJJQ0zNNOM&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672973" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Ornithopters</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><P>An ornithopter is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Check out this awesome slow motion video of a butterfly ornithopter in action:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jPGDBgnKMSs&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672976" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Music</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EzjkBwZtxp4&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672979" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jx8U1FgILCE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672981" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><SPAN>Exoskeleton:</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/12/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2008/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ynL8BCXih8U&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" lk_media="yes" lk_mediaid="lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1231856672983" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/91BBBF7D-0BD9-4BF3-B0F4-064449B9C194/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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