Cool Robot Of The Week

Cool Robots Of The Week From 1996

This archive lists the sites selected during 1996 to win the honor of being listed as "Cool Robot Of The Week" - thanks to them all for being sources of inspiration and innovation for the robotics community!

Previous Cool From 1996

Dec 30 Art of Motion Control - computer controlled kinetic art.
Dec 23 Advanced Tethered Vehicle - advanced underwater work system.
Dec 16 Rocky 7 Field Trials - JPL Mars rover prototype wanders through the desert!
Dec 09 Chip and Dale - a robotic Rubik's Cube solver! (and a great example of a dexterous two-arm task).
Dec 02 Sojourner redux - Mars Pathfinder launches this week, with a rover aboard!
Nov 25 Hyperkinetic Humanoid - a cool combination martial arts robot and major performance artist.
Nov 18 Marsokhod - Russian Mars planetary rover - check out the recent field tests in the Navajo nation
Nov 11 CARL - a compliant robotic leg.
Nov 04 GMD Snake - robot snake with flexible real-time control - watch it creep!
Oct 28 JANUS Project - anthropomorphic two-armed robot research project.
Oct 21 Robot Vacuum - autonomous room cleaning - I need this!
Oct 14 Ariel - surfzone mine remediation robot from IS Robotics.
Oct 07 Small Pipe Characterization System - a pipeworm from the INEL robotics program.
Sep 30 Sensory Feedbadck Project - force feedback and prosthetic robotics.
Sep 23 Khepera - a miniature robot for desktop experimentation.
Sep 16 Humanoid Project - Waseda University development of an anthropomorphic robot comprising sensing, recognition, expression and motion.
Sep 09 TRPMA - robotic placement of highway pavement markers.
Sep 02 SCAMP and Ranger in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at Marshall Space Flight Center - prototype space robots undergoing Zero-G simulation testing.
Aug 26 ProtoAndroid - a stab at what an Android might be, if taken as a serious engineering exercize.
Aug 19 RACS - wheeled micro robot for carrying a surface characterization radiation sensor.
Aug 12 UWA Telerobot - use the web to play with blocks down-under.
Aug 05 DRIP - Dinky Robot In Pool, a small, cheap underwater robot.
Jul 29 Demeter - Automated agricultural harvester.
Jul 22 HART - Hypobaric Activity Robotic Teleoperator.
Jul 15 All Terrain Wheelchairs - Hybrid mobility to improve wheelchair access.
Jul 08 SRB Nozzle Plug - Underwater ROV for retrieval of Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters.
Jul 01 Sojourner - Robotic rover scheduled for launch to Mars in December.
Jun 24 Anthroform Arm Project - University of Washington mechanical replica of the human arm.
Jun 17 Ranger - U. Md. telerobotic space flight experiment, to be launched in late 1997.
Jun 10 MIT WAM - real-time robust catching of free flying objects.
Jun 03 RATLER - Sandia National Labs Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover.
May 27 Hand Force Feedback Systems - mechanical exoskeleton systems with full force reflection.
May 20 HAZBOT - hazardous materials handling robot from JPL.
May 13 COG - humaniform robotic system under development at MIT.
Note: indicates the organization is developing technologies for space applications of robotics

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	Dec 30		Art of Motion Control - computer controlled kinetic art.
	Dec 23		Advanced Tethered Vehicle - advanced underwater work system.
	Dec 16		Rocky 7 Field Trials - JPL Mars rover prototype wanders through the desert!
	Dec 09		Chip and Dale - a robotic Rubik's Cube solver! (and a great example of a dexterous two-arm task).
	Dec 02		Sojourner redux - Mars Pathfinder launches this week, with a rover aboard!
	Nov 25		Hyperkinetic Humanoid - a cool combination martial arts robot and major performance artist.
	Nov 18		Marsokhod - Russian Mars planetary rover - check out the recent field tests in the Navajo nation
	Nov 11		CARL - a compliant robotic leg.
	Nov 04		GMD Snake - robot snake with flexible real-time control - watch it creep!
	Oct 28		JANUS Project - anthropomorphic two-armed robot research project.
	Oct 21		Robot Vacuum - autonomous room cleaning - I need this!
	Oct 14		Ariel - surfzone mine remediation robot from IS Robotics.
	Oct 07		Small Pipe Characterization System - a pipeworm from the INEL robotics program.
	Sep 30		Sensory Feedbadck Project - force feedback and prosthetic robotics.
	Sep 23		Khepera - a miniature robot for desktop experimentation.
	Sep 16		Humanoid Project - Waseda University development of an anthropomorphic robot comprising sensing, recognition, expression and motion.
	Sep 09		TRPMA - robotic placement of highway pavement markers.
	Sep 02		SCAMP and Ranger in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at Marshall Space Flight Center - prototype space robots undergoing Zero-G simulation testing.
	Aug 26		ProtoAndroid - a stab at what an Android might be, if taken as a serious engineering exercize.
	Aug 19		RACS - wheeled micro robot for carrying a surface characterization radiation sensor.
	Aug 12		UWA Telerobot - use the web to play with blocks down-under.
	Aug 05		DRIP - Dinky Robot In Pool, a small, cheap underwater robot.
	Jul 29		Demeter - Automated agricultural harvester.
	Jul 22		HART - Hypobaric Activity Robotic Teleoperator.
	Jul 15		All Terrain Wheelchairs - Hybrid mobility to improve wheelchair access.
	Jul 08		SRB Nozzle Plug - Underwater ROV for retrieval of Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters.
	Jul 01		Sojourner - Robotic rover scheduled for launch to Mars in December.
	Jun 24		Anthroform Arm Project - University of Washington mechanical replica of the human arm.
	Jun 17		Ranger - U. Md. telerobotic space flight experiment, to be launched in late 1997.
	Jun 10		MIT WAM - real-time robust catching of free flying objects.
	Jun 03		RATLER - Sandia National Labs Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover.
	May 27		Hand Force Feedback Systems - mechanical exoskeleton systems with full force reflection.
	May 20		HAZBOT - hazardous materials handling robot from JPL.
	May 13		COG - humaniform robotic system under development at MIT.