It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Robotis' Dynamixel servos. I've written about them in the past (here and here), developed open source Python libraries to control them, and used them extensively in my past research. The new XM Series of Dynamixel servos are a pretty big change for Robotis...
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While walking around the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend, I stumbled across an amazing piece of technology: Valve's "Lighthouse" tracking system. Valve's demos were (supposedly) a major contributor to Oculus' fundraising efforts and ultimate sale to Facebook, and this device may have been a key piece of those demos…
A few blogs are passing around videos of the Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation. However, the video being passed around is slight on details. Meanwhile, their video presentation at ICRA 2009 (which took place in May in Kobe, Japan) has an…