Hands On With Sphero BB-8
Sphero’s latest droid is from a galaxy far, far away — and he’s a lot of fun. I sat down with Orbotix’s COO, Jim Booth for a demonstration of Sphero BB-8.
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Sphero’s latest droid is from a galaxy far, far away — and he’s a lot of fun. I sat down with Orbotix’s COO, Jim Booth for a demonstration of Sphero BB-8.
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Once again it’s back to ABC Radio National to talk technology with Marc Fennell and the Guardian’s Claire Porter, covering apps for the blind, exoskeletons for everybody, stupid apps and the privacy implications of big data leaks.
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There’s some fascinating work being done in the field of robotics and education. I sat down with Macquarie ICT’s Cathie Howe to talk about how it’s changing how we both learn and teach.
Can robots help us learn? Read More »
Teaching a robot to walk – even poorly – requires huge investment into computational resources. How is it that even the simplest animals are able to achieve far more sophisticated feats of manoeuvrability?
Mullet over: how robotics can get a wriggle on with fishy locomotion Read More »
Intel will next week announce an open source robot initiative offering up schematics, science fiction stories and AI code so that people can 3D print their own intelligent robots.
Jimmy is Intel's take on an open source robot Read More »