Collaborate Disseminate
3D printers have become a staple in most makerspaces these days, enabling hackers to rapidly produce simple mechanical prototypes without the need for a dedicated machine shop. We’ve seen many creative 3D designs here on Hackaday and [jegatheesan.soundarapandian’s] Baby MIT Cheetah Robot is no exception. You’ve undoubtedly seen MIT’s cheetah …read more
Robotics projects are always a favorite for hackers. Being able to almost literally bring your project to life evokes a special kind of joy that really drives our wildest imaginations. We imagine this is one of the inspirations for the boom in interactive technologies that are flooding the market these …read more
Jibo, the adorable robot made by Jibo, Inc., was getting phased out, but that didn’t stop [Guilherme Martins] from using his robot companion for one last hack.
When he found out that the company would be terminating production of new Jibos and shutting down their servers, he wanted to replace …read more
Continue reading Long Live Jibo, Our Adorable Robot Companion
A great many robots exist in our modern world, and the vast majority of them are highly specialized machines. They do a job, and they do it well, but they don’t have much of a personality. [Guilherme Martins] was working on a fun project to build a robot arm that …read more
Continue reading Humanizing Industrial Robots By Sticking A Jibo On Top
Twerking robot assistants, an app from Saudi Arabia that lets men track women, and a gnarly skiing security snarl-up!
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security vetera… Continue reading Smashing Security #118: The ‘s’ in IoT stands for security
Your family’s about to get a little bigger. Specifically, one 11-inch robot bigger. The post Jibo Is Like Alexa and a Puppy Inside One Adorable Robot appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Jibo Is Like Alexa and a Puppy Inside One Adorable Robot