News tagged with wheeled robot

Caltech Rover ready for rock-yard competition in Houston

(Phys.org) -- Later this week, a four-wheeled robot designed and built by Caltech undergraduate students will maneuver, apparently under its own guidance, through various challenges at the NASA Johnson Space ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weird and wonderful gadgets wow world's top IT fair

Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year's CeBIT tech fair, the world's biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Shelley, Stanford's robotic car, goes before the cameras (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shelley, Stanford's autonomous, self-driving car, did a workout at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose on Thursday, and members of the media were there to watch.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Robots climb up the wall (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotics scientist from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheeba, Israel, has developed four different kinds of robots that climb up walls.

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Spirit Rover: Just a Few More Approaches to Try for Extrication

(PhysOrg.com) -- The list of remaining maneuvers being considered for extricating Spirit is becoming shorter.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Planned Rover Test to Run a Week or More

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0